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Also Known As Sophie Dorothea
Born September 13, 1666
Died November 23, 1726 (aged 60) • Germany
Notable Family Members spouse George I • son George II
Charles Talbot, duke of Shrewsbury
Charles Talbot, duke and 12th earl of Shrewsbury
English statesman
Charles Seymour, 6th duke of Somerset
British statesman
Oskar Minkowski
German physiologist
Henry Melchior Mühlenberg
American clergyman
Marcel Schlumberger
German geophysicist
Konrad Zuse
German engineer
Joseph Weizenbaum
American computer scientist
Robert Wiene
German film director
Peter Vischer, the Elder
German artist
Christoph von Dohnányi
German conductor
Friedrich William Heinrich Benda
German musician
Johann Friedrich Cotta, Freiherr von Cottendorf
German publisher
Johann Heinrich Alsted
German logician
Johann Georg Cotta
German publisher [1631–1692]
Johann Georg Cotta, Baron von Cottendorf
German publisher [1796–1863]
Johann Christoph Blumhardt
German theologian
August Boeckh
German scholar
Bernard II
German duke
Pina Bausch
German ballet dancer and choreographer
Barthel Beham
German engraver