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Czech baroque writer, hofmeister, valet and nobleman
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Vilém Slavata z Chlumu a Košumberka was a Czech nobleman from an old Bohemian family. As viceregent (místodržící) of Emperor Ferdinand II of Habsburg he became famous as co-victim, along with Jaroslav Borzita of Martinice, of the 1618 Defenestration of Prague.
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