Bohemian estates

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The Bohemian estates were the representative political bodies of the Kingdom of Bohemia, composed of nobles, clergy, and burghers, that played a central role in the early stages of the Thirty Years' War through their resistance to Habsburg rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf estates of the realm ⓘ
representative political body ⓘ
affectedBy Renewed Ordinance of the Land (1627) ⓘ
composedOf burghers ⓘ
clergy ⓘ
nobility ⓘ
conflict Bohemian Revolt ⓘ
Thirty Years' War ⓘ
country Kingdom of Bohemia ⓘ
dateOfLossOfAutonomy 1620 ⓘ
dateOfSignificantEvent 1618 ⓘ
demanded religious freedoms for non-Catholics ⓘ
elected Frederick V of the Palatinate ⓘ
electedTitleFor King of Bohemia ⓘ
governanceForm estate monarchy ⓘ
granted Letter of Majesty (1609) ⓘ
heldMeetingsIn Prague ⓘ
historicalRegion Bohemia ⓘ
Central Europe ⓘ
initiated Defenestration of Prague (1618) ⓘ
legalBasis Bohemian Crown lands privileges ⓘ
lostAutonomyAfter Battle of White Mountain ⓘ
notableEvent Defenestration of Prague (1618) ⓘ
opposed Habsburg monarchy ⓘ
partOf Crown of Bohemia ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Bohemia
playedCentralRoleIn early stages of the Thirty Years' War ⓘ
politicalOutcome reduction of estate privileges ⓘ
politicalRole approval of taxation ⓘ
limitation of royal power ⓘ
participation in legislation ⓘ
representation of estates in the Kingdom of Bohemia ⓘ
rebelledAgainst Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
relatedTo Lower Lusatian estates ⓘ
Moravian estates ⓘ
Silesian estates ⓘ
Upper Lusatian estates ⓘ
religiousAffiliation largely Protestant ⓘ
religiousOutcome re-Catholicization of Bohemia ⓘ
religiousRole defense of Protestant interests in Bohemia ⓘ
seat Bohemian Diet ⓘ
linked to: Moravian Diet
statusAfter1627 significantly curtailed ⓘ
timePeriod early modern period ⓘ
late Middle Ages ⓘ
typeOfAssembly diet ⓘ
usedLanguage Czech language ⓘ
German language ⓘ
weakenedBy Habsburg centralization ⓘ

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Hussite movement → opposedBy → Catholic nobility in Bohemia ⓘ
linked to: Bohemian estates
Gabriel Bethlen → allyOf → Bohemian Estates ⓘ
linked to: Bohemian estates
Carl von Rabenhaupt → allegiance → Bohemian estates ⓘ
Burghers of Plzeň → memberOf → urban estates of the Kingdom of Bohemia ⓘ
linked to: Bohemian estates
Letter of Majesty (1609) → grantedTo → Protestant estates of Bohemia ⓘ
linked to: Bohemian estates
Silesian estates → influencedBy → Bohemian estates ⓘ
Jindřich Matyáš Thurn → affiliation → Bohemian estates ⓘ
subject linked to: Thurn
Slavata family → partOf → Bohemian estates ⓘ