Barbara of Cilli

Barbara
Queen consort of Hungary
Tenure1405–1437
Coronation1408
Queen consort of the Romans
Tenure1411–1437
Coronation1414
Queen consort of Bohemia
Tenure1419–1437
Coronation1437
Holy Roman Empress
Tenure1433–1437
Coronation1433
Born1392
Celje, County of Cilli
(now Slovenia)
Died11 July 1451
Mělník, Bohemia, Crown of Bohemia
(now Czech Republic)
SpouseSigismund, Holy Roman Emperor
IssueElizabeth of Luxembourg
HouseHouse of Cilli
FatherHerman II, Count of Celje
MotherCountess Anna of Schaunberg

Barbara of Cilli or Barbara of Celje (Hungarian: Cillei Borbála, German: Barbara von Cilli, Slovenian and Croatian: Barbara Celjska, 1392 – 11 July 1451), was the Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia by marriage to Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund. She was actively involved in politics and economy of her times, independently administering large feudal fiefdoms and taxes, and was instrumental in creating the famous royal Order of the Dragon. She served as the regent of Hungarian kingdom in the absence of her husband four times: in 1412, 1414, 1416, and 1418.