One cause of this event was the impending death of the issuer of the Letter of Majesty, Matthias I. This event was triggered when Jaroslav Borzita and Vilem Slavata confessed to their approval of Ferdinand II's dissolution of an assembly of the Bohemian estates.
In the aftermath of this event, the title of Baron was awarded to Philip Fabricius. One cause of this event was the impending death of the issuer of the Letter of Majesty, Matthias I. This event was triggered when Jaroslav Borzita and Vilem Slavata confessed to their approval of Ferdinand II's dissolution of an assembly of the Bohemian estates. Proclamations that divine intervention was involved in this incident were countered by an apocryphal claim that its victims had been saved by a pile of horse manure. For 10 points, name this 1618 incident in the buildup to the Thirty Years' War, in which three Catholic nobles were thrown from a castle window.
In the aftermath of this event, the title of Baron was awarded to Philip Fabricius.
Second Defenestration of Prague