Frederick II, Count of Celje
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Frederick II, Count of Celje | |
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Count of Celje, Zagorje and Ortenburg, Lord of the Slovene March Prince of the Holy Roman Empire | |
Frederick II, Count of Celje | |
Ban of Slavonia | |
Reign | 1445 - 1454 |
Predecessor | Matko Talovac |
Successor | Ulrich II, Count of Celje |
Born | 17 January 1379 |
Died | 13 June 1454 Žovnek Castle | (aged 75)
Noble family | House of Celje |
Spouse(s) | Elizabeth of Frankapan, Veronika of Desenice |
Issue | Ulrich II, Count of Celje |
Father | Hermann II, Count of Cilli |
Mother | Anna of Schaunberg |
Frederick II (Slovene: Friderik II. Celjski; Croatian: Fridrik II. Celjski; German: Friedrich II Graf von Cilli) (17 January 1379 – 13 or 20 June 1454) was a Count of Celje and Ban of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia.
Early life
[edit]Frederick was the son of Hermann II, Count of Celje and his wife Anna of Schaunberg.
Marriages
[edit]Frederick II married Elizabeth of Frankopan and after her death in 1422, Veronika of Desenice.[1] The famous Eberhard Windbeck chronicle gives a detailed report on the circumstances of Elizabeth of Frankopan's death, which in the chronicle is described as murder and placed in the year 1424.[2]
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Family tree
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Slovenski biografski leksikon Archived 2009-12-19 at the Wayback Machine. Slovene Biographical Lexicon, published by the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
- ^ Eberhard Windeck, Kaiser Sigismunds Buch, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 13975, Vol. 1, fol. 224v-225v.