Frederick II, Count of Celje
{{Short description|Croatian nobleman (1379–?)}}
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{{Infobox noble
| name = Frederick II, Count of Celje
| title = Count of Celje, Zagorje and Ortenburg, Lord of the Slovene March
Prince of the Holy Roman Empire
| image = Frederic II. of Cilli.PNG
| caption = Frederick II, Count of Celje
| noble family = House of Celje
| succession = Ban of Slavonia
| reign = 1445 - 1454
| coronation =
| predecessor = Matko Talovac
| successor = Ulrich II, Count of Celje
| regent =
| father = Hermann II, Count of Cilli
| mother = Anna of Schaunberg
| spouse = Elizabeth of Frankapan, Veronika of Desenice
| issue = Ulrich II, Count of Celje
| birth_date = 17 January 1379
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{death date and age|1454|06|13|1379|1|17|df=y}}
| death_place = Žovnek Castle
}}
Frederick II ({{langx|sl|Friderik II. Celjski}}; {{langx|hr|Fridrik II. Celjski}}; {{langx|de|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.[http://nl.ijs.si:8080/fedora/get/sbl:4255/VIEW/ Slovenski biografski leksikon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091219183158/http://nl.ijs.si:8080/fedora/get/sbl:4255/VIEW/ |date=2009-12-19 }}. Slovene Biographical Lexicon, published by the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts 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, [http://www.handschriftencensus.de/14908 Kaiser Sigismunds Buch], Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 13975, Vol. 1, fol. 224v-225v.
Ancestry
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|1= 1. Frederick II, Count of Celje
|2= 2. Hermann II, Count of Cilli
|3= 3. Anna of Schaunberg
|4= 4. Hermann I, Count of Celje
|5= 5. Catherine of Bosnia, Countess of Cilli
|6= 6. Henry VII, Count of Schaunberg
|7= 7. Ursula of Schoeneck
|8= 8. Frederick I, Count of Celje
|9= 9. Diemut of Wallsee
|10= 10. Stephen II, Ban of Bosnia
|11= 11. Elizabeth of Kuyavia
|12= 12. Henry V, Count of Schaunberg
|13= 13. Anna of Truhendingen
|14= 14. Meinhard VI of Gorizia
|15= 15. Catherine of Pfannberg
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= Family tree =
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{{Tree chart | | | | | | | | | Ulr |~|Cath| Ulr=Ulrich of Sanneck |Cath=Catherine of Heunburg}}
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{{Tree chart | | | | | | | || Fre | | Wla | | Stp |Fre=Frederick I of Celje
∞ Diemut of Walsee|Wla=Wladislaw I of Poland|Stp=Stephen II of Bosnia}}
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{{Tree chart | Cas | | Ul1 | | He1 |~| Cat | | | | | | |!| | | Elz |Cas=Casimir III of Poland|Ul1=Ulrich I of Celje
∞ Adelaide of Ortenburg|He1=Hermann I of Celje|Cat=Catherine of Bosnia|Elz=Elizabeth of Poland
∞ Charles I of Hungary}}
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{{Tree chart | Ann |~| Wil | | He2 | | | | | | | | | | Eli |~| Lou |Ann=Anna of Poland|Wil=William of Celje|He2=Hermann II, Count of Celje
∞ Anna Schaunberg|Tv2=Tvrtko II of Bosnia|Eli=Elizabeth of Bosnia|Lou=Louis I of Hungary}}
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{{Tree chart | Ana | | Wl2 | | Fre | | Bar |~| Sig |~| Mar | | Jad |Ana=2.Anna of Celje|Fre=Frederick II, Count of Celje
∞1.Elizabeth Frankopan
2.Veronika of Desenice|Bar=2.Barbara of Celje|Sig=Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor|Mar=1.Mary of Hungary|Jad=1.Jadwiga of Poland|Wl2=Władysław II Jagiełło}}
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{{Tree chart | | | | | | | | | Ul2 |Ul2=Ulrich II, Count of Celje
∞ Katarina Branković}}
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See also
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