Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 drops players back into early 15th-century Bohemia, which means one thing: an alarming number of real nobles, scheming lords, exhausted kings and men with deeply unfortunate haircuts are about to wander into your life.
One of the best things about the series is that it does not just borrow the look of medieval Europe. It pulls actual people from the period and lets them stomp around the story causing trouble in historically believable ways. Sometimes they are ambitious, sometimes they are tragic, and sometimes they are the medieval equivalent of that one bloke in every group project who insists he should be in charge despite clearly making everything worse.
Below are the key historical figures who appear, or are expected to appear, in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, along with the real stories behind them.
Sigismund of Luxembourg
If Kingdom Come has a central villain, or at least a man with the energy of someone who would absolutely send a passive-aggressive letter and then invade your kingdom, it is Sigismund.
Sigismund was the younger son of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia. By the time Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 takes place, he had already become King of Hungary and was one of the most powerful men in central Europe.
The problem was that his half-brother, King Wenceslas IV of Bohemia, was seen by many nobles as weak, indecisive and about as effective as a wet parchment in a thunderstorm. Sigismund used this chaos to intervene in Bohemia, claiming he was restoring order. Conveniently, this also gave him a chance to expand his own power.
In 1402, Sigismund captured Wenceslas and occupied parts of Bohemia. This is the political disaster hanging over the first game and it remains hugely important in the sequel.
Why He Matters in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
Sigismund is not just some distant king sitting on a throne looking smug. His actions shape almost every conflict in the game world. Armies move because of him. Lords choose sides because of him. Entire villages end up burning because of him.
He was also genuinely one of the most important rulers in Europe. Later in life he became Holy Roman Emperor and played a major role in the Council of Constance and the wars against the Hussites.
The awkward thing is that history eventually proved he was not entirely incompetent. Annoyingly for everyone involved, the man often won.
Wenceslas IV
Poor Wenceslas IV has the strange honour of being both a king and the political equivalent of a forgotten umbrella.
He was King of Bohemia and, briefly, King of the Romans. He inherited a powerful kingdom from his father Charles IV, but he lacked his father’s authority, judgement and ability to stop nobles from behaving like badly organised wolves around a dropped pie.
By the early 1400s, Wenceslas had lost much of his support. Bohemian nobles rebelled, rival factions formed, and eventually Sigismund seized the opportunity to imprison him.
The Real Wenceslas
The historical Wenceslas was not entirely useless, despite what his enemies said. He supported towns, tried to limit the power of the nobility and had a genuine interest in scholarship and religion.
Unfortunately, he also had a habit of making enemies, vanishing from politics for long stretches, and reacting to crises with all the urgency of someone ignoring twelve unread messages.
In Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, Wenceslas is likely to remain more of a looming political presence than an active participant, but his downfall is one of the reasons the game’s world is in such chaos.
Jobst of Moravia
Jobst of Moravia is exactly the sort of medieval noble who makes history unexpectedly entertaining.
A cousin of both Wenceslas and Sigismund, Jobst spent much of his life switching alliances, building his own power and generally behaving like a man who had read the phrase “never let a good crisis go to waste” and taken it as a personal mission.
He ruled Moravia and became one of the most influential nobles in the region. During the struggle between Wenceslas and Sigismund, Jobst constantly changed sides depending on what suited him.
Why Jobst Is Fascinating
Jobst was not driven by loyalty. He was driven by ambition, survival and the useful medieval skill of always arriving on the winning side five minutes before everyone else realised who that was.
If he appears in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, expect him to be dangerous in a very different way from Sigismund. Sigismund is a conqueror. Jobst is a politician. One swings a sword. The other quietly convinces someone else to do it.
He eventually became King of the Romans in 1410, although he died only a few months later. Medieval politics can be quite brutal. One moment you are king. The next moment you are a footnote and somebody else has stolen your horse.
Racek Kobyla
Sir Radzig Kobyla from the first game is based on the real Racek Kobyla of Dvorce, a Bohemian nobleman and military leader.
Historically, Racek served King Wenceslas and supported him during the struggle against Sigismund. He was the burgrave of Skalitz and one of the king’s loyal followers.
That loyalty did not make his life any easier. In 1403, Sigismund’s forces attacked Skalitz, which is exactly the event that kicks off the first Kingdom Come: Deliverance.
The Real Man Behind Radzig
The game version of Radzig is more heroic and more fatherly than the historical Racek probably was, but the broad outline is accurate. He really was a noble caught up in the collapse of royal authority.
