Editing Sophia of Hanover (section)

== Death and legacy ==
[[File:Unbekannt, Maison de Plaisir d'Herrenhausen, c1708..jpg|thumb|[[Herrenhausen Gardens|Summer Palace of Herrenhausen]] and the Great Garden, ca 1708]]
[[File:Welfs mausoleum Berggarten Herrenhausen Hannover Germany.jpg|thumb|Mausoleum of King [[Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover|Ernest Augustus I]] in the Berggarten of Herrenhausen Gardens, into which the remains of Sophia were removed in 1957, from their original burial site in the chapel of [[Leineschloss|Leine Palace]], Hanover]]
Although considerably older than Queen [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Anne]], Sophia enjoyed much better health. According to the Countess of Bückeburg in a letter to Sophia's niece, the [[Raugraves|Raugravine]] Luise,<ref>J. N. Duggan, Chapter 13</ref> on 5 June 1714 Sophia felt ill after receiving an angry letter from Queen Anne. Three days later, on 8 June, she was walking in the [[Herrenhausen Gardens|gardens of Herrenhausen]] when she ran to shelter from a sudden downpour of rain and collapsed and died in the arms of her granddaughter-in-law [[Caroline of Ansbach]], Electoral Princess of Hanover. Sophia was 83, a very advanced age for the era.<ref name="ODNB">[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/37994?docPos=3] The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography</ref> Queen Anne died less than two months later on 1 August 1714 at the age of 49. Had Sophia survived Anne, she would have been the oldest person to [[Succession to the British throne|ascend the British throne]].

Upon Sophia's death, her eldest son Elector [[George I of Great Britain|George Louis of Hanover]] (1660–1727) became [[heir presumptive]] in her place and within two months succeeded Anne as George I of Great Britain. Sophia's daughter [[Sophia Charlotte of Hanover]] (1668–1705) married [[Frederick I of Prussia]], from whom the later Prussian and German monarchs descend.

Sophia was buried in the chapel of [[Leineschloss|Leine Palace]] in Hanover, as were her husband and their son George I. After the destruction of the palace and its chapel during World War II by [[Bombing of Hanover in World War II|Allied aerial raids]], their remains were moved into the mausoleum of King [[Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover|Ernest Augustus I]] in the Berggarten of Herrenhausen Gardens in 1957.
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