Jindřich Matyáš Thurn

Heinrich Matthias von Thurn (1567–1640) was a Bohemian Protestant noble and leader of the Bohemian Revolt. After imperial service against the Turks, he became marshal of the Protestant nobility. In 1617 he demanded religious freedom from Ferdinand, and in May 1618 helped lead the Defenestration of Prague, opening the Thirty Years' War.

He commanded the Bohemian army, backed Frederick V as king, and fought at White Mountain in 1620. Exiled, he lost his Bohemian estates and served Sweden under Gustavus Adolphus. Captured by Wallenstein in 1633 and ransomed, he retired to Swedish Estonia and died at Pärnu in 1640.