Almost every time the royal House of Hanover is mentioned their claim to the throne is also discussed, so I thought I would make this video on a woman that forms part of the familial connection of these houses.



Let’s look at the Winter Queen…


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Sophia of Hanover:    • Dr Kat and Sophia of Hanover  




Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated):


Portrait of Anne of Denmark by an unknown artist (c. 15951603). Held in the Government Art Collection at the British Embassy, Copenhagen


Portrait of Henry, Prince of Wales by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (c.1603). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.


Portrait of Princess Elizabeth by Robert Peake the elder (1603). Held by the National Maritime Museum.


Detail from The Gunpowder Plot Conspirators, 1605 by an unknown artist (c.1605). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.


Portrait of Princess Elizabeth (1596–1662), Later Queen of Bohemia by Robert Peake the elder (c.1606). Held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.


Portrait of Henry, Prince of Wales by Robert Peake the Elder (c.1610). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.


Engraving of John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton by Magdalena de Passe, by Willem de Passe (1620s1630s). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.


Portrait of Henry, Prince of Wales after Isaac Oliver (c.1610, based on a work of c.1610). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.


Portrait of Frederick V of the Palatinate from the workshop of Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt (1613). Held by Mauritshuis.


Portrait of Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia by an Unknown artist (1613). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.


Heidelberg Castle and the Hortus Palatinus by Jacques Fouquier (1620). Held by Kurpfälzisches Museum der Stadt Heidelberg.


Frederick V, Elector Palatinate as king of Bohemia: Detail of a painting, shown in the exhibition "BavariaBohemia" 2007 in Zwiesel (Bavaria).


The Battle of White Mountain by Peter Snayers (1630s). Held by the Louvre Museum.


Portrait of Frederick V, Elector of the Palatinate by Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt (c.16281632). Kunsthandel Hoogsteder & Hoogsteder The Winter King: Exile at the Hague Court, Hague Historical Museum, The Hague, 6 December 2003–14 March 2004.


Portrait of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, the "Winter Queen” from the workshop of Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt (1623). Last auctioned: Sotherby's, New York, 30 January 2014, The Courts of Europe, lot 112.


Triumph of the Winter Queen: Allegory of the Just by Gerard van Honthorst (1636). Held by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.


Portrait of Charles I when Prince of Wales after Daniel Mytens (1620s).

Portrait of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham by Pater Paul Rubens (16171628). Held by Pollok House.


Portrait of Charles I, King of England, on horseback with his equerry St. Antoine by Anthony van Dyck (1633). Held in the Royal Collection.


Portrait of Charles I in three positions by Anthony van Dyck (1635 before June 1636). Held by the Royal Collection.


Portrait of Elizabeth Stuart 'the Winter Queen’ by Gerard van Honthorst (1642). Held by the National Gallery.


Portrait of Charles Louis and Rupert by Anthony van Dyck (1637). Held by the Louvre.


Portrait of Charles Louis by Anthony van Dyck (1641). Held in an unknown private collection.


The execution of King Charles I after an unknown artist (c.1649). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.


Portrait of Prince Edward of the Palatinate in Armour by Gerrit van Honthorst (17th century).


Selfportrait by Louise Hollandine, princess Palatine (1650). Held in a private collection.


Portrait of the Electress Sophia, Princess Palatine by Gerard van Honthorst (1650). Held by the National Trust.


Photograph of Westminster Abbey by Σπάρτακος (changes by Rabanus Flavus) (2013)


Portrait of King George I from the studio of Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt (17141725, based on a work of 1714). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.




Quoted texts:


Ronald G. Asch, ODNB entry for Elizabeth Stuart.


Also consulted, were:


Other relevant entries from The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online.


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