Jaroslav Hrabě Bořita z Martinic (; ) (6 January 1582 – 21 November 1649) was a
Czech
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nobleman and a representative of
Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor who, along with
Vilém Slavata of Chlum
Vilém Slavata z Chlumu a Košumberka (; ) (1 December 1572 – 19 January 1652) was a Czech nobleman from old Bohemian family. As viceregent ''(místodržící)'' of Emperor Ferdinand II of Habsburg (from 1617) he became famous as co-victim, a ...
, was a victim in the 1618
Defenestration of Prague
The Defenestrations of Prague ( cs, Pražská defenestrace, german: Prager Fenstersturz, la, Defenestratio Pragensis) were three incidents in the history of Bohemia in which people were defenestrated (thrown out of a window). Though already ex ...
(also known as the ''Second Defenestration of Prague''). In 1621 he became Bohemian
Count
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and in 1622 he became Royal Statholder of Bohemia and
Supreme Burgrave of Bohemia
The Supreme Burgrave of the Kingdom of Bohemia, originally the Burgrave of Prague or the Burgrave of Prague Castle ( Czech: ''Nejvyšší purkrabí''; German: ''Oberstburggraf;'' Latin: ''supremus burgravius'') was the most important land official ...
in 1638.
Personal life
Jaroslav
was a member of the
Martinic noble family. He was married 4 times. First time he married Maria Eusebie von (1584–1634), second time he married Countess Elize Maria Magdalena zu
Vrtby (died in 1643), third time to Katerina Ludmila Franziska Talatzkova z Gestieticz (died in 1649) and fourth time to Alena Barbara
Kostomlatski z Vresovic. He had 10 children, all by his first marriage.
His eldest daughter was Countess Barbara Eusebia (d. 1656), second wife of
Margrave Christian Wilhelm of Brandenburg.
See also
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Thirty Years' War
The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, lasting from 1618 to 1648. Fought primarily in Central Europe, an estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of battle ...
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Defenestrations of Prague
The Defenestrations of Prague ( cs, Pražská defenestrace, german: Prager Fenstersturz, la, Defenestratio Pragensis) were three incidents in the history of Bohemia in which people were defenestrated (thrown out of a window). Though already exi ...
References
Bohemian nobility
17th-century Bohemian people
1582 births
1649 deaths
Execution survivors
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