King George I of Great Britain was a murderer? A case of 300 year old murder mystery.

[Neural Network]

A love story between Philip Königsmarck and Georg Ludwig’s wife Sophia Dorothea. Photo credit: Lund University

 

A skeleton was found during construction work at Leine castle in Niedersachsen, Germany in the summer of 2016. This is where Swedish count Philip Christoph Königsmarck disappeared 322 years ago – could it be him? Lund University in Sweden follows the dangerous love story between Philip Königsmarck and Georg Ludwig’s wife Sophia Dorothea through the love letters they wrote to each other, currently preserved at the University Library.

 

More than 300 love letters are kept at Lund University

 

A skeleton was found during construction work at Leine castle in Niedersachsen, Germany in the summer of 2016. This is where Swedish count Philip Christoph Königsmarck disappeared 322 years ago – could it be him? Lund University in Sweden follows the dangerous love story between Philip Königsmarck and Georg Ludwig’s wife Sophia Dorothea through the love letters they wrote to each other, currently preserved at the University Library.

 

“The letters were donated by Pontus de la Gardie, a diligent collector of archive material from Swedish noble families. This is not an extraordinary number of letters as in the 17th century people wrote letters all the time, often several times a day. Also, mail was delivered several times a dayâ€, says HÃ¥kan HÃ¥kansson, Associate Professor of the History of Ideas and Sciences.

 

 

 

The 29-year-old count disappeared after a nocturnal visit to Princess Sophia Dorothea, his childhood friend and lover. Unfortunately, she was already married to Georg Ludwig, Prince Elector of Hannover who later became George I, King of England. Sophia Dorotea married Georg Ludwig for political reasons at age 16. This was an unhappy marriage and Georg Ludwig and his parents were cold to Sophia Dorothea. In the summer of 1694, Sophia Dorothea and Philip Königsmarck planned to elope. But their love affair was exposed, probably by a friend of theirs, countess Clara Elisabeth von Platen. The scandal was a fact and Philip Königsmarck disappeared. People suspected that Georg Ludwig had the count murdered, but the body was never found.

 

Their letters to each other were sometimes written in cipher.

 

“I suppose they needed a secret language to hide all sensitive information. They must have had someone they trusted to deliver the letters. After all, it was an illicit love affair and it ended very badlyâ€, says HÃ¥kan HÃ¥kansson.

 

Sophia Dorothea was sent away and had to spend the rest of her life in exile at the castle of Ahlden in Lüneburg.

 

The bones and tissue that were found have been examined by physicians, but the cause of death could not be determined. However, the DNA from the bones can now be compared to DNA of living relatives of Philip Königsmarck. A 300-year old murder mystery may finally be solved.

 

The love story between Sophia Dorothea and Philip Königsmarck has been documented in books and films.

 

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[MelanatedBeauty]

a king from 300 years ago a murderer??!?

 

no! CUN'T BE!

[Guest]

Well now I want to know if it really was his bones, what is this cliffhanger 

[QueenElizabeth]

None of the Hanover monarchs were very decent people, even Victoria has some pretty nasty skeletons in the closet. 

[Dovah Bitch]

Blessing this thread

 

 

[Your Juan and only]

In other news England has a king

[wiz109]

Say it isn't so!

 

I thought all English monarchs were lovable fluff balls.

 

 

pfft

[Envied]

"But their love affair was exposed, probably by a friend of theirs, countess Clara Elisabeth von Platen."

 

Clara with her snitching ass cock blockin'