Biography of Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark 1628-1685

1670 Frederick III King Denmark Dies Christian V King Denmark Succeeds

1683 Marriage of Lady Anne and Prince George

On 24 Mar 1628 Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark was born to George Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg 1582-1641 (age 46) and Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg 1601-1659 (age 26).

On 12 Apr 1641 [her father] George Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg 1582-1641 (age 59) died. His son [her brother] Christian Ludwig Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg 1622-1665 (age 19) succeeded Duke Brunswick Lüneburg.

In 1643 Frederick III King Denmark (age 33) and Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark (age 14) were married. She the daughter of George Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg 1582-1641 and Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg 1601-1659 (age 41). He the son of Christian IV King Denmark 1577-1648 (age 65).

On 15 Apr 1646 [her son] Christian V King Denmark and Norway was born to [her husband] Frederick III King Denmark (age 37) and Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark (age 18).

On 01 Sep 1647 [her daughter] Anna Sophie Oldenburg was born to [her husband] Frederick III King Denmark (age 38) and Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark (age 19).

On 28 Feb 1648 [her father-in-law] Christian IV King Denmark 1577-1648 (age 70) died. His son [her husband] Frederick III King Denmark (age 38) succeeded III King Denmark. Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark (age 19) by marriage Queen Consort Denmark.

On 11 Apr 1649 [her daughter] Frederica Amalia Oldenburg was born to [her husband] Frederick III King Denmark (age 40) and Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark (age 21).

On 21 Jun 1650 [her daughter] Wilhelmina Ernestina Oldenburg was born to [her husband] Frederick III King Denmark (age 41) and Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark (age 22).

On 11 Oct 1651 [her son] Frederick Oldenburg was born to [her husband] Frederick III King Denmark (age 42) and Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark (age 23).

On 14 Mar 1652 [her son] Frederick Oldenburg died.

On 02 Apr 1653 [her son] Prince George of Denmark 1st Duke Cumberland was born to [her husband] Frederick III King Denmark (age 44) and Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark (age 25) at Copenhagen Castle.

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On 11 Sep 1656 [her daughter] Ulrika Eleonora Oldenburg was born to [her husband] Frederick III King Denmark (age 47) and Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark (age 28).

On 16 Nov 1657 [her daughter] Dorothea Oldenburg was born to [her husband] Frederick III King Denmark (age 48) and Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark (age 29).

On 15 May 1658 [her daughter] Dorothea Oldenburg died.

On 06 May 1659 [her mother] Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg 1601-1659 (age 57) died.

On 09 Oct 1666 [her son-in-law] John George Wettin III Elector Saxony 1647-1691 (age 19) and [her daughter] Anna Sophie Oldenburg (age 19) were married. She the daughter of Frederick III King Denmark (age 57) and Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark 1628-1685 (age 38). He the son of John George Wettin Elector Saxony 1613-1680 (age 53). They were third cousin once removed.

Frederick III King Denmark Dies Christian V King Denmark Succeeds

On 09 Feb 1670 [her husband] Frederick III King Denmark (age 60) died. His son [her son] Christian V King Denmark and Norway (age 23) succeeded V King Denmark and Norway. [her daughter-in-law] Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway 1650-1714 (age 19) by marriage Queen Consort Denmark and Norway.

On 06 May 1680 [her son-in-law] Charles XI King Sweden (age 24) and [her daughter] Ulrika Eleonora Oldenburg (age 23) were married. She the daughter of Frederick III King Denmark and Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark 1628-1685 (age 52).

Marriage of Lady Anne and Prince George

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In 20 Feb 1685 Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark (age 56) died.

Family Trees of Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark 1628-1685

Paternal Family Tree: Hanover

Maternal Family Tree: Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg 1601-1659

Royal Ancestors of Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark 1628-1685

Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings England: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Malcolm III King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of Philip "Bold" III King France

Royal Descendants of Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark 1628-1685

Christian V King Denmark and Norway x 1

John George Wettin IV Elector Saxony 1668-1694 x 1

Frederick IV King Denmark and Norway x 1

Ulrika Eleonora Palatinate Zweibrücken Queen Consort Sweden x 1

Christian VI King Denmark and Norway 1699-1746 x 1

Frederick V King Denmark and Norway 1723-1766 x 1

Queen Sophia of Sweden 1746-1813 x 1

Electress Wilhelmina Caroline Oldenburg x 1

Christian VII King Denmark and Norway 1749-1808 x 1

Louis XVI King France x 1

Louis XVIII King France 1755-1824 x 1

King Charles X of France 1757-1836 x 1

Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway 1767-1852 x 1

Frederick VI King Denmark and Norway 1768-1839 x 1

Louis XVII King France 1785-1795 x 1

King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark x 1

Caroline Amalie Oldenburg Queen Norway 1796-1881 x 1

Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies Queen Consort Spain 1806-1878 x 1

Frederick VII King Denmark 1808-1863 x 1

Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark 1817-1898 x 1

King Christian IX of Denmark 1818-1906 x 1

Isabella II Queen Spain x 1

Frederick VIII King Denmark 1843-1912 x 2

Alexandra Glücksburg Queen Consort England x 2

George I King Greece 1845-1913 x 2

Alfonso XII King Spain x 1

George V King United Kingdom x 2

Frederick Charles I King Finland 1868-1940 x 1

Constantine I King Greece x 3

Maud Windsor Queen Consort Norway x 2

Christian X King Denmark 1870-1947 x 2

Haakon VII King Norway x 2

Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark 1879-1952 x 1

Alfonso XIII King Spain 1886-1941 x 1

George II King Hellenes x 3

Alexander I King Greece 1893-1920 x 3

King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom x 2

King George VI of the United Kingdom x 2

Paul I King Greece 1901-1964 x 3

Olav Glücksburg V King Norway 1903-1991 x 4

Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh x 3

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom x 2

Sophia Glücksburg Queen Consort Spain 1938- x 6

Juan Carlos I King Spain 1938- x 1

Constantine II King Hellenes 1940- x 6

Carl XVI King Sweden 1946- x 2

King Charles III x 5

William Windsor Prince of Wales 1982- x 5

Ancestors of Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark 1628-1685

Father: George Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg 1582-1641

Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark 1628-1685 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis II Landgrave of Hesse 1438-1471 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William II Landgrave of Hesse 1469-1509 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Landgrave Philip I of Hesse 1504-1567 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Landgrave George I of Hesse Darmstadt 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert III Duke Saxony 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Duke of Saxony 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Christine of Saxony 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Casimir IV King Poland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Barbara Jagiellon 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elisabeth Habsburg Queen Consort Poland 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

GrandFather: Landgrave Louis V of Hesse-Darmstadt 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Mother: Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg 1601-1659 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England