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Kielmansegg, Sophie Charlotte ¬von¬

Record IDcnp01149292
URIhttp://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp01149292
Genderfemale
Biographical Data1675 - 1725
Last Edit2024-02-08

General Note

Tochter des Kurfürsten Ernst August von Hannover; Gräfin Darlington

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Further Biographical Data1675-1725. Geburtsjahr ca.
Title of NobilityGräfin (gnd)
CountryDeutschland
Geographic NoteDE (iso3166)

Names

HeadingKielmansegg, Sophie Charlotte ¬von¬
used in: Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany
Former NamePlaten, Sophie Charlotte ¬von¬
Frueherer Name
Variant NameDarlington, Sophie Charlotte ¬von¬

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Found inNDB/ADB-online
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Portrait of Sophia von Kielmansegg, Countess of Darlington (1675-1725), illegitimate daughter of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Clara Elisabeth von Platen«The sitter was the daughter of Cara Elizabeth, Baroness von Platen, and probably Duke Ernst August of Brunswick and Luneburg, the Bishop of Osnabruck. She was the half sister of George Lewis, Elector of Hanover and later King George I. In 1701 she married Johann Adolf, Baron von Kielmansegg, Deputy Master of the Horse to George Lewis.Sophia Charlotte and her family moved to London on the accession of George I to the throne. She was a great favourite with the King and was regarded as a rival to the King's mistress, Melusine von der Schulenburg. She fascinated the English court and Horace Walpole remarked upon her physical appearance:" '¦ Two fierce black eyes, large & rolling, beneath two lofty arched eyebrows, two acres of cheeks spread with crimson, an ocean of neck that overflowed & was not distinguished from the lower part of her body, and no part restrained by stays. (Reminiscences, 29-30)".» [1]
[Godfrey Kneller / http://www.thepeerage.com/p32068.htm -- Public domain -- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charlotte Sophia von Platen-Hallermund, Countess of Darlington.jpg]

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