Ulