Filip Fabricius

Filip Fabricius, later of Rosenfeld and Hohenfall (c. 1570, Mikulov – 18 October 1632, Prague) was a Bohemian Catholic officer best known for being thrown out of the Prague Castle window during the Third Defenestration of Prague with two Czech Catholic noblemen, Count Jaroslav Bořita of Martinice and Count Vilém Slavata of Chlum and Košumberk.

Early life Filip Fabricius was born in Mikulov, Moravia (Zikmund Winter incorrectly suggested Mohelnice). In later records Georg Fabricius, a German poet and humanist, was considered his grandfather. Slavata and Martinice were found guilty and thrown out of the windows. He stayed in Vienna and supported the Catholic side as an officer. After the Battle of White Mountain he was appointed a chamber councillor, vice-chamberlain of the dowry cities, sheriff of Mladá Boleslav region, and a member of some other important councils. He was also given several new estates in Prague and Mělník region. His noble epithet was extended with of Hohenfall (literally of high fall). He died in 1632 and is buried in Church of St. James the Great in the Old Town of Prague.