Frederick II (; ; ) (17 January 1379 – 13 or 20 June 1454) was a

Count of Celje The Counts of Celje () or the Counts of Cilli (; ) were the most influential Late Middle Ages, late medieval noble dynasty on the territory of present-day Slovenia. Risen as Feudalism, vassals of the House of Habsburg, Habsburg dukes of Duchy of ...

and Ban of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia.

Early life

Frederick was the son of

Hermann II, Count of Celje Hermann II (; early 1360s – 13 October 1435), Count of Celje, was a Styrian prince and magnate, most notable as the faithful supporter and father-in-law of the Hungarian king and Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund of Luxembourg. Hermann's loyalty t ...

and his wife Anna of Schaunberg.

Marriages

Frederick II married Elizabeth of Frankopan and after her death in 1422,

Veronika of Desenice Veronika of Desenice ( or , ; died 17 October 1425) was the second wife of Frederick II, Count of Celje. She is known for having been subjected to a witch trial by her father-in-law, who objected to her marriage to his son, but failed to have her ...

. 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. He caused a stir when, in 1422, he allegedly murdered his first wife, Elisabeth of Frangepán, so that he could marry his lover, Veronika Dešnić. The Frangepáns brought charges against him to King Sigismund, who had him convicted and given him into custody by his father. His father imprisoned him in Obercilli Castle, and had Veronika strangled in Osterwitz Castle. His father also disowned him from his inheritance, but when his younger brother Hermann died suddenly in 1426, Frederick once again became the heir to the Cillei estate. He was soon pardoned, and at the end of 1426, his appointment as voivode of Transylvania was even discussed. From 1445 he held the title of Slavonian and from 1453 Croatian Ban. Eberhard Windeck,
Kaiser Sigismunds Buch
', Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 13975, Vol. 1, fol. 224v-225v.

Ancestry

Family tree

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1379 births 1454 deaths Counts of Celje Bans of Croatia {{Europe-noble-stub

Early life

Marriages

Ancestry

Family tree

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