Sophia Dorothea of Celle was the wife of Prince George Louis of Hanover, later George I of Great Britain, and the mother of George II of Great Britain and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, Queen in Prussia. Her unhappy marriage made Princess Sophia Dorothea think that she could try and get away from it. When she fell in love with a Swedish count, the Princess felt that her chance to find happiness and freedom had come. Unfortunately, it was only a dream. What she gained instead was heartbreak and bitter disappointment.


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Sources / Further reading
The Love of An Uncrowned Queen, Sophie Dorothea, Consort of George I, and her correspondence with Philip Christopher Count Königsmarck by W.H. Wilkins, Herbert S. Stone & Co, Chicago and New York, 1901