Sophia Dorothea of Celle

Sophia Dorothea of Celle
Electoral Princess of Hanover Duchess of Ahlden
Portrait from the 1690s. Currently displayed at the Residence Museum (Residenzmuseum) in Celle Castle.
Born	(1666-09-15)15 September 1666 Celle Castle, Celle, Principality of Lüneburg
Died	13 November 1726(1726-11-13) (aged 60) Ahlden, Germany
Burial	May 1727 Stadtkirche, Celle
Spouse	George Louis, Electoral Prince of Hanover (later George I) ​ ​ (m. 1682; div. 1694)​
Issue	George II, King of Great Britain Sophia Dorothea, Queen in Prussia
House	Hanover
Father	George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Mother	Éléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse

Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Celle (15 September 1666 – 13 November 1726) was the repudiated wife of future King George I of Great Britain. The union with George, her first cousin, was a marriage of state, arranged by her father George William, her father-in-law the Elector of Hanover, and her mother-in-law, Electress Sophia of Hanover, first cousin of King Charles II of England. Sophia Dorothea is best remembered for her alleged affair with Count Philip Christoph von Königsmarck that led to her being imprisoned in the Castle of Ahlden for the last thirty years of her life.