Show son of mother of kings became english monarch I 1 during the cont century uty sophia of hannover germany became known agthe mother of kings she herself was as in line lor for the british succession cess lori as the great granddaughter of Mary queen of se scots when her de death thin in I 1 1714 prevented reve fulfillment of the act of parliament by which she would have been offered the crown her son as george 1 I became tho the first farst of the dy nasty to rule england besides the Hanh and british lines sophia was associated with the royal house of prussia by the marriage of her daughter sophia charlotte to frederick I 1 first king of prussia her grandeau grand granddaughter dau gh sophia dorothea married frederick william I 1 of prussia and become became mother of frederick the great in great britain although the hannover blood relationship re bained the male succession of the house was broken when victoria came to the throne and married albert of the german state of saxe coburg and gotha during the first world war george V relinquished all german titles the name of the ruling house was then ihen abandoned for that of windsor |