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08 09 Residendial Museum at Celle Palace Reif für die Insel State Exhibition of Lower Saxony in Hannover and Celle 17 May to 5 October 2014 The exhibition is dedicated to the Guelph family s rise to political power After the 30 year war the Duchy of Braunschweig Lüneburg was splintered and had lost a lot of its former influence and importance Though about 65 years later it was to become a European pow er whose rulers bore the royal crown of Britain This development was promo ted systematically by the ruling family by means of marriages wars and festivi ties On the premises of the residential palace in original historic locations the city of Celle offers a unique insight into the beginnings of the personal union as well as life during those times Guided tours of the exhibition available in many languages Schlossplatz 1 D 29221 Celle Tel 49 0 5141 12373 www residenzmuseum de George I Elector of Hanover and King of Great Britain In the Act of Settlement passed in 1701 Princess Sophia of the Palatinate and widow of Elector Ernest Augustus of Hanover became heiress presumptive to the English throne Shortly after Sophia s death in 1714 Queen Anne of Great Britain and Ireland also died enabling in the same year Sophia s eldest son George Louis to ascend the British throne as King George I Bomann Museum Celle Bomann Museum Celle Sophia Dorothea with her children The princess from Celle would have become the first British queen from the House of Guelphs but she remained the Uncrowned Queen Following the infamous Königs marck affair and her subsequent divorce she was expelled from the electoral court and exiled to Ahlden Her children how ever ascended to European thrones George Augustus as George II became King of Great Britain in 1727 her daughter Sophia Dorothea became queen in Prussia and was the mother of Frederick the Great Historisches Museum Hannover The Royal Collection Her Majesty Queen Elisabeth II