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Also Known As Sophie Dorothea
Born September 13, 1666
Died November 23, 1726 (aged 60) • Germany • (Anniversary in 2 days)
Notable Family Members spouse George I • son George II
Marcel Schlumberger
German geophysicist
Johann Heinrich Alsted
German logician
Charles Talbot, duke of Shrewsbury
Charles Talbot, duke and 12th earl of Shrewsbury
English statesman
Charles Seymour, 6th duke of Somerset
British statesman
Henry Melchior Mühlenberg
American clergyman
Oskar Minkowski
German physiologist
Robert Wiene
German film director
Christoph von Dohnányi
German conductor
Peter Vischer, the Elder
German artist
Konrad Zuse
German engineer
Joseph Weizenbaum
American computer scientist
Rolf Hochhuth
German writer
Hans Eysenck
German-born British psychologist
Reinhard Gehlen
German general
Jakob Fugger II the Rich
German merchant
Anton Fugger
German merchant
Bernard II
German duke
August Boeckh
German scholar
Johann Christoph Blumhardt
German theologian
Johann Friedrich Cotta, Freiherr von Cottendorf
German publisher