5 December 1706 saw the solemn consecration of the Charlottenburg Palace Chapel (room 94).Before her death Sophia Charlotte had approved the plans of Johann Friedrich Eosander (1669–1728).As the architect reported, she wanted “the place she dedicated to her God to be the most richly decorated of any in her palace”. Opposite the royal gallery is the carved oaken pulpit, and beneath it the richly gilded communion table by Charles King (d. 1756). Above the royal gallery, which is separated from the Chapel by sliding windows, two hovering geniuses hold aloft a huge crown and Prussian Eagle to proclaim the glorious kingdom of Frederick I. This balanced presentation of temporal and spiritual power, of throne and altar, was in accord with the Reformed Calvinist faith of the Hohenzollern and their view of their divine right to rule. The ceiling painting executed in 1708 by Anthonie Coxcie (post 1650–c.1720), was totally reconstructed after its destruction in 1943 during the Second World War,as was the Chapel itself. The restored organ, dating from 1706, was built by Arp Schnitger (1648–1719).
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