Editing Sophia of Hanover (section)

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Sophia had seven children who reached adulthood:
[[File:Jacobite broadside - Electress Sophia and her daughter.jpg|thumb|upright|Electress Sophia and her daughter]]
* [[George I of Great Britain]] (7 June 1660 – 22 June 1727)
*[[Frederick Augustus (1661-1690)|Frederick Augustus]] (3 October 1661 – 10 June 1691), Imperial General
* Stillborn twin sons (February 1664 – February 1664)
* [[Maximilian William of Brunswick-Lüneburg]] (13 December 1666 – 27 June 1726), [[field marshal]] in the Imperial Army
* Stillborn son (13 December 1666 – 13 December 1666)
* [[Sophia Charlotte of Hanover|Sophia Charlotte]] (2 October 1668 – 21 January 1705), [[Queen in Prussia]]
* Charles Philip of Brunswick-Lüneburg (13 October 1669 – 1 January 1690), colonel in the Imperial Army
* Christian Henry of Brunswick-Lüneburg (29 September 1671 – 31 July 1703)
* [[Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany|Ernest Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duke of York and Albany]] (7 September 1674 – 14 August 1728), became [[prince-bishop of Osnabrück]]

Three of her sons were killed in battle.<ref>''Encyclopædia Britannica'' 11th ed. (1911), vol. 25</ref>

Sophia was absent for almost a year, 1664–65, during a long holiday with Ernest Augustus in Italy. She corresponded regularly with her sons' governess and took a great interest in her sons' upbringing, even more so on her return.<ref>{{Cite book |first=Dirk |last=van der Cruysse |title=Sophie de Hanovre: mémoires et lettres de voyage}}; {{cite book |last=Hatton |first=Ragnhild |author-link=Ragnhild Hatton |title=George I: Elector and King |publisher=Thames and Hudson |location=London |year=1978 |pages=26–28 |isbn=0-500-25060-X}}</ref> After Sophia's tour, she bore Ernest Augustus another four sons and a daughter. In her letters, Sophia describes her eldest son as a responsible, conscientious child who set an example to his younger brothers and sisters.<ref name="p29">Hatton, p. 29</ref>

Sophia was, at first, against the marriage of her son George and [[Sophia Dorothea of Celle]], looking down on Sophia Dorothea's mother [[Éléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse]] (who was not of royal birth and to whom Sophia referred as "mouse dirt mixed among the pepper") and concerned by Sophia Dorothea's legitimated status, but was eventually won over by the financial advantages inherent in the marriage.<ref>Hatton, pp. 36, 42</ref>