Markvart of Úlice

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Markvart of Úlice (died 27 December 1402) was a Bohemian nobleman and a hetman of Sigismund of Luxembourg. He fought during Sigismund's campaign against King Wenceslaus IV in Kutná Hora.

Biography

Markvart was born to a minor noble family who owned {{ill|Úlice Castle|cs|Úlice_(zámek)}} in the village of Úlice. His father was Jan of Úlice. Markvart was mentioned with his brother, Lvík, in 1377. Their family used the same coat of arms as the Czernin family.{{cite book |last1=Sedláček |first1=August |title=Hrady, zámky a tvrze království Českého Předchozí část |date=1905 |publisher=F. Šimáček |location=Prague |page=164 |url=https://www.digitalniknihovna.cz/nkp/view/uuid:12f8f660-3001-11de-b49a-000d606f5dc6?page=uuid:773c7590-7b5f-11e7-89ee-5ef3fc9ae867&fulltext=ulic |access-date=1 March 2025|volume=13. Plzeňsko a Loketsko}}

Markvart was the governor of Prague. 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.{{cite book |last1=Sedláček |first1=August |title=Hrady, zámky a tvrze Království českého|volume=12. Čáslavsko|date=1900 |publisher=František Šimáček |url=https://archive.org/details/hrady-zamky-tvrze-12-caslavsko/|page=140 |access-date=15 December 2022}} Markvart staged the {{ill|Siege of Suchdol|fr|Siège de Suchdol (1402)}} in December 1402. He sought to take the castle from the burgrave Petr Píšek and claim it as his own.{{cite journal |title=O tvrzích, zvláště v okolí kutnohorském|date=9 April 1881 |publisher=Město Kutná Hora|page=53|volume=6|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Hornlk/Elctm5wi3N0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Ho%C5%99e+Kutn%C3%A9+Petr+Pi%C5%A1ek%22&pg=PA53&printsec=frontcover|journal=Horník|access-date=27 February 2025 |language=cs}} However, Markvart was slain in battle after being struck in the throat by an arrow on December 27.{{cite book |last1=Zap |first1=Karel Vladislav |title=Česko-moavská kronika |publisher=I.L. Kober |page=552 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=36cDAAAAMAAJ |language=cs}}{{cite book |last1=Rieger |first1=Frantisek Ladislav |title=Slovník naučný: S – Szyttler|publisher=Kober |page=1115 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vX4JLMO33_AC |access-date=14 March 2021 |language=cs}}

In popular culture

A fictionalized Markvart is an antagonist in the 2018 video game Kingdom Come: Deliverance.{{cite news |last1=Schmidt |first1=Ondřej |title=Středověk v Kingdom Come. Co je skutečnost a co fikce? |url=https://www.em.muni.cz/vite/10352-stredovek-v-kingdom-come-co-je-skutecnost-a-co-fikce |access-date=20 March 2021 |work=Zprávy z Muni|date=14 March 2018 |language=cs}} 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.{{cite news |last1=Hafer |first1=Leana |title=Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 – Meet the Medieval Cast |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-meet-the-medieval-cast-ign-first |access-date=7 February 2025 |work=IGN |date=11 December 2024 |language=en}}

References

Category:1402 deaths

Category:Nobility from medieval Bohemia

Category:15th-century people from Bohemia