Sophia of England

Full name
	Sophia Stuart

Sophia of England
Sophia of England
	Detail from a 1625 engraving of King James and his family showing a baby in a cradle
Born	22 June 1606; Greenwich Palace, Greenwich
Died	23 June 1606; Greenwich Palace, Greenwich
Burial	Westminster Abbey
Full name
	Sophia Stuart
House	Stuart
Father	James VI
Mother	Anne of Denmark

Sophia Stuart (22 June – 23 June 1606) was the fourth daughter and seventh and final child of King James VI and I by his wife Anne of Denmark. She was born at Greenwich Palace on 22 June 1606 and died there the next day.[1] Alice Dennis was the midwife, she had also attended the birth of Princess Mary in April 1605.[2]

Sophia was buried in King Henry's Chapel, Westminster Abbey, in a monument designed by Maximilian Colt and painted by John de Critz that resembles a stone cradle.[3][4] The Earl of Salisbury made the contract with the sculptor.[5]

Anne of Denmark kept to her chamber at Greenwich for a month until her brother Christian IV of Denmark arrived on 17 July 1606. She remained at Greenwich and did not go the Entertainment at Theobalds House on 24 July 1606. On 3 August she was "churched" at Greenwich with both kings present and the next day attended a tournament of running at the ring. The following day, 5 August, was held as a day of thanksgiving for the king's deliverance from the Gowrie Conspiracy at Perth in 1600.[6] Anne and Prince Henry came on barges to Northfleet to Rochester, where Anne of Denmark and both kings had dinner on the English ship, the Elizabeth Jonas, then were rowed to Chatham.[7]

References

John Nichols, The Progresses Processions, and Magnificient Festivities of King James the First, vol. 2 (London, 1828), p. 52.
Frederick Madden, Issues of the Exchequer (London, 1836), pp. 34-5, 47.
Frederick Madden, Issues of the Exchequer in the Reign of James I (London, 1836), p. 60.
Westminster Abbey website, accessed January 2018
John Nichols, The Progresses Processions, and Magnificient Festivities of King James the First, vol. 2 (London, 1828), pp. 52-53 footnote.
John Nichols, The Progresses Processions, and Magnificient Festivities of King James the First, vol. 2 (London, 1828), pp. 53, 59, 64, 70-74, 79-80, 88.
John Nichols, The Progresses Processions, and Magnificient Festivities of King James the First, vol. 2 (London, 1828), pp. 82-3, 91.

Ancestors

Ancestors of Sophia of England

8. Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox

4. Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley

9. Margaret Douglas

2. James I of England

10. James V of Scotland

5. Mary, Queen of Scots

11. Mary of Guise

1. Sophia of England

12. Christian III of Denmark

6. Frederick II of Denmark

13. Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg

3. Anne of Denmark

14. Ulrich III of Mecklenburg-Güstrow

7. Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow

15. Elizabeth of Denmark

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[1] John Nichols, The Progresses Processions, and Magnificient Festivities of King James the First, vol. 2 (London, 1828), p. 52.

[2] Frederick Madden, Issues of the Exchequer (London, 1836), pp. 34-5, 47.

[3] Frederick Madden, Issues of the Exchequer in the Reign of James I (London, 1836), p. 60.

[4] Westminster Abbey website, accessed January 2018

[5] John Nichols, The Progresses Processions, and Magnificient Festivities of King James the First, vol. 2 (London, 1828), pp. 52-53 footnote.

[6] John Nichols, The Progresses Processions, and Magnificient Festivities of King James the First, vol. 2 (London, 1828), pp. 53, 59, 64, 70-74, 79-80, 88.

[7] John Nichols, The Progresses Processions, and Magnificient Festivities of King James the First, vol. 2 (London, 1828), pp. 82-3, 91.