Markvart of Úlice (died 27 December 1402) was a Bohemian nobleman and a
hetman
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of
Sigismund of Luxembourg
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. He fought during Sigismund's campaign against
King Wenceslaus IV in
Kutná Hora
Kutná Hora (; ) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 22,000 inhabitants. The history of Kutná Hora is linked to silver mining, which made it a rich and rapidly developing town. The centre of Kutná Hora, i ...
.
Biography
Markvart was born to a minor noble family who owned in the village of
Úlice
Úlice is a municipality and village in Plzeň-North District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.
Úlice lies approximately west of Plzeň and west of Prague
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. His father was Jan of Úlice. Markvart was mentioned with his brother, LvÃk, in 1377. Their family used the same
coat of arms
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as the
Czernin family
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.
Markvart was the governor of
Prague
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.
[ He led an army that besieged Kutná Hora at the behest of Sigismund in 1402. His soldiers razed and pillaged much of the area around the town. Markvart staged the in December 1402. He sought to take the castle from the burgrave Petr PÃÅ¡ek and claim it as his own.]
In popular culture
A fictionalized Markvart is an antagonist in the 2018 video game '' Kingdom Come: Deliverance''. Referenced in-game as Sir Markvart von Aulitz, he is depicted leading an attack on Silver Skalitz which directly influences the events of the game. He also features in the 2025 sequel '' Kingdom Come: Deliverance II''.
References
1402 deaths
Nobility from medieval Bohemia
15th-century people from Bohemia
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