Princess of the Palatinate, Electress of Hanover, heir presumptive and ancestor of British monarchs following the Act of Settlement 1701

Sophia Electress of Hanover, mother of King George I; in a garden, holding a fan. Engraving after R.B., ca. 1690.

Sophia Electress of Hanover. Etching by N. Bonnart, 1697.

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Sophia Electress of Hanover. Etching by N. Bonnart, 1697.

Sophia Electress of Hanover, mother of King George I; in a garden, holding a fan. Engraving after R.B., ca. 1690.