Jaroslav Bořita of Martinice
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Jaroslav Bořita of Martinice was a prominent Bohemian Catholic nobleman and royal official best known for surviving being thrown from a window during the 1618 Defenestration of Prague, an event that helped spark the Thirty Years' War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jaroslav Bořita of Martinice canonical | 2 |
| Bořita of Martinice | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2535810 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jaroslav Bořita of Martinice Context triple: [Defenestration of Prague (1618), involvedPerson, Jaroslav Bořita of Martinice]
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A.
Bedřich Hrozný
Bedřich Hrozný was a Czech orientalist and linguist best known for deciphering the Hittite language and demonstrating its Indo-European character.
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B.
Pavel Kohout
Pavel Kohout is a Czech writer and former dissident best known as a prominent playwright and novelist associated with the Prague Spring and the Charter 77 movement.
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C.
Ladislav Novomeský
Ladislav Novomeský was a Slovak poet, journalist, and communist politician who became a prominent cultural figure and anti-fascist activist in 20th-century Slovakia.
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D.
Karol Šmidke
Karol Šmidke was a Slovak communist politician and partisan leader who played a key role in organizing and directing the Slovak resistance during World War II.
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E.
Eduard Nápravník
Eduard Nápravník was a prominent 19th-century Czech-born conductor and composer who became a leading figure at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, championing Russian opera and symphonic music.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jaroslav Bořita of Martinice Target entity description: Jaroslav Bořita of Martinice was a prominent Bohemian Catholic nobleman and royal official best known for surviving being thrown from a window during the 1618 Defenestration of Prague, an event that helped spark the Thirty Years' War.
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A.
Bedřich Hrozný
Bedřich Hrozný was a Czech orientalist and linguist best known for deciphering the Hittite language and demonstrating its Indo-European character.
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B.
Pavel Kohout
Pavel Kohout is a Czech writer and former dissident best known as a prominent playwright and novelist associated with the Prague Spring and the Charter 77 movement.
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C.
Ladislav Novomeský
Ladislav Novomeský was a Slovak poet, journalist, and communist politician who became a prominent cultural figure and anti-fascist activist in 20th-century Slovakia.
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D.
Karol Šmidke
Karol Šmidke was a Slovak communist politician and partisan leader who played a key role in organizing and directing the Slovak resistance during World War II.
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E.
Eduard Nápravník
Eduard Nápravník was a prominent 19th-century Czech-born conductor and composer who became a leading figure at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, championing Russian opera and symphonic music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bohemian nobleman
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Catholic nobleman ⓘ human ⓘ royal official ⓘ |
| allegiance | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bohemian Revolt
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Prague Castle ⓘ |
| causeOfFame | being thrown from a window of Prague Castle by Protestant nobles ⓘ |
| century | 17th century ⓘ |
| conflict | Thirty Years' War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Bohemia ⓘ |
| era |
Early Modern period
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surface form:
Early modern period
|
| ethnicGroup | Czech ⓘ |
| familyName |
Jaroslav Bořita of Martinice
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Bořita of Martinice
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| givenName | Jaroslav ⓘ |
| governedTerritory | Crown lands of Bohemia on behalf of the Habsburgs ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Bohemia ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | symbol of Catholic-Habsburg authority in pre-White Mountain Bohemia ⓘ |
| knownFor | staunch defense of Catholic and Habsburg interests in Bohemia ⓘ |
| languageOfUse |
Czech
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German ⓘ |
| loyalty |
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
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surface form:
Habsburg monarchy
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| nobleFamily | Martinic family ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Count ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Defenestration of Prague (1618) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
role in events leading to the Thirty Years' War
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surviving the 1618 Defenestration of Prague ⓘ |
| opponentOf | Bohemian Protestant estates ⓘ |
| partOf |
Czechoslovak People’s Party
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surface form:
Bohemian Catholic party
|
| placeOfActivity |
Kingdom of Bohemia
ⓘ
Prague ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | pro-Habsburg ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
imperial councillor
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president of the Court of Appeal of Bohemia ⓘ royal governor of Bohemia ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholicism
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| roleInEvent | royal representative at the time of the Defenestration of Prague ⓘ |
| socialClass | high nobility ⓘ |
| survivalExplainedBy | landing in the castle moat or on refuse below the window in traditional accounts ⓘ |
| survivedEvent | Defenestration of Prague (1618) ⓘ |
| typeOfNoble | landed aristocracy ⓘ |
| victimOf | attack by Bohemian Protestant nobles in 1618 ⓘ |
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Subject: Jaroslav Bořita of Martinice Description of subject: Jaroslav Bořita of Martinice was a prominent Bohemian Catholic nobleman and royal official best known for surviving being thrown from a window during the 1618 Defenestration of Prague, an event that helped spark the Thirty Years' War.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bořita of Martinice