(Encyclopedia) SophiaSophiasōfīˈə, Ger. zōfēˈä [key], 1630–1714, electress of Hanover, consort of Elector Ernest Augustus. She was the daughter of Frederick the Winter King and Elizabeth of Bohemia,…
(Encyclopedia) Sophia DorotheaSophia Dorotheasōfīˈə dŏrəthēˈə [key], 1666–1726, electress of Hanover, wife of Elector George Louis (later King George I of England); sometimes called Sophia Dorothea…
(Encyclopedia) Loren, SophiaLoren, Sophiasōfēˈə lôrĕnˈ [key], 1934–, Italian film actress, b. as Sophia Scicoloni. She grew up in the slums of Naples. With the help of Italian producer Carlo Ponti (…
(Encyclopedia) Sophia CharlotteSophia Charlottezōfēˈä shärlôtˈə [key], 1668–1705, first queen of Prussia, second wife of King Frederick I, daughter of Electress Sophia of Hanover, and sister of King…
(Encyclopedia) Sophia AlekseyevnaSophia Alekseyevnasôˈfyə əlyĭksyāˈyəvnə [key], 1657–1704, regent of Russia (1682–89); daughter of Czar Alexis by his first wife and sister of Czar Feodor III.…
(Encyclopedia) Hagia SophiaHagia Sophiahäˈjə sōfēˈə, hāˈjēə, [key] [Gr.,=Holy Wisdom] or Santa Sophia, Turkish Ayasofya, originally a Christian church at Constantinople (now İstanbul, Turkey) and…
LILLY, William, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Penn Yan, Yates County, N.Y., June 3, 1821; moved to Carbon County, Pa., in 1838; elected colonel of one of the militia regiments of…
