Ulrich III (Slovenian: Ulrik Celjski, Hungarian: Cillei Ulrik) (1406 — 1456), also known as Ulrich Cillei, was Count of Celje. Events Construction of Forbidden City begins in Beijing. ... // Events July 7 - Joan of Arc acquitted (but she had already been executed). ... Upper Celje Castle (Zgornji Celjski grad), home of the Counts of Celje (today in a phase of renovation) In the Middle Ages, the town of Celje was the property of the Counts of Celje (Slovenian Celjski grofje, German Grafen von Cilli). ...

Ulrich Cillei was the son of Frederick II, Count of Celje, and Elizabeth Frankopan. Little is known of his youth. About 1432 he married Catherine, daughter of Đurađ Branković, despot of Serbia. Celje (German Cilli, Hungarian Cille) (46. ... The Frankopans are a Croatian-Dalmatian noble family. ... Events June 1 - Battle of San Romano - Florence defeats Siena foundation of Université de Caen In the end of the Hook and Cod wars, Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut and Holland is forced by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, to abdicate all her estates in his favour; end of Hainaut... Despot ĐuraÄ‘ Branković, Cyrillic: Ђурађ Бранковић, Hungarian: György Brankovics, ruled 1427 - 1456) was a Serbian monarch who built Smederevo. ... The Republic of Serbia (Serbian: Република Србија) is a republic in southeastern and central Europe, which is united with Montenegro in a loose commonwealth known as the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. ...

His influence in the affairs of the Kingdom of Hungary and the Holy Roman Empire early overshadowed that of his father, together with whom he was made a prince of the Empire by Emperor Sigismund (1436). Hence feuds with the Habsburgs, wounded in their rights as overlords of Celje, ending, however, in an alliance with the Habsburg King Albert II, who made Ulrich for a short while his lieutenant in Bohemia. After Albert's death (1439) Ulrich took up the cause of his widow Elizabeth, and presided at the coronation of her infant son Ladislaus V Posthumus (1440). The Kingdom of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyar Királyság) is the name of a multiethnic kingdom that existed in Central Europe from 1000 to 1918. ... This page is about the Germanic empire. ... Sigismund (February 14/15, 1368 - December 9, 1437) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1433 to 1437. ... Events April - Paris is recaptured by the French End of the Hussite Wars in Bohemia. ... Habsburg (sometimes spelled Hapsburg, but never so in official use) was one of the major ruling houses of Europe. ... Albert II Habsburg (August 10, 1397 - October 27, 1439), German ruler, king of Bohemia and Hungary, and (as Albert V) duke of Austria, was born on August 10, 1397, the son of Albert IV of Habsburg, duke of Austria. ... Bohemia. ... Events Battle of Grotnik, which ended the hussite movement in Poland Eric of Pomerania, King of Sweden, Denmark and Norway is declared deposed in Sweden. ... Ladislaus Posthumus (22 February 1440 - 23 November 1457), Archduke, king of Hungary as László V (or VI); king of Bohemia as Ladislav I; duke of Austria, the only son of Albert II, Holy Roman Emperor, and of Elizabeth, daughter of the emperor Sigismund, was born at Komarom four months... For alternative meanings, see number 1440. ...

A feud with the Hunyadis followed, embittered by John Hunyadi's attack on Đurađ Branković of Serbia (1444) and his refusal to recognize Ulrich's claim to Bosnia on the death of Stephen Tvrtko II (1443). In 1446 Hunyadi, now regent of Hungary, harried the Celje territories in Croatia-Slavonia; but his power was broken at the Second Battle of Kosovo (1448), and Count Ulrich was able to lead a successful crusade, nominally in the Habsburg interest, into Hungary (1450). In 1452 he forced Emperor Frederick III to hand over the boy king Ladislaus V to his keeping, and became thus practically ruler of Hungary. In 1454 his power was increased by his succession to his father's vast wealth; and in 1456 he was named by Ladislaus his lieutenant in Hungary. Hunyadi (also Hunyady in historical sources) is a notable Hungarian noble family, with Vlach (Romanian) origins. ... John Hunyadi John Hunyadi (Latin: Ioannes Corvinus, Hungarian: Hunyadi János, Romanian: Iancu (or Ioan) de Hunedoara) (c. ... Despot ĐuraÄ‘ Branković, Cyrillic: Ђурађ Бранковић, Hungarian: György Brankovics, ruled 1427 - 1456) was a Serbian monarch who built Smederevo. ... Events March 1 - Gjergj Kastriot Skanderbeg proclaimed commander of the Albanian resistance April 16 - Truce of Tours. ... Approximate borders between Bosnia (marked light) and Herzegovina (marked dark) Historically and geographically, the region known as Bosnia (natively Bosna/Босна) comprises the northern part of the present-day state of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Events Albanians, under Skanderbeg, defeat the Turks John Hunyadi defeats Turks at the Battle of Nis Vlad II Dracul begins his second term as ruler of Wallachia, succeeding Basarab II. Births January 27 - Albert, Duke of Saxony (died 1500) February 23 - Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (died 1490) May 17 - Edmund... Events Mehmed II Sultan of the Ottoman Empire is forced to abdicate in favor of his father Murad II by the Janissaries. ... Coat of arms Slavonia is a geographical and historical region in eastern Croatia. ... In the second Battle of Kosovo (rigómezei csata in Hungarian) in 1448, the Hungarian Catholic coalition under John Hunyadi was defeated by the Ottoman Turkish-led coalition under Murad II. The battle was fought between October 7th and 10th in the Kosovo Field (Kosovo Polje). ... Events January 5/ 6 - Christopher of Bavaria, Norway and Sweden dies with no designated heir leaving all three kingdoms with vacant thrones. ... Events March - French troops under Guy de Richemont besiege the English commander in France, Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, in Caen April 15 - Battle of Formigny. ... Events October - English troops under John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, land in Guyenne, France, and retake most of the province without a fight. ... Detail of Aeneas Piccolomini Introduces Eleonora of Portugal to Frederick III by Pinturicchio (1454-1513) Frederick III of Habsburg (Innsbruck, September 21, 1415 – August 19, 1493 in Linz) was elected as German King as the successor of Albert II in 1440. ... Events February 4 - In the Thirteen Years War, the Secret Council of the Prussian Confederacy sends a formal act of disobedience to the Grand Master. ... // Events July 7 - Joan of Arc acquitted (but she had already been executed). ...

The Hunyadis now conspired to destroy him. On the 8th of November, in spite of warnings, he entered Belgrade with the king; the next day he was attacked by László Hunyadi and his friends and killed. With him died the male line of the Counts of Celje. November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining. ... Mayor Nenad Bogdanović Area 359. ... László Hunyadi (1433 – 1457) was a Hungarian statesman and warrior. ...

Ulrich's ambition was criticized by Aeneas Sylvius (the later Pope Pius II), although his writings were politically-minded. Pius II, né Enea Silvio Piccolomini, in Latin Aeneas Sylvius (October 18, 1405 – August 14, 1464) was Pope from 1458 until his death. ...

References

• This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, a publication in the public domain.