Havel of Markvartice

The Markvartici — also called Marquards — were a prominent Bohemian family flourishing under the rule of the Přemyslid dynasty in the Kingdom of Bohemia from the 12th to the early 14th century.

They included several cadet branches, among them the Lords of Lemberk (Lämberg), Michalovici, Waldstein (Valdštejn), Velešín, and Wartenberg.

[2] The marriage produced at least three sons, Havel II, Jaroslav and Zdislav, as well as a daughter Margaret.

Later on, Havel, now mentioned as Gallus de Lewenberch, became a close confidant of King Wenceslaus during the struggles with his young son Ottokar II in 1247.

He founded the town of Jablonné in 1249 and, together with his wife Zdislava, a local Dominican monastery at the site as well as a hospitium at Český Dub.