Bohemian Revolt

E423843

The Bohemian Revolt was the 1618–1620 Protestant uprising of the Bohemian estates against Habsburg rule that helped ignite the Thirty Years' War.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf conflict
revolt
uprising
hasBattle Battle of White Mountain NERFINISHED
hasCause fear of loss of Protestant rights in Bohemia
religious tensions between Protestants and Catholics
resistance to Habsburg centralization
hasCombatantReligion Catholic
Protestant
hasConsequence Germanization of Bohemian administration and nobility
confiscation and redistribution of Bohemian estates to Catholic loyalists
decline of Czech-speaking nobility
execution of Bohemian rebel leaders in Prague (1621)
forced recatholicization of Bohemia
integration of Bohemia more tightly into Habsburg hereditary lands
hasEndEvent Battle of White Mountain NERFINISHED
hasEndTime 1620
1620-11-08
hasHistoricalPeriod Early Modern period NERFINISHED
hasKeyEvent Defenestration of Prague (1618) NERFINISHED
hasLeader Count Thurn NERFINISHED
Frederick V, Elector Palatine NERFINISHED
hasLocation Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Bohemia NERFINISHED
hasMainBelligerent Bohemian estates NERFINISHED
Habsburg Monarchy NERFINISHED
hasOpposingForce Catholic League forces NERFINISHED
Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II NERFINISHED
hasOutcome Habsburg victory
confiscation of rebel nobles' lands
reimposition of Catholic dominance in Bohemia
strengthening of Habsburg control over Bohemia
triggered wider phases of the Thirty Years' War
hasPoliticalResult deposition of Ferdinand II as King of Bohemia by the estates
election of Frederick V as King of Bohemia
hasPrecededBy Letter of Majesty (1609) disputes
growing confessional conflict in the Holy Roman Empire
hasReligiousCharacter Protestant uprising
hasReligiousSide Catholic League NERFINISHED
Protestant Union sympathizers
hasSignificance major early Protestant defeat in Central Europe
marked the end of Bohemian political autonomy
sparked the broader Thirty Years' War
hasStartTime 1618
hasTheaterOfWar Central Europe NERFINISHED
partOf Thirty Years' War NERFINISHED

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Albrecht von Wallenstein participatedIn Bohemian Revolt
Winter King associatedWithEvent Bohemian Revolt
Bohemian phase hasAlternateName Bohemian Revolt
Bohemian phase hasAlternateName Bohemian Revolt
this entity surface form: Bohemian Revolt phase of the Thirty Years' War
Palatinate phase precededBy Bohemian Revolt
Catholic League conflict Bohemian Revolt
Battle of White Mountain conflict Bohemian Revolt
Maurice of the Palatinate associatedWith Bohemian Revolt
Bohemian Protestant nobles involvedIn Bohemian Revolt
Philip Fabricius participantIn Bohemian Revolt
Bohemian estates conflict Bohemian Revolt
Count Jindřich Matyáš Thurn participatedIn Bohemian Revolt
subject surface form: Jindřich Matyáš Thurn
Count Jindřich Matyáš Thurn conflict Bohemian Revolt
subject surface form: Jindřich Matyáš Thurn