Elizabethof Bohemia

Elizabeth of Bohemia (1596-1662) was the daughter of James VI. of Scotland (James I. of England) and Anne of Denmark. She was born in Fife, and resided while in Scotland at Linlithgow. When she came to London, Combe Abbey was appointed as her place of residence, and here she was brought up. She then removed to Hampton Court, Whitehall, and Kew respectively. Charles IX. of Sweden sought her hand for his son, but she was married to Frederick, Elector Palatine, who was elected to the throne of Bohemia. She seems to have been flighty and extravagant, and she did not win the hearts of the inhabitants of Prague. Prince Rupert, of Civil war renown, was her third son. Her husband was deprived of the Bohemian crown by the battle of Prague. Elizabeth came to England at the Restoration, and died in London. She was popular in England, and was generally known as the Queen of Hearts.