Editing Sophia of Hanover (section)

== Early life ==
[[File:Sophie von der Pfalz als Indianerin.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Sophia, dressed as an indigenous American. Painted by her sister (circa 1644), [[Louise Hollandine of the Palatinate]]]]
The twelfth<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.historytoday.com/archive/sophia-hanover-dies|title = Sophia of Hanover Dies &#124; History Today}}</ref> child and fifth daughter of [[Frederick V of the Palatinate]] and [[Elizabeth Stuart (1596–1662)|Elizabeth Stuart]], also known as the "Winter King and Queen of Bohemia" for their short rule in that country, Sophia was born in The Wassenaer Hof, [[The Hague]], [[Dutch Republic]], where her parents had fled into exile after the [[Battle of White Mountain]]. Through her mother, she was the granddaughter of [[James VI and I]], king of [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]] and [[Kingdom of England|England]] in a [[Union of the Crowns|personal union]].<ref>Uglow, p 20.</ref> At birth, Sophia was granted an annuity of 40 [[thaler]]s by the Estates of [[Friesland]]. Sophia was courted by her first cousin, [[Charles II of England]], but she rebuffed his advances as she thought he was using her in order to get money from her mother's supporter, [[William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven (1608–1697)|Lord William Craven]].<ref>Dirk van der Cruysse, ''Sophie de Hanovre, mémoires et lettres de voyage'', Paris, Fayard, 1990; J.N. Duggan, ''Sophia of Hanover: From Winter Princess to Heiress of Great Britain'', London, Peter Owen, 2010</ref>