Counts of Celje
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The Counts of Celje or the Counts of Cilli were the most influential late medieval noble dynasty on the territory of present-day Slovenia. Risen as vassals of the Habsburg dukes of Styria in the early
Celje Castle
Counts of Cilli (bottom row, second right) in the structure of the Holy Roman Empire
Ulrich II, Count of Celje
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Ulrich II, or Ulrich of Celje, was the last Princely Count of Celje. At the time of his death, he was captain general and de facto regent of Hungary, ban of Slavonia, Croatia and Dalmatia and feudal l
Counts of Celje
…of feudal possessions also in today's Croatia and Bosnia. They rose to Princes of the Holy Roman Empire in 1436. The dynasty reached its peak with Ulrich II of Cilli, but with his death in 1456 they also died out, and after a war of succession, the Habsburgs inherited their domains. The Lords of Sanneck (Žovnek…
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Young King Ladislaus and Ulrich of Celje, 1870