Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Princess Sophia, Electress of Hanover NPG D31374

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by William Faithorne Jr, after Unknown artist

Granddaughter of James I and youngest child of Elizabeth of Bohemia, Sophia was brought up at Leiden before moving to her mother's court at The Hague in 1641. She was tutored in mathematics, law, theology, history and six languages. Her prolific correspondence, written in both French and German, provides a detailed account of court life. In 1658 she married Ernest Augustus, and she eventually became the mother of seven children. As the nearest Protestant claimant to the British throne after Queen Anne,... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.