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Title: The love of an uncrowned queen

Sophie Dorothea, consort of George I, and her correspondence with Philip Christopher, Count Königsmarck

Author: W. H. Wilkins

Release date: June 27, 2025 [eBook #76394]

Language: English

Original publication: London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1903

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THE LOVE OF AN UNCROWNED QUEEN

SOPHIE DOROTHEA.
From a painting formerly at Ahlden.

THE LOVE OF AN
UNCROWNED QUEEN
SOPHIE DOROTHEA, CONSORT OF
GEORGE I., and her Correspondence with
Philip Christopher Count Königsmarck (Now
first published from the originals)
BY
W. H. WILKINS
M.A. (Clare College, Cambridge), F.S.A.
Author of “Caroline the Illustrious, Queen Consort of George II.”
NEW AND REVISED EDITION
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
NEW YORK AND BOMBAY
1903