He also got his reputation during the Turkish occupation and wrote his name into the History book of Fehérvár with his heroic death.

The artwork of Dezső Erdei sculptor reminds the spectator the siege of 1453- during this event the defenders closed out the constable from the town. According to the legend of Varkocs and his soldiers were killed in action in front of the town gate. Later the town leaders buried him in the Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in order to rest in peace next to the great kings.