
The Vítkovci () were a Czech noble clan from southern
Bohemia
Bohemia ( ; ; ) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. In a narrow, geographic sense, it roughly encompasses the territories of present-day Czechia that fall within the Elbe River's drainage basin, but historic ...
descended from
Witiko of Prčice
Witiko or Vitico of Prčice (, ; c. 11201194) was a Duchy of Bohemia, Bohemian nobleman and liensman of the Přemyslid dynasty. He was the ancestor of the Vítkovci family and the subject of the historical novel ''Witiko (novel), Witiko'' by Adalb ...
. The clan includes the
House of Rosenberg
The House of Rosenberg ( or ''Páni z Rožmberka'') was a prominent Bohemian noble family that played an important role in Czech medieval history from the 13th century until 1611. Members of this family held posts at the Prague royal (and ...
.
[''The Czech Reader: History, Culture, Politics''. Jan Bažant, Nina Bažantová, Frances Starn - 2010 p 151 "His last great novel, Witiko (1865–67), is set in the twelfth century in the south Bohemian domain of the Vítkovci and Rožmberks. The main hero, the German Witiko (in Czech, Vítek), entered the service of the Přemyslid king Vladislav II ..."]
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Bohemian noble families
German noble families
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