Jaroslav Bořita of Martinice

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Jaroslav Bořita of Martinice was a prominent Bohemian Catholic nobleman and royal official best known for surviving being thrown from a window during the 1618 Defenestration of Prague, an event that helped spark the Thirty Years' War.

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Jaroslav Bořita of Martinice canonical 3
Bořita of Martinice 1

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bohemian nobleman ⓘ
Catholic nobleman ⓘ
human ⓘ
royal official ⓘ
allegiance Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
associatedWith Bohemian Revolt ⓘ
Prague Castle ⓘ
causeOfFame being thrown from a window of Prague Castle by Protestant nobles ⓘ
century 17th century ⓘ
conflict Thirty Years' War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Bohemia ⓘ
era Early modern period ⓘ
linked to: Early Modern period
ethnicGroup Czech ⓘ
familyName Bořita of Martinice ⓘ
givenName Jaroslav ⓘ
governedTerritory Crown lands of Bohemia on behalf of the Habsburgs ⓘ
historicalRegion Bohemia ⓘ
historicalSignificance symbol of Catholic-Habsburg authority in pre-White Mountain Bohemia ⓘ
knownFor staunch defense of Catholic and Habsburg interests in Bohemia ⓘ
languageOfUse Czech ⓘ
German ⓘ
loyalty Habsburg monarchy ⓘ
nobleFamily Martinic family ⓘ
nobleTitle Count ⓘ
notableEvent Defenestration of Prague (1618) ⓘ
notableFor role in events leading to the Thirty Years' War ⓘ
surviving the 1618 Defenestration of Prague ⓘ
opponentOf Bohemian Protestant estates ⓘ
partOf Bohemian Catholic party ⓘ
placeOfActivity Kingdom of Bohemia ⓘ
Prague ⓘ
politicalAlignment pro-Habsburg ⓘ
positionHeld imperial councillor ⓘ
president of the Court of Appeal of Bohemia ⓘ
royal governor of Bohemia ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
roleInEvent royal representative at the time of the Defenestration of Prague ⓘ
socialClass high nobility ⓘ
survivalExplainedBy landing in the castle moat or on refuse below the window in traditional accounts ⓘ
survivedEvent Defenestration of Prague (1618) ⓘ
typeOfNoble landed aristocracy ⓘ
victimOf attack by Bohemian Protestant nobles in 1618 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Defenestration of Prague (1618) → involvedPerson → Jaroslav Bořita of Martinice ⓘ
Defenestration of Prague (1618) → victim → Jaroslav Bořita of Martinice ⓘ
Jaroslav Bořita of Martinice → familyName → Bořita of Martinice ⓘ
linked to: Jaroslav Bořita of Martinice
Martinic family → notableMember → Jaroslav Bořita of Martinice ⓘ