------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber’s Note: This version of the text cannot represent certain typographical effects. Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_. Superscrtiped letter are prefixed by ‘^’ as in ‘y^e’. Footnotes have been renumbered sequentially, and have been moved to follow the paragraphs or letter in which they are referenced. Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation. THE LOVE OF AN UNCROWNED QUEEN [Illustration: SOPHIE DOROTHEA. _From a painting formerly at Ahlden._ ] THE LOVE OF AN UNCROWNED QUEEN SOPHIE DOROTHEA, _CONSORT OF_ GEORGE I., and her Correspondence with PHILIP CHRISTOPHER COUNT KÖNIGSMARCK (_Now first published from the originals_) BY W. H. WILKINS _M.A._ (_Clare College, Cambridge_), _F.S.A._ _Author of “Caroline the Illustrious, Queen Consort of George II.”_ _NEW AND REVISED EDITION_ WITH ILLUSTRATIONS LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON NEW YORK AND BOMBAY 1903 PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION.