Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Bohemia

The Queen of Bohemia. A public-house sign in honour of Lady Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of James I., who was married to Frederick, elector palatine, for whom Bohemia was raised into a separate kingdom. It is through this lady that the Brunswick family succeeded to the throne of Great Britain.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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