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Sophia Charlotte

Sophia Charlotte (zōfēˈä shärlôtˈə) [key], 1668–1705, first queen of Prussia, second wife of King Frederick I, daughter of Electress Sophia of Hanover, and sister of King George I of England. She was noted for her literary and philosophical interests and for her friendship with Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz.

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