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Elizabeth of Celje (1441 – 1455), also Elizabeth of Cilli, was the first wife of Matthias Corvinus, the future King of Hungary. Family background [ edit ] Elizabeth was born to Ulrich II, Count of Celje and his wife Catherine Branković , daughter of the Serb despot Đurađ Branković .
An observatory of human collective memory. Hermann II, Count of Celje. Hermann II (Slovene: Herman; early 1360s – 13 October 1435), Count of Celje, was a Styrian prince and magnate, most notable as the faithful supporter and father-in-law of the Hungarian king and Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund of Luxembourg.
The death of his son-less cousin William on 19 September 1392 made him the sole possessor of the family titles and estates. [3] Hermann II married Anna, daughter of Count Henry of Schaunberg and Ursula of Gorizia, in c. 1377.
The first Count of Celje to move to the Celje Old Castle with his wife and four children was Frederick I. After moving in, he started to refurbish the castle into a more comfortable living place. In the following decades, they have built an almost 23-metre high defence tower on a nearby hill, referred today to as the Frederick’s Tower .
William IV, Count of Jülich (c. 1210 – 16 March 1278) was the son and heir of William III of Jülich and Mathilde of Limburg, daughter of Waleran III, Duke of Limburg. [1] William's father joined the Crusades in 1217 and died in the Siege of Damietta in 1218. William succeeded his father as Count of Jülich under the guardianship of his ...
The death of his son-less cousin William on 19 September 1392 made him the sole possessor of the family titles and estates. [3] Hermann II married Anna, daughter of Count Henry of Schaunberg and Ursula of Gorizia, in c. 1377.
The death of his son-less cousin William on 19 September 1392 made him the sole possessor of the family titles and estates. Hermann II married Anna, daughter of Count Henry of Schaunberg and Ursula of Gorizia, in c. 1377.
