Amelia Sophie from Great Britain, Ireland and Hanover

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Princess Amelia Sophie, around 1738

Amelia Sophia Eleanor of Great Britain (* May the thirtieth . Jul / June 10, 1711 greg. In Herrenhausen , Hannover , † 31 October 1786 in Soho , London ) was a British princess of the House of Hanover .

Earlier years

Coat of arms of Princess Amelia Sophie

Amelia Sophie was the third child and the second daughter of the British King and Brunswick Elector Georg II (1683-1760) and his wife Caroline von Ansbach (1683-1737). Within the family she was called Emily .

The " Royal Highness " Amelia Sophie von Hannover was three years old when her grandfather, Elector Georg Ludwig, ascended the British throne as Georg I. Amelia Sophie was given into the care of Countess Gertrud zu Schaumburg-Lippe (1701–1728), a daughter of George I and his mistress Countess Ehrengard Melusine von der Schulenburg . At the instigation of their mother Caroline and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu , Amelia Sophia and Karoline were born in 1722 by doctor Dr. Maitland vaccinated against smallpox ( variolation ).

Marriage Policy - Years as Bride

Her aunt, the Prussian Queen Sophie Dorothea , sister of George II, had long been planning to continue the tradition of Welfisch - Hohenzollern marriages. Here, it floated a double wedding before: Friedrich Ludwig (1707-1751) should her daughter Wilhelmine married (1709-1758), while his sister Amelia the Prussian Crown Prince and later King Friedrich II. (1712-1786), called the Great was betrothed, . In 1723 she had the opportunity to present this project to George I, and this, the common grandfather of the four young people concerned, was very open to the idea, but considered the time for an official announcement of the desired connections to be premature because the cousins seemed too young to him. With the double wedding, a solid and lasting alliance between Great Britain, Hanover and Prussia was to be consolidated. It was supposed to take place during Georg's next visit in 1727. The death of her grandfather was not a good thing because her father was - for various political reasons - in no hurry to finalize the wedding of the four royal children.

It soon turned out, however, that fundamentally different views prevailed with regard to the marriage project. George II and the British government were primarily pursuing state purposes, while King Friedrich Wilhelm I saw it as a purely family matter through which he did not want to commit himself politically in any way. Finally he moved away from the idea of ​​a double wedding and at most wanted to agree to a marriage between his daughter Wilhelmine and the Prince of Wales , but for the time being to leave his own Crown Prince unmarried.

Later years

Family life at St James's Palace was considered unhappy. Her father was stingy with his family. Without the help of her mother, she would hardly have been able to appear appropriately dressed at representative occasions. After the early death of her mother (1737), she became his constant companion - together with the Countess Amalie Sophie von Wallmoden (1704–1765), who later became Countess of Yarmouth, who she hated .

In 1751, as Ranger of Richmond Park , Amelia Sophie banned the public from the park surrounding her residence, White Lodge, and only a few close friends or people with special permission were allowed to enter. This caused an uproar among the population and in 1758 the brewery owner John Lewis filed a lawsuit in court, the judge ruled in Lewis' favor. In support of the judgment he stated that the park had been open to the public since the 17th century under the rule of King Charles I. Princess Amelia Sophia was forced to lift the restriction.

Princess Amelia Sophie died on October 31, 1786, unmarried, at her home in Cavendish Square in Soho. When she died, she was the last surviving child of King George II and was buried in Westminster Abbey .

Title and status

  • 1711–1714 Her Highness Princess Amelia Sophia of Hanover
  • 1714 Her Royal Highness Princess Amelia Sophia of Great Britain and Ireland
  • 1714–1727 Her Royal Highness Amelia Sophia of Wales and Cornwall
  • 1727–1786 Her Royal Highness Princess Amelia Sophia

Others

literature

Web links

Commons : Princess Amelia Sophie of Great Britain, Ireland and Hanover  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ragnhild Hatton: Georg I - A German Elector on England's throne. Frankfurt am Main 1982
  2. ↑ Averyl Edwards: Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, 1707-1751. London 1947
  3. ^ Thea Leitner: Scandal at court. Piper Verlag, 1997, ISBN 3-492-22009-6
personal data
SURNAME Amelia Sophie from Great Britain, Ireland and Hanover
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Amelia Sophia of Hanover; Amelia Sophia of Cornwall; Amelia Sophia of Wales
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Member from the House of Hanover
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1711
PLACE OF BIRTH Herrenhausen
DATE OF DEATH October 31, 1786
Place of death Soho , London