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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. During his reign, the House of Celje became one of the most powerful noble houses in the territory of ...
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In the fourteenth century they allied with the Habsburgs in their war against the counts of Gorizia-Tirol, making Cilli vassals of the Habsburgs in 1308.Acquiring large estates in the adjoining duchies of Styria, Carinthia, and Carniola as well as in the territories of the Hungarian crown (Croatia, Slavonia) their influence rose, making them one of...
Their rapid rise started after the Battle of Nicopolis (1396) where Hermann II of Cilli saved the life of Sigismund of Luxemburg (Hungarian king, from 1433 Holy Roman emperor). As a reward king Sigismund donated (1397-1399) the city of Varaždin, the county of Zagorje, and many estates in present-day Croatia to the family. As their power grew, the C...
Ulrich II of Cilli was the most powerful member of the Cilli family. He was influential in many courts, which originated from the relationships the Cilli family had made in the past. He ran the family's affairs from his grandfather's death in 1435; "his father, Frederick, seems not to have minded and lived a life of retirement in a Slavonian castle...
With the death of Ulrich II the male line of the Counts of Cilli died out, and after a war of succession all of their estates and property were handed over to the Habsburgs on the basis of the inheritance agreement. The Habsburgs then "expanded their authority over the whole of Slovene ethnic territory."
Part of their coat of arms - the three golden stars on a blue background, which, as Lords of Sanneck, they had inherited from the once powerful Carinthian Counts of Heunburg upon their becoming extinct in 1322 - was incorporated into the Slovenian coat of arms in 1991. It is also the current coat of arms of Celje. Their rule " united almost the ent...
The Lords of Sanneck (Žovnek) or Barons of Soune 1. Gebhard (cca 1130-1144) 2. Gebhard II (1173-1227) 3. Conrad I (+ cca. 1255) 4. Ulrich I (+ cca. 1265) 5. Ulrich II (+ cca. 1316) 6. Frederick I (+ 1360), from 1341 Count of Celje Counts of Cilli (Celje) 1. Herman I (+ 1385), wife Katarina Kotromanic 2. William (+ 1392), wife Ana of Poland, daughte...
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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 lord ...
Sep 4, 2017 · The Celje Castle. Celje Castle was the official residency of the Counts of Celje. It is the biggest and probably the most important medieval castle in Slovenia and was first built as a fort in the 12th century by the Counts of Vovberg. Yet, it was the castle’s most famous inhabitants, the Counts of Celje, who transformed it into a residence ...
Frederick delegated most of the business and further expansion of the territories to Ulrich. On 11 April 1451 he granted Celje a privilege certificate with city rights. 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 ...
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, the
