: Feeling isolated in the Hanoverian court, she fell in love with a Swedish mercenary, Count Philip Christoph von Königsmark .
: Their plan to flee was discovered, leading to the mysterious disappearance (and presumed murder) of Königsmark and the lifelong imprisonment of Sophia Dorothea in Ahlden House. Musical Adaptations Saraband for Dead Lovers
: Composed by Alan Rawsthorne and conducted by Ernest Irving. : Feeling isolated in the Hanoverian court, she
: She was forced into a loveless marriage with her cousin, Prince George Louis of Hanover, who later became King George I of Great Britain . Prince George Louis of Hanover