One victim in this event was Philip Fabricius. Instigated by Count Jindrich Thurn after a cessation order violated the Letter of Majesty from Rudolph II, its participants opposed the replacement of Matthias with the elected monarch Ferdinand II in their country.
One victim in this event was Philip Fabricius. Instigated by Count Jindrich Thurn after a cessation order violated the Letter of Majesty from Rudolph II, its participants opposed the replacement of Matthias with the elected monarch Ferdinand II in their country. It almost killed Vilem Slavata and Jaroslav Martinitz, who claimed the Virgin Mary interceded for them and were saved from death by a pile of cow manure. For 10 points, name this incident which helped spark the Thirty Years' War, in which Protestants threw three Bohemian Catholic nobles out of a window.
One victim in this event was Philip Fabricius. Instigated by Count Jindrich Thurn after a cessation order violated the Letter of Majesty from Rudolph II, its participants opposed the replacement of Matthias with the elected monarch Ferdinand II in their country.
Second Defenestration of Prague 