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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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May 23, 2018 · Death: July 26, 1368 (32-41) Immediate Family: Son of Friedrich I von Cilli, Graf von Cilli and Diemut von Sanneck/Cilli. Husband of Adelaide of Ortenburg. Father of William, Count of Celje. Brother of Hermann I Count von Celje, count; Catherine von Waldburg and Anna von Ortenburg. Managed by:
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County of Cilli. The County of Cilli ( German: Cilli, Slovene: Celje) was a medieval county in the territory of the present-day Slovenia. It was governed by the Counts of Cilli (also Counts of Celje). [1] Following the death of Ulrich II of Celje, the county was subsumed by neighbouring Duchy of Styria .
Life and achievements. Little is known of Ulrich's early life. He was the firstborn son of Frederick, first Count of Celje, and his wife Diemut Wallsee.Frederick had inherited the Celje Castle and the surrounding estates through his mother Catherine, daughter of the last Carinthian Count of Heunburg (Vovbre, in Slovene) and Agnes of Baden, the unsuccessful claimant to the Babenberg inheritance.
The Counts of Celje or the Counts of Cilli 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, they ruled the County of Cilli as immediate counts (Reichsgrafen) from 1341. They soon acquired a large number of feudal possessions also in today's Croatia and Bosnia. They rose to ...
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 ...
