Ulrich II, Count of Celje

Ulrich of Celje
Count of Celje, Ortenburg and Zagorje
Portrait (from ca. 1700)
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Holding(s)	County of Celje, Slavonia
Born	16 February 1406 Krško
Died	9 November 1456 (aged 50) Belgrade
Noble family	Counts of Celje
Spouse(s)	Katarina Branković
Issue Details	Hermann IV Elizabeth Catherine George Albert
Father	Frederick II of Celje
Mother	Elizabeth of Frankopan

Ulrich II, or Ulrich of Celje (Slovene: Ulrik Celjski / Urh Celjski; Hungarian: Cillei Ulrik; German: Ulrich II von Cilli; 16 February 1406 – 9 November 1456), was the last Princely Count of Celje. At the time of his death, he was captain general and de facto regent of Hungary, ban (governor) of Slavonia, Croatia and Dalmatia and feudal lord of vast areas in present-day Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Austria, and Slovakia. He was also a claimant to the Bosnian throne.^[1] He was killed by agents of the Hunyadi clan under unknown circumstances, which plunged Hungary into civil unrest that was resolved a year later by the sudden death of king Ladislas the Posthumous and the election of Matthias Corvinus, the son of John Hunyadi and Ulrich's son-in-law, as king. Ulrich's possessions in the Holy Roman Empire were inherited by Emperor Frederick III, while his possessions in Hungary were reverted to the crown.