Maxmilián Hošťálek of Javořice (1564 – 21 June 1621 in

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) was a Czech burgher, mayor of

Žatec Žatec (; german: Saaz) is a town in Louny District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 19,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Ohře river. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monumen ...

, beheaded for his role during the

Bohemian Revolt The Bohemian Revolt (german: Böhmischer Aufstand; cs, České stavovské povstání; 1618–1620) was an uprising of the Bohemian estates against the rule of the Habsburg dynasty that began the Thirty Years' War. It was caused by both relig ...

(1618–1620) in the

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.''Technické památky v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku'' Volume 4. Hana Hlušičková - 2004 "Významnou postavou počátků stavovského povstání byl Maxmilián Hošťálek z Javořice, žatecký primátor. Dne 8. června 1617 mluvil na zemském sněmu proti přijetí Ferdinanda II. za krále českého."

Life

Hošťálek was one of the Protestant councilmen of Žatec opposed to the election of

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. In May 1618 he was elected as one of the ten members of the council of the Burghers. In the aftermath of the Battle of White Mountain he was beheaded on 21 June 1621 along with 26 other Czech burghers and noblemen, including

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(1566–1621) rector magnificus of

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. His head was hung on the Prague gate in Žatec, and his estates were confiscated by the crown. His sons from his first marriage served in the armies of the anti-Habsburg coalition, and information about their lives or deaths are not known. John Sigismund, his son from his second marriage, later became a colonel of the imperial army. By an agreement reached in 1637 with Emperor Ferdinand III, he was allowed to remove his father's remains from the city gate and bury them.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hostalek, Maxmilian 1621 deaths 1564 births Bohemian nobility