02566cam a22003253u 4500 76394 UtSlPG 20260610134752.0 m cr n 260607r20251903utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d 19003642 UtSlPG en iso639-1 DD Wilkins, W. H. (William Henry), 1860-1905 The love of an uncrowned queen Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2025-06-27 "The love of an uncrowned queen : Sophie Dorothea, consort of George I, and her…." by W. H. Wilkins is a historical biography written in the early 20th century. It traces the life of Sophie Dorothea of Celle—her rise from disputed birth to duchess’s daughter, her ill-fated love with Count Königsmarck as revealed in their letters, and the court intrigues of Celle and Hanover that shaped her fate. The opening of the work combines a documentary preface with the first chapters of narrative. Wilkins recounts how he discovered and authenticated Sophie Dorothea’s and Königsmarck’s love-letters (chiefly at Lund, with further caches in Berlin and likely among the Guelph papers), and notes scholarly defenses of their genuineness before outlining his revisions. The story then steps back to the House of Brunswick: George William’s rejection of a political match with Princess Sophia of the Palatinate, Sophia’s marriage instead to Ernest Augustus, and George William’s morganatic union with the clever and ambitious Eléonore d’Olbreuse, who wins status for herself and their daughter, Sophie Dorothea. We see Eléonore’s calculated advance (imperial legitimization, new titles, and alliances), the hostile rivalry of Duchess Sophia, early mention of the youthful Königsmarck at Celle, and, in Hanover, the rise of Madame Platen and a corrupt, Versailles-like court—setting the political and personal stage for the drama to come. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1903 Sophia Dorothea, consort of George I, King of Great Britain, 1666-1726 Königsmarck, Christopher von, 1665-1694 https://archive.org/details/loveofuncrownedq00wilkiala https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76394 117119 117119