ROYAL FAMILY TREE

Tracing the family history of the English and Scottish Royal Family back over 1000 years

Sophia Dorothea of Celle
1666 - 1726

Sophia Dorothea of Celle
  • Born Wed, 15 September 1666
  • Celle
  • Died Wed, 13 November 1726
  • Ahlden House, Ahlden
  • Buried
  • Evangelisch-lutherische Stadtkirche St. Marien, Celle
Details
  • Queen
  • Sophia Dorothea
  • Lived 60 years, 1 month, 29 days

Her alleged affair with Philip Christoph von Königsmarck led to her being imprisoned in the Castle of Ahlden for the last thirty years of her life.

Family

Husband

Geroge I
  • Geroge I
  • 1660 - 1727
  • Married Sunday, 22 November 1682
  • at Celle
  • Groom was 22 Bride was 16
  • Marriage lasted 12 years
  • Ended legally

Son

George II
  • George II
  • 1683 - 1760

Daughter

Sophia Dorothea of Hanover
  • Sophia Dorothea of Hanover
  • 1687 - 1757