Princess Amelia of Great Britain
Amelia Sophia Eleanor of Great Britain (born 30 Maijul / June 10 1711greg in Herrenhausen, Hanover, .. † October 31, 1786 in Soho, London) was a British princess of the House of Hanover.
Previous years
Amelia Sophie was the third child and second daughter of the British king and Brunswick Elector George II (1683-1760) and his wife Caroline of Ansbach ( 1683-1737 ). Within the family, it was called Emily.
The " Royal Highness " Amelia Sophia of Hanover was three years old when her grandfather Elector Georg Ludwig as George I ascended the British throne. Amelia Sophie was placed in the care of the Countess Gertrude of Schaumburg -Lippe (1701-1728), a daughter of George I and his mistress Countess Ehrengard Melusine von der Schulenburg. At the instigation of her mother Caroline and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Amelia Sophia Karoline 1722 by Dr. Maitland were vaccinated against smallpox.
Marriage policy - years as a bride
Her aunt, the Prussian Queen Sophie Dorothea, sister of George II, has long been toyed with the plan to continue the tradition Guelph - Hohenzollern marriages. Here you floated a double wedding before: Friedrich Ludwig (1707-1751) should marry her daughter Wilhelmine (1709-1758), while his sister Amelia was the Prussian crown prince and later king Frederick II (1712-1786), called the Great betrothed, . In 1723 she had the opportunity to present this project George I, and this, common grandfather of four affected young people, was very receptive to the idea, but kept the time for an official announcement of the desired compounds as premature as the cousins it seemed too young. With the double wedding a solid and lasting alliance between Great Britain, Hanover and Prussia should be consolidated. It should take place at George's next visit in 1727, the death of her grandfather was not good, because her father had -. No hurry, the wedding of the four royal children commit final - number of policy reasons.
But soon it turned out that with regard to the marriage project prevailed fundamentally different views. George II and the British government pursued thus primarily state purposes, while King Frederick William I saw in a pure family affair, through which he was about to set in no way politically. Eventually he moved away by the idea of a double wedding and wanted to possibly even agree to a marriage of his daughter Wilhelmina with the Prince of Wales, but let his own crown prince for the time being unmarried.
Later years
The family lives in St. James 's Palace was considered unlucky. Her father turned to his family as stingy. Without her mother's help, she would hardly have been able to appropriately dressed for representative occasions to appear. After the early death of her mother (1737) she became his constant companion - along with their hated Countess Sophie Amalie of Wallmoden ( 1704-1765 ), later Countess of Yarmouth.
In 1751, Amelia Sophie graduated with a Ranger of Richmond Park from the public from the surrounding resident White Lodge Park and only a few close friends or people with special permission were allowed to enter these. This led to an uproar in the population and in 1758 handed the brewery owner John Lewis a lawsuit in court one, the judge ruled in favor of Lewis. At the verdict, he stated that the park since the 17th century, under the reign of King Charles I was, the public provided. Princess Amelia Sophia was forced to lift that restriction.
Princess Amelia Sophia died on October 31, 1786, unmarried, in their house at the Cavendish Square in Soho. At her death she was the last surviving child of King George II and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
Title and status
Others
- On January 24, 1714, Prince Frederick of Prussia received an engagement ring, woven from the hair of his blond lying in diapers bride.
- Amelia Iceland and Amelia City, Florida, and Amelia County, Virginia, in the United States were named in honor of her.