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

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