Vítkovci

Páni z růže, wall painting by Mikoláš Aleš in Plzeň

All five Vitkonides coat of arms in main entrance of Landštejn Castle

The Vítkovci (Latin: Witikonides) were a Czech noble clan from southern Bohemia descended from Witiko of Prčice. The clan includes the House of Rosenberg.[1]

References

1. 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 ..."