Sophia von Kielmansegg, Countess of Darlington

Countess Sophia Charlotte von Platen - Hallermund, later Baroness von Kielmansegg, Countess of Leinster and Darlington ( born April 10, 1675 Osnabruck, † April 20, 1725 in London) was a German -British nobleman and the half-sister of the Duke of Brunswick- Lüneburg and later British king, George I..

Life

Sophia Charlotte was the illegitimate daughter of the Elector Ernst August of Hanover (1629-1698) and his mistress Countess years of Clara Elisabeth von Platen (1648-1700), who was married to Franz Ernst von Platen - Hallermund ( 1631-1709 ). Her husband, was officially regarded as the father. Her mother was the Drahtzieherin in the " Königsmarck Affair."

In 1701, married Countess Sophie Charlotte Hanover Baron Johann Adolf Kielmansegg ( 1668-1717 ). The marriage produced two children, Charlotte (1703-1782) and Georg Ludwig (1705-1785) went out.

Sophie Charlotte had an intimate relationship with her half-brother, Georg Ludwig and her husband was Oberststallmeister the Duke of Brunswick- Lüneburg. In 1714 Queen Anne died, and in accordance with the Act of Union 1707 Duke Georg Ludwig as George I, King of Great Britain and Ireland. Sophia Charlotte followed him along with her family and his mistress Countess Melusine von der Schulenburg (1663-1747) to London. The Baroness mingled equal under the British courtiers, who they saw as mistress of the new king, and competed with the actual lover. The royal couple, Caroline and Georg August, both women refused. In the South Sea fund speculating with successful and achieved a considerable fortune. 1721, she was later awarded the title Countess of Darlington and a year, the Irish peerage Countess of Leinster, the Irish peerage. However, both titles were not hereditary.

The Countess died on April 20, 1725 in her home in James Street and was buried in Westminster Abbey.