Consort Queen of Prussia. She was the second child of George of Hanover and sister of the future King of England, George II. After a rather turbulent childhood, lived under the tutelage of her paternal grandmother, she married (1706) her cousin Frederick William, Crown Prince and future King of Prussia (1713). Sophie Dorothea, considered a woman of considerable culture and protector of the arts, had fourteen children, including Frederick II the Great who during his reign (1740-1786), reserved to the mother the title of Queen Mother.
Consort Queen of Prussia. She was the second child of George of Hanover and sister of the future King of England, George II. After a rather turbulent childhood, lived under the tutelage of her paternal grandmother, she married (1706) her cousin Frederick William, Crown Prince and future King of Prussia (1713). Sophie Dorothea, considered a woman of considerable culture and protector of the arts, had fourteen children, including Frederick II the Great who during his reign (1740-1786), reserved to the mother the title of Queen Mother.
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Family Members
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Friedrich Ludwig von Hohenzollern
1707–1708
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Wilhelmine von Preussen
1709–1758
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Friedrich Wilhelm von Preussen
1710–1711
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Frederick the Great
1712–1786
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Charlotte Albertine von Preussen
1713–1714
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Friederike Louise von Preussen
1714–1784
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Philippine Charlotte von Preussen
1716–1801
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Ludwig Karl Wilhelm von Preussen
1717–1719
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Sophie Dorothea Marie von Preussen
1719–1765
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Louise Ulrica
1720–1782
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August Wilhelm von Preussen
1722–1758
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Anna Amalie von Preussen
1723–1787
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Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig Von Preussen
1726–1802
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August Ferdinand von Preussen
1730–1813
Flowers
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