He also continued fighting against Sigismund for years afterwards, which makes him one of the few people in Bohemia who looked at Sigismund and thought, “You know what? I actually would like more of this.”
Racek later died in 1416, reportedly murdered during a dispute with miners in Kutná Hora. It is a very medieval ending. Not glorious, not dramatic, just a bitter local quarrel and a lot of bad decisions.
Hanush of Leipa
Sir Hanush is based on Hynek of Leipa, one of the most powerful Bohemian nobles of the age.
The real Hynek belonged to the influential Lords of Leipa family and was a major supporter of King Wenceslas. He held large estates and played an important role in regional politics.
In the game, Sir Hanush acts as a gruff but surprisingly likeable lord who spends much of his time dealing with chaos created by everyone around him. Historically, Hynek seems to have been rather similar.
Why He Stands Out
Unlike many nobles in this period, Hynek was not obsessed with grabbing the throne or betraying every ally he had before lunch. He was mainly concerned with protecting his lands and preserving stability.
That may sound less exciting than open warfare and betrayal, but frankly, in medieval Bohemia it made him look almost suspiciously sensible.
Jan Zizka
If Jan Zizka appears in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, expect players to immediately become very interested in him.
Zizka later became one of the greatest military commanders of the medieval world. He led the Hussites during the wars that followed the death of Jan Hus and defeated armies far larger than his own.
At the time of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, however, he was still a lesser noble and soldier. He had not yet become the legendary one-eyed commander who terrified half of central Europe.
The Historical Importance of Jan Zizka
Zizka is famous for his use of wagon forts, gunpowder weapons and disciplined infantry tactics. He managed to turn ordinary peasants and townsmen into one of the most effective armies of the age.
He also won battle after battle despite eventually being completely blind.
Which, frankly, is the sort of achievement that makes the rest of us feel a bit unproductive.
If the game includes him, it may show him before his rise to fame. That could be one of the most interesting parts of the story, because players would be meeting a future legend before history realised what he was going to become.
Jan Hus
Jan Hus may not be a warrior or a noble, but he is one of the most important figures anywhere near this period.
A preacher and religious reformer, Hus criticised corruption in the Church and argued that religion should be simpler, more honest and less obsessed with wealth and power.
In early 15th-century Bohemia, these ideas spread quickly. Many people supported him. Many others, especially those in power, absolutely did not.
Why Jan Hus Matters
Although Hus died in 1415, after the likely setting of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, his ideas were already reshaping Bohemia.
The political chaos in the game is only part of the story. Underneath it sits something even bigger: a country beginning to question its rulers, its church and the entire old order.
That tension eventually exploded into the Hussite Wars, one of the most dramatic conflicts in medieval Europe.
So if Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 mentions Jan Hus, or hints at the growing unrest around him, it is not just background detail. It is the game quietly pointing toward the future.
Markvart von Aulitz
Markvart von Aulitz is another figure players may recognise from the first game.
He was a real noble and military commander who served Sigismund. Historically, he took part in the campaign against Bohemia and was involved in the attack on Skalitz.
In the game he comes across as cold, ruthless and very much the sort of man who would describe burning down a village as “an unfortunate administrative necessity”.
That is not entirely unfair.
The Historical Markvart
The real Markvart was part of Sigismund’s military machine. He was not one of the major players shaping the politics of Europe, but he was one of the men carrying out the work on the ground.
Figures like him are important because they remind us that history is not only made by kings. Sometimes it is made by lesser nobles with soldiers, grudges and enough confidence to make everyone else’s life miserable.
How Accurate Is Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2?
The series has always taken a few liberties. Characters are simplified, timelines are compressed and certain figures are turned into clearer heroes or villains.
That said, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is still one of the most historically grounded games ever made.
Most of the major political figures are real. The struggle between Sigismund and Wenceslas really happened. The collapse of royal authority, the division among the nobles and the tension building toward the Hussite Wars are all based on actual history.
The game’s greatest trick is that it makes these people feel human. They are not presented as dusty names from a textbook. They are ambitious, frightened, arrogant, clever and occasionally spectacularly petty.
Which, to be fair, is probably the most accurate thing about medieval politics.
Final Thoughts
The historical figures in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 are one of the reasons the game feels so different from most RPGs.
Instead of inventing a fantasy kingdom with a suspiciously familiar map and a king called something like Lord Dramatius the Third, it throws players into a real political crisis filled with people who actually lived.
Some of them are famous. Some are obscure. Some deserve their reputations. Others seem to have spent their entire lives making the worst possible decision at exactly the wrong moment.
That is what makes them memorable.
And honestly, that is what makes history fun.
