Jiří Bořita of Martinice

Jiří Bořita of Martinice (; 1532 – 22 January 1598) was Bohemian Supreme Chancellor. He came from the noble Martinic family.

Biography His parents were Jan Bořita of Martinice († 1577) and his wife Isolde Berka of Dubá and Lipá († 1560). He received his education in Spain and held honorary posts with the Empress Maria. He was imperial chamberlain from 1575 to 1578, after which he was appointed Supreme Court Magistrate (Obersthoflehenrichter) in 1584 and Supreme Court Judge (Oberstlandrichter) in 1585. He retained this post until 1597, when, after the death of Oberstburggraf (Supreme Burgrave) Adam II in December 1596, he was appointed Supreme Chancellor of the Kingdom of Bohemia, becoming the highest-ranking Catholic in the kingdom.

He was indeed a catholico zelantissimo, a devotee of the Roman Catholic faith. He wielded considerable influence over the Emperor, which made him a "very welcome collaborator in the eyes of papal diplomats".

Jiří Bořita married the heiress Elisabeth of Wrbna. With her dowry he bought Smečno and paid off his brother. The marriage remained childless. His wife left her fortune to the two sons of his brother Yaroslav († 1582). Of these, George died young, so the fortune fell to Jaroslav Bořita of Martinice (1582–1649), who later became famous for the Prague Defenestration.

Jiří Bořita of Martinice died suddenly on 22 January 1598.