Hermann II was the younger son of Count Hermann I of Celje and his wife, Catherine of Bosnia. The House of Celje were Styrian vassals of the Habsburg dukes of Styria and Carinthia with estates along the river Savinja, in present-day Slovenia, as well as in much of Carniola and parts of Carinthia.
- Hermann I of Celje
- Catherine of Bosnia
Hermann II (Slovene language: Herman II. Celjski German language Hermann Graf von Cilli, Ortenburg und Seger) (c. 1365 – 13 October 1435) was a Count of Celje and Ban of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia. Hermann was the son of Hermann I, Count of Celje and his wife Katherine of Bosnia. Hermann II married Countess Anna of Schaunberg in c. 1377. Hermann and Anna had six children: Frederick II ...
Hermann II ( sl. Herman II. Celjski; de. Hermann Graf von Cilli, Ortenburg und Seger) (c. 1365 ndash; 13 October 1435) was a Count of Celje and Ban of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia. Hermann was the son of Hermann I, Count of Cilli, and his wife…
The most notorious, maligned, yet also the most admired nobles of her time, Barbara Celjska (Barbara of Celje), daughter of Count Hermann II, however, married the Holy Roman Emperor and the King of Hungary and Bohemia, Sigismund of Luxemburg.
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Principality of Celje. The relationship between Hermann II and Frederick II smoothed a little, but the two remained rivals. Hermann II was now reluctant to entrust Frederick with management of the family estates. In 1429 Frederick was given the title Count of Zagorje by King Sigismund of Hungary, something Hermann probably opposed.
In 1418 Count Hermann II inherited the Carinthian and Carniolan estates of the extinct Counts of Ortenburg. In 1410 Sigismund had been elected King of the Romans and was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 1433. In 1436 he elevated the Counts of Cilli to the rank of Princes of the Holy Roman Empire (although they retained their title of Graf (Slovene ...
Hermann I (German: Hermann von Cilli, Slovene: Herman Celjski; around 1333 – 21 March 1385), Count of Celje, was a Styrian nobleman, who was head of the House of Celje between 1359 and 1385. In the first decade, he ruled together with his older brother Ulrich .
- 1359/60 – 1385
- Ulrich I
The only heirs of the Counts of Celje now were Frederick II and his son Ulrik II, so Hermann II released his son from jail. Hermann II, however, was still reluctant to entrust Frederick with the management of the family estates. In 1429 Frederick II was given the title Count of Zagorje by King Sigismund of Hungary, something Hermann probably ...
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