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The Counts of Celje (Slovene: Celjski grofje) or the Counts of Cilli (German: Grafen von Cilli; Hungarian: cillei grófok) were the most influential late medieval noble dynasty on the territory of present-day Slovenia. Risen as vassals of the Habsburg dukes of Styria in the early 14th century, they ruled the County of Cilli as immediate counts ...
Frederick I of Celje, also Frederick I of Cilli (German: Friedrich I. von Cilli, Slovene: Friderik I. Celjski; c. 1300 – 21 March 1359), was a Styrian free noble (roughly equivalent to a baron) who became the first Count of Celje, founding a noble house that would dominate Slovenian and Croatian history in the first half of the 15th century.
Little is known of Ulrich's early life. He was the firstborn son of Frederick, first Count of Celje, and his wife Diemut Wallsee.Frederick had inherited the Celje Castle and the surrounding estates through his mother Catherine, daughter of the last Carinthian Count of Heunburg (Vovbre, in Slovene) and Agnes of Baden, the unsuccessful claimant to the Babenberg inheritance.
Ulrich I, Count of Celje; Ulrich of Sanneck; W. William, Count of Celje This page was last edited on 26 September 2021, at 06:52 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
William of Celje: Hermann II, Count of Celje ∞ Anna Schaunberg: Elizabeth of Bosnia: Louis I of Hungary: 2.Anna of Celje: Władysław II Jagiełło: Frederick II, Count of Celje ∞1.Elizabeth Frankopan 2.Veronika of Desenice: 2.Barbara of Celje: Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor: 1.Mary of Hungary: 1.Jadwiga of Poland: Ulrich II, Count of Celje ...
Little is known of Hermann's early life. He was the second-born son of Frederick of Sanneck, first Count of Celje, and his wife Diemut from the noble Wallsee family.His father had inherited the Celje Castle and took possession of it in 1332, but it's unclear whether Hermann was born there or in the nearby Žovnek Castle, their ancestral home.
Ulrich II, or Ulrich of Celje (Slovene: Ulrik Celjski / Urh Celjski; Hungarian: Cillei Ulrik; German: Ulrich II von Cilli; 16 February 1406 – 9 November 1456), was the last Princely Count of Celje. At the time of his death, he was captain general and de facto regent of Hungary , ban (governor) of Slavonia , Croatia and Dalmatia and feudal ...
The County of Cilli (German: Cilli, Slovene: Celje) was a medieval county in the territory of the present-day Slovenia. It was governed by the Counts of Cilli (also Counts of Celje). [ 1 ] Following the death of Ulrich II of Celje , the county was subsumed by neighbouring Duchy of Styria .