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Marriage and children. On 20 April 1434, Ulrich married Princess Katarina Brankovic of Serbia. She was a daughter of Despot Đurađ Branković of Serbia and Princess Eirene Kantakouzene of Byzantium. Through this marriage, Ulrich became the brother-in-law of the Ottoman sultan Murad II .
- Counts of Celje
Count Ulrich II of Cilli was the most powerful member of the...
- Ulrich I, Count of Celje
Ulrich I ( German: Ulrich von Cilli, Slovene: Ulrik Celjski;...
- Counts of Celje
Count Ulrich II of Cilli was the most powerful member of the Cilli family. In 1432 he married Catherine, daughter of the Serbian despot Đurađ Branković . Ulrich held a large influence in many courts, which originated from the relationships the Cilli family had made in the past.
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Marriage and children. On 20 April 1434, Ulrich married Catherine Cantakuzina. She was a daughter of Đurađ Branković and Eirene Kantakouzene. They had three children: Herman of Celje (1436 – 1452). Georg of Celje (c. 1438/9 – 1445). Elizabeth of Celje (1441 – 1455), first wife of Matthias Corvinus of Hungary. References
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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- Frederick I of Celje
Ulrich I (+ cca. 1265) Ulrich II (+ cca. 1316) Frederick I (+ 1360), from 1341 Count of Celje; Counts of Cilli (Celje) Herman I (+ 1385), wife Katarina Kotromanic; William (+ 1392), wife Ana of Poland, daughter Anna of Cilli (+ 1416) Herman II (+ 1435), daughter Barbara of Cilli (+1451)
Jan 7, 2023 · Belgrad, Serbia (umorjen) Immediate Family: Son of Frederick II of Celje, count and Elisabeth of Celje. Husband of Katarina Celjska. Father of Elizabeta Hunyadi; George of Celje and Herman IV Celjski. Brother of Frederick III of Celje and John de Cillia. Half brother of Vlatkova Žena 1 Stefanović and John de Cillia.
Sep 4, 2017 · It was the assassination of Herman II’s grandson Ulrich II, in 1456, that brought down one of the most powerful families in Europe. Ulrich II did not have a male successor, and after a war of succession, all the estates and property were handed over to the Habsburgs, marking the end of Counts of Celje.
