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BOHEMIA, Elisabeth, Princess of, Abbess of Herford, Princess Palatine (1618-1680, eldest daughter of Frederick V, 'the Winter King'). Autograph letter signed ('Elizabeth') to the Duchess of Palatinate- Neuberg, The Hague, 5 September n.y., writing at the encouragement of the Baroness von Falkenstein to offer her services for any commissions the Duchess may have in the Hague, which would 'thereby make our tedious exile more bearable', one page, small folio .
BOHEMIA, Elisabeth, Princess of, Abbess of Herford, Princess Palatine (1618-1680, eldest daughter of Frederick V, 'the Winter King'). Autograph letter signed ('Elizabeth') to the Duchess of Palatinate- Neuberg, The Hague, 5 September n.y., writing at the encouragement of the Baroness von Falkenstein to offer her services for any commissions the Duchess may have in the Hague, which would 'thereby make our tedious exile more bearable', one page, small folio . After his defeat in Bohemia and expulsion from the Palatinate, the family of Frederick V, 'the Winter King', lived quietly in exile in the Hague. Elisabeth was a woman of remarkable intelligence, a friend of Descartes (with whom she maintained a long correspondence), Leibniz and William Penn.