WI- George I Died Even One Year Earlier

His divorced and imprisoned wife Sophia of Celle died in 1726 and he himself died in 1727 but rather estranged from their only son George II. Had George I died before Sophia, would the son have freed his mother, kept her imprisoned or just quietly transferred to another restricted but more pleasant setting?
 
The son would have treated his mother like a queen. As I understand it, the treatment of his mother was one of the things contributing to the estrangement between father and son.
 
I agree. I think George II had been devoted to his mother as a boy, missed her when she was imprisoned, and would certainly have set her free, brought her to England, and made sure that she was treated with all the deference appropriate for a dowager Queen.
 
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