Transcript The Battle of White Mountain FaME UTB Zlín Matúš Gaborčík Tomáš Míča Jaromír Špico Prelude      Political and religious tensions in the kingdom of Bohemia The so-called “Majestat”

The Battle of White Mountain
FaME UTB Zlín
Matúš Gaborčík
Tomáš Míča
Jaromír Špico
Prelude
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Political and religious tensions in the kingdom of Bohemia
The so-called “Majestat” (1609) neglected by the monarch’s
absolute-style rule
First Defenestration of Prague (1618)
Nobility’s Election of a thirty member directorate
Ferdinand II. deposed by the Estates (1619) and Frederick of the
Palatine (The Winter King) appointed as the new king
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Defenestration
Two loyal Catholics thrown from the 2nd floor window of a castle
 17 meters fall survival attributed to holy intervention
 Abortive demonstration of the nobles that the protest was not a
direct aggression against the ruler
 Emperor Mathias: The stage is set !
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The Battle
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Location: “ Bílá hora “ - a small quiet hillside just outside Prague
Date: November 8, 1620
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Combatant 1: Bohemian Estate Armies
led by: Prince Christian I. of Anhalt, Jindrich Mathias Thurn
forces: 15,000 men from Bohemia and mercenaries
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Combatant 2: united Imperial and Catholic League forces
led by: Charles Bonaventura Buquoy, Maximilian of Bavaria
forces: 27,000 troops from the Holy Roman Empire, the Catholic
Ligue and Polland
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Karel Bonaventura Buqouy
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Maximilian of Bavaria
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The Aftermath
Two thousand lay dead or dying,
others routed and captured
 Freedom of religion came to an
end, 27 noblemen executed
 Protestants fleeing the country
with king Frederick himself
 Recatholicising
 The End of the Thirty Years’ War
in Bohemia
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