
politician
Czech hofmeister, valet and nobleman (1582-1649)
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Count Jaroslav Bořita of Martinice was a nobleman from Bohemia. He was a representative of Emperor Ferdinand II who, along with Vilém Slavata of Chlum, was a victim in the 1618 Defenestration of Prague. In 1621 he became Bohemian Count and in 1622 he became Royal Statholder of Bohemia and Supreme Burgrave of Bohemia in 1638.
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