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1630–1714 · Wittelsbach
Princess of the Palatinate, Electress of Hanover, heir presumptive and ancestor of British monarchs following the Act of Settlement 1701. Born at The Hague. Died at Hanover.
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The Act of Settlement made Sophia of Hanover heir to the British throne. She collapsed in the Herrenhausen Gardens on 8 June 1714, less than two months before Queen Anne died, and the crown went to Sophia's son, George I.