Men of Kent and Kentishmen/Sophia, Princess

by John Hutchinson

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Sophia, Princess,

DAUGHTER OF JAMES I.,

Was born at Greenwich 22nd June, 1606, "and departed this life three days after." "The royal babe lieth buried nigh Queen Elizabeth … represented sleeping in her cradle, wherewith vulgar eyes, especially of the weaker sex, are more affected … than with all the magnificent monuments of Westminster."

[See "Fuller's Worthies."]