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King of Bohemia: character portrait from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)

Character profile

King of Bohemia in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Who is King of Bohemia in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes? Wilhelm von Ormstein, hereditary King of Bohemia, who calls on Holmes in disguise to recover a compromising photograph held by Irene Adler in A Scandal in Bohemia.

Also known as: the King, Wilhelm von Ormstein, Count Von Kramm

Who King of Bohemia is

Wilhelm von Ormstein, hereditary King of Bohemia, who calls on Holmes in disguise to recover a compromising photograph held by Irene Adler in A Scandal in Bohemia.

Appearance

An imposing, powerfully built man well over six feet, broad-chested and Herculean, with thick dark curling hair and a heavy black moustache; light-tan skin. Conceals the upper half of his face behind a black vizard mask. Dressed with royal extravagance: a deep-blue fur-trimmed (astrakhan) cloak embroidered in gold with a heraldic lion and crown, an ornate black-and-gold frogged tunic, a jewelled clasp and black gloves.

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