Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark (1 September 1647 - 1 July 1717) was the eldest daughter of King Frederick III of Denmark and Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Luneburg, and Electress of Saxony from 1680 to 1691 as the wife of John George III. Anna Sophie was the sister of a King of Denmark (Christian V), a Queen consort of Sweden (Ulrika Eleonora), and a King consort of Great Britain (Prince George), as well as the mother of a King of Poland (August II, "the Strong"). Anna Sophie was born in Flensburg, the second child and first daughter of Prince Frederick of Denmark and his wife, Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Luneburg. She had an elder brother, Christian. King Christian IV of Denmark, her father's brother, died when she was six months old, and after many months of deliberation, the Rigsraadet royal council and Estates elected her father king. He was crowned Frederick III on 23 November 1648.