The Electress Sophia and the Hanoverian Succession

About this eBook

Author

Ward, Adolphus William, Sir, 1837-1924

Title

The Electress Sophia and the Hanoverian succession

Original Publication

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1903, copyright 1909.

Credits

MWS, KD Weeks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

DD: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Germany

Subject

Sophia, Electress, consort of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover, 1630-1714

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 77237

Release Date

November 15, 2025

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE ELECTRESS SOPHIA AND THE HANOVERIAN SUCCESSION
2. 2.PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.Corrigenda.
5. 5.INTRODUCTORY
6. 6.I DESCENT AND PARENTAGE; CHILDHOOD AND GIRLHOOD (LEYDEN, THE HAGUE, AND RHEENEN, 1630-1650)
7. 7.II EARLY WOMANHOOD AND MARRIAGE (HEIDELBERG, 1650-1658)
8. 8.III THE DUCHESS SOPHIA (HANOVER, OSNABRÜCK, AND HANOVER, 1658-1688)
9. 9.IV THE ELECTORAL HOUSE OF HANOVER (HANOVER AND HERRENHAUSEN, 1688-1701)
10. 10.V THE HEIRESS OF GREAT BRITAIN (HERRENHAUSEN, 1701-1714)
11. 11.APPENDIX A GENEALOGICAL TABLES — I. Family of Frederick V, Elector Palatine. — II. Descendants of Duke George of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
12. 12.APPENDIX B CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN PRINCESS SOPHIA DOROTHEA AND COUNT KÖNIGSMARCK IN THE ROYAL SECRET ARCHIVES OF STATE AT BERLIN — LETTRES D’AMOUR DE LA DUCHESSE D’ALLEN AU CONTE KÖNIGSMARC — 1 — 2 — 3 — 4 — 5 — 6 — 7 — 8 — 9 — 10 — 11 — 12 — 13 — 14 — 15 — 16 — 17 — 18 — 19 — 20 — 21 — 22 — 23 — 24 — 25 — 26 — 27 — 28 — 29 — 30 — 31 — 32 — 33 — 34 — CORRESPONDENCE OF SOPHIA DOROTHEA AND COUNT KÖNIGSMARCK — F 3 [ From Königsmarck to Sophia Dorothea ] — F 6 [ From Königsmarck to Sophia Dorothea ] — F 1 [ From Sophia Dorothea to Königsmarck ] — F 2 [ From Sophia Dorothea to Königsmarck ] — F 12 [ From Königsmarck to Sophia Dorothea. ] — F 18 [ From Königsmarck to Sophia Dorothea ] — F 11 [ From Königsmarck to Sophia Dorothea ] — F 22 [ From Sophia Dorothea to Königsmarck ] — F 32 [ From Königsmarck to Sophia Dorothea ] — F 23 [ From Sophia Dorothea to Königsmarck ] — F 24 [ From Sophia Dorothea to Königsmarck ] — F 25 [ From Sophia Dorothea to Königsmarck ] — F 26 [ From Sophia Dorothea to Königsmarck ] — F 27 [ From Sophia Dorothea to Königsmarck ] — F 28 [ From Königsmarck to Sophia Dorothea ] — F 29 [ From Königsmarck to Sophia Dorothea ] — F 30 [ From Königsmarck to Sophia Dorothea ] — F 31 [ From Königsmarck to Sophia Dorothea ] — F 33 [ From Sophia Dorothea to Königsmarck ] [223] — F 34 [ From Königsmarck to Sophia Dorothea ] — F 9 [ From Königsmarck to Sophia Dorothea ] — F7 [ From Königsmarck to Sophia Dorothea ] — F 10 [ From Königsmarck to Sophia Dorothea ] — F 16 [ From Königsmarck to Sophia Dorothea ] — F 17 [ From Königsmarck to Sophia Dorothea ] — F 8 [ From Königsmarck to Sophia Dorothea ] — F 19 [ From Königsmarck to Sophia Dorothea ] — F 4 [ From Königsmarck to Sophia Dorothea ] — F 5 [ From Königsmarck to Sophia Dorothea ] — F 13 [ From Königsmarck to Sophia Dorothea ] — F 14 [ From Königsmarck to Sophia Dorothea ] — F 15 [ From Königsmarck to Sophia Dorothea ] — F 20 [ From Königsmarck to Sophia Dorothea ] — F 21 [ From Königsmarck to Sophia Dorothea ] — APPENDIX C NOTE ON THE RELIGIOUS SITUATION IN SCOTLAND, AS IT AFFECTED THE HANOVERIAN SUCCESSION
13. 13.INDEX

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