# 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. 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.

## 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 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 ∞ Charles I of Hungary | Elizabeth of Poland ∞ Charles I of Hungary | Elizabeth of Poland ∞ Charles I of Hungary | Elizabeth of Poland ∞ Charles I of Hungary | Elizabeth of Poland ∞ Charles I of Hungary | Elizabeth of Poland ∞ Charles I of Hungary |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 |