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Ulrich I (German: Ulrich von Cilli, Slovene: Ulrik Celjski; around 1331 – 1368), Count of Celje, was a Styrian nobleman and condottiere, who was head of the House of Celje between 1359 and 1368, together with his younger brother Hermann I.
Count Ulrich II of Cilli was the most powerful member of the Cilli family. In 1432 he married Catherine, daughter of the Serbian despot Đurađ Branković. Ulrich held a large influence in many courts, which originated from the relationships the Cilli family had made in the past.
Ulrich II of Celje: Son of Frederick II of Celje and the very last Count of Celje. Acting in the spirit of his ambitious grandfather Herman II rather than that of his father, Ulrich II had high political goals.
Ulrih Celjski i Vladislav Hunjadi: Directed by Ilija Stanojevic-Cica. With Dobrica Milutinovic, Ilija Stanojevic-Cica, Dragoljub Sotirovic, Teodora Arsenovic. Set in the 15th century and shows the clash of the Hungarian regent Ladislaus (Vladislava) Hunyadi with Count Ulrich II of Celje.
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The battle of Ulrich II for the leading position amongst the Hungarian nobility drove the family into decline. Ladislav Hunyadi murdered the last male representative of the House of Celje in Belgrade in 1456. Their extensive landholdings within the Holy Roman Empire were siezed by the Habsburgs.
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The Counts of Cilli or Celje represent the most important medieval aristocratic and ruling house with roots and territory in present-day Slovenia. When the house died out its head held the rank of prince of the Holy Roman Empire and many other titles in territories of present-day Central Europe.
