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The Counts of Cilli [1] 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. They ruled areas of what is now Slovenia as ...
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 ...
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:
- Celje
- Adelaide of Ortenburg
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Frederick I of Celje, also Frederick I of Cilli ( German: Friedrich I. von Cilli, Slovene: Friderik I. Celjski; c. 1300 – 21 March 1359), was a Styrian free noble (roughly equivalent to a baron) who became the first Count of Celje, founding a noble house that would dominate Slovenian and Croatian history in the first half of the 15th century.
William, Count of Celje. Categories: Medieval Slovenian people. Counts of Austria. History of Celje. House of Celje. Medieval nobility of the Holy Roman Empire. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.
