Memoirs 1630-1680, Sophia Of Hanover, Ward

With the couple’s wedding, the two warring houses of Lancaster and York have been lastly reconciled, their clashing rose emblems united beneath the red-and-white Tudor rose. She is styled “Our Dear Cousin Her Royal Highness The Princess Frederica Sophia Maria Henrietta Amelia Theresa of Hanover, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland ” in the instrument passed below the Excellent Seal signifying the Queen’s consent to the marriage (PRO HO 124/19).…Read More