Background
Filip Fabricius was born in Mikulov, Moravia (Zikmund Winter incorrectly suggested Mohelnice).
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Filip Fabricius
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He studied at Prague Jesuit Academy (first mentioned there in 1586 as a rhetoric student) and became a Bachelor in 1588 and Master a year later.
Career
He wrote ceremonial speeches and interpreted. In 1598 he got profitably married to Judita Podmanická, the only living descendent to a rich Prague trader. He became a citizen of the Old Town and there is a later record that he might have been a secretary to Adam of Šternberk.
Supported by Zdeněk Vojtěch Popel, Prince of Lobkowicz he became the second (1605) and then the first (1611) secretary of the German expedition (office) of the Bohemian Court Chancery, the highest office in Bohemia.
In 1608 he got the predicate of Rosenfeld from Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor. Slavata and Martinice were found guilty and thrown out of the windows.
Only Slavata was seriously wounded by the 70-foot fall, Martinice and Fabricius escaped with light injuries. Fabricius left Prague immediately and went to Vienna.
He stayed in Vienna and supported the Catholic side as an officer
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 Street James Church in the Old Town of Prague.
Membership
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.
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Religion
Catholic Protestant