Bohemian Estates

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The Bohemian Estates were the representative political body 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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bohemian Estates canonical 7
Bohemian estates 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf estates of the realm ⓘ
representative political body ⓘ
asserted right to elect the king of Bohemia ⓘ
composedOf burghers ⓘ
clergy ⓘ
nobility ⓘ
conflictedWith Counter-Reformation policies ⓘ
country Kingdom of Bohemia ⓘ
declineAfter Battle of White Mountain ⓘ
deposed Ferdinand II as King of Bohemia ⓘ
elected Frederick V, Elector Palatine ⓘ
exercisedPowerIn Kingdom of Bohemia ⓘ
governanceType estate-based monarchy ⓘ
granted military levies ⓘ
taxation consent ⓘ
hadInstitution Diet of Bohemia ⓘ
linked to: Bohemian Diet
historicalLanguageName České stavy ⓘ
linked to: Czech lands
historicalStatus abolished ⓘ
involvedIn Bohemian Revolt ⓘ
Thirty Years' War ⓘ
languageUsed Czech ⓘ
German ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Czech Republic ⓘ
lostAutonomyUnder Habsburg absolutism ⓘ
notableEvent Defenestration of Prague (1618) ⓘ
opposed Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Habsburg monarchy ⓘ
partOf Lands of the Bohemian Crown ⓘ
linked to: Bohemian Crown
playedCentralRoleIn early stages of the Thirty Years' War ⓘ
politicalFunction defense of estate privileges ⓘ
negotiation of taxes with the crown ⓘ
participation in legislation ⓘ
representation of privileged orders ⓘ
region Central Europe ⓘ
relatedTo Czech estates ⓘ
religiousMajority Protestant ⓘ
religiousMinority Catholic ⓘ
seat Prague ⓘ
supported Protestant Union (indirectly through Frederick V) ⓘ
linked to: Protestant Union
timePeriod early modern period ⓘ
late Middle Ages ⓘ
linked to: Late Middle Ages
triggered Bohemian phase of the Thirty Years' War ⓘ
linked to: Thirty Years' War

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Palatinate phase → hasMainBelligerent → Bohemian Estates ⓘ
Catholic League → opposedTo → Bohemian Estates ⓘ
Battle of White Mountain → belligerent → Bohemian estates ⓘ
linked to: Bohemian Estates
Jindřich Matyáš Thurn → supported → Bohemian Estates ⓘ
subject linked to: Count Jindřich Matyáš Thurn
Bohemian Revolt → hasMainBelligerent → Bohemian estates ⓘ
linked to: Bohemian Estates
Christian of Anhalt-Bernburg → supported → Bohemian Estates ⓘ
Letter of Majesty (1609) → grantedTo → Bohemian Estates ⓘ
Heinrich Matthias von Thurn → allegiance → Bohemian Estates ⓘ