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association with Defenestration of Prague
- In Defenestration of Prague
  …liberty laid down in the Letter of Majesty (Majestätsbrief) of Emperor Rudolf II (1609).
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Austria
- In Austria: Rudolf II and Matthias
  …grant to Bohemia the so-called Letter of Majesty, which contained far-reaching concessions to the Protestants. After a final defeat of Rudolf in Bohemia in 1611, Matthias was crowned king of Bohemia. Rudolf’s death in 1612 finally ended the conflict.
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Bohemia
- In Czechoslovak history: The Counter-Reformation and Protestant rebellion
  …charter of religious freedoms (the Letter of Majesty) that granted freedom of worship to both the Catholics and the party of the Bohemian Confession. Some passages of the charter were vague, and so the Protestant and Catholic estates concluded an agreement stipulating that future conflicts should be settled by negotiation.…
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Germany
- In Germany: Religion and politics, 1555–1618
  …of religious freedom, the so-called Letter of Majesty.
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Thirty Years’ War
- In history of Europe: The crisis in the Habsburg lands
  The “Letter of Majesty” (Majestätsbrief) signed by Rudolf on July 9, 1609, granted full toleration to Protestants and created a standing committee of the Estates, known as “the Defensors,” to ensure that the settlement would be respected.
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