Witiko of Prčice

He was the ancestor of the Vítkovci family and the subject of the historical novel Witiko by Adalbert Stifter published in 1867.

[1] A noble Vítek (diminutive from Vít, Vitus) descending from Prčice south of Prague was first documented in an 1134 deed.

An alleged relation with the Italian Orsini family, as claimed by his descendants John (1434–1472) and Jošt of Rosenberg (1430–1467), has not been established.

He also fought in the struggle for the Bohemian throne between Duke Vladislaus' eldest son Frederick (Bedřich) and his Přemyslid cousin Soběslav II.

In 1184 Vitico was appointed burgrave in Prácheňsko and was able to acquire extended estates in South Bohemia.