I am Sophia of Hanover, I was Electress of Hanover from 19 December 1692 until 23 January 1698 as the consort of Prince-Elector Ernest Augustus. I was later the heiress presumptive to the thrones of England and Scotland (later Great Britain) and Ireland under the Act of Settlement 1701, as a granddaughter of King James VI and I. I died less than two months before I would have become Queen of Great Britain and Ireland. Consequently, my son George I succeeded my first cousin once removed, Queen Anne, to the British throne. The succession to the throne has since been composed entirely of, and legally defined as my legitimate and Protestant descendants.