Frederick II, Count of Celje explained

Frederick II, Count of Celje
Noble Family:House of Celje
Succession:Ban of Slavonia
Reign:1445 - 1454
Predecessor:Matko Talovac
Successor:Ulrich II, Count of Celje
Father:Hermann II, Count of Cilli
Mother:Anna of Schaunberg
Spouse:Elizabeth of Frankapan, Veronika of Desenice
Birth Date:17 January 1379
Death Place:Žovnek Castle

Frederick II (Slovenian: Friderik II. Celjski; Croatian: Fridrik II. Celjski; German: Friedrich II Graf von Cilli) (17 January 1379 – 13 or 20 June 1454) was a Count of Celje and Ban of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia.

Early life

Frederick was the son of Hermann II, Count of Celje and his wife Anna of Schaunberg.

Marriages

Frederick II married Elizabeth of Frankopan and after her death in 1422, Veronika of Desenice.[1] The famous Eberhard Windbeck chronicle gives a detailed report on the circumstances of Elizabeth of Frankopan's death, which in the chronicle is described as murder and placed in the year 1424.[2]

Ancestry

Family tree

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://nl.ijs.si:8080/fedora/get/sbl:4255/VIEW/ Slovenski biografski leksikon
  2. [Eberhard Windeck]