Frederick II, Count of Celje
# Frederick II, Count of Celje

Frederick II (Slovene: 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. 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.

## Ancestry

Ancestors of Frederick II, Count of Celje :

### Family tree

| | | | | | | Ulrich of Sanneck | Ulrich of Sanneck | Ulrich of Sanneck | Ulrich of Sanneck | Ulrich of Sanneck | Ulrich of Sanneck | Catherine of Heunburg | Catherine of Heunburg | Catherine of Heunburg | Catherine of Heunburg | Catherine of Heunburg | Catherine of Heunburg |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Frederick I of Celje ∞ Diemut of Walsee | Frederick I of Celje ∞ Diemut of Walsee | Frederick I of Celje ∞ Diemut of Walsee | Frederick I of Celje ∞ Diemut of Walsee | Frederick I of Celje ∞ Diemut of Walsee | Frederick I of Celje ∞ Diemut of Walsee | | | Wladislaw I of Poland | Wladislaw I of Poland | Wladislaw I of Poland | Wladislaw I of Poland | Wladislaw I of Poland | Wladislaw I of Poland | | | | | Stephen II of Bosnia | Stephen II of Bosnia | Stephen II of Bosnia | Stephen II of Bosnia | Stephen II of Bosnia | Stephen II of Bosnia |
| Casimir III of Poland | Casimir III of Poland | Casimir III of Poland | Casimir III of Poland | Casimir III of Poland | Casimir III of Poland | Ulrich I of Celje ∞ Adelaide of Ortenburg | Ulrich I of Celje ∞ Adelaide of Ortenburg | Ulrich I of Celje ∞ Adelaide of Ortenburg | Ulrich I of Celje ∞ Adelaide of Ortenburg | Ulrich I of Celje ∞ Adelaide of Ortenburg | Ulrich I of Celje ∞ Adelaide of Ortenburg | Hermann I of Celje | Hermann I of Celje | Hermann I of Celje | Hermann I of Celje | Hermann I of Celje | Hermann I of Celje | Catherine of Bosnia | Catherine of Bosnia | Catherine of Bosnia | Catherine of Bosnia | Catherine of Bosnia | Catherine of Bosnia | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Elizabeth of Poland | Elizabeth of Poland | Elizabeth of Poland | Elizabeth of Poland | Elizabeth of Poland | Elizabeth of Poland |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Anna of Poland | Anna of Poland | Anna of Poland | Anna of Poland | Anna of Poland | Anna of Poland | William of Celje | William of Celje | William of Celje | William of Celje | William of Celje | William of Celje | Hermann II, Count of Celje ∞ Anna Schaunberg | Hermann II, Count of Celje ∞ Anna Schaunberg | Hermann II, Count of Celje ∞ Anna Schaunberg | Hermann II, Count of Celje ∞ Anna Schaunberg | Hermann II, Count of Celje ∞ Anna Schaunberg | Hermann II, Count of Celje ∞ Anna Schaunberg | Elizabeth of Bosnia | Elizabeth of Bosnia | Elizabeth of Bosnia | Elizabeth of Bosnia | Elizabeth of Bosnia | Elizabeth of Bosnia | Louis I of Hungary | Louis I of Hungary | Louis I of Hungary | Louis I of Hungary | Louis I of Hungary | Louis I of Hungary |
| 2.Anna of Celje | 2.Anna of Celje | 2.Anna of Celje | 2.Anna of Celje | 2.Anna of Celje | 2.Anna of Celje | Władysław II Jagiełło | Władysław II Jagiełło | Władysław II Jagiełło | Władysław II Jagiełło | Władysław II Jagiełło | Władysław II Jagiełło | Frederick II, Count of Celje ∞1.Elizabeth Frankopan 2.Veronika of Desenice | Frederick II, Count of Celje ∞1.Elizabeth Frankopan 2.Veronika of Desenice | Frederick II, Count of Celje ∞1.Elizabeth Frankopan 2.Veronika of Desenice | Frederick II, Count of Celje ∞1.Elizabeth Frankopan 2.Veronika of Desenice | Frederick II, Count of Celje ∞1.Elizabeth Frankopan 2.Veronika of Desenice | Frederick II, Count of Celje ∞1.Elizabeth Frankopan 2.Veronika of Desenice | 2.Barbara of Celje | 2.Barbara of Celje | 2.Barbara of Celje | 2.Barbara of Celje | 2.Barbara of Celje | 2.Barbara of Celje | | | Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor | Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor | Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor | Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor | Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor | Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor | | | 1.Mary of Hungary | 1.Mary of Hungary | 1.Mary of Hungary | 1.Mary of Hungary | 1.Mary of Hungary | 1.Mary of Hungary | | | 1.Jadwiga of Poland | 1.Jadwiga of Poland | 1.Jadwiga of Poland | 1.Jadwiga of Poland | 1.Jadwiga of Poland | 1.Jadwiga of Poland |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Ulrich II, Count of Celje ∞ Katarina Branković | Ulrich II, Count of Celje ∞ Katarina Branković | Ulrich II, Count of Celje ∞ Katarina Branković | Ulrich II, Count of Celje ∞ Katarina Branković | Ulrich II, Count of Celje ∞ Katarina Branković | Ulrich II, Count of Celje ∞ Katarina Branković |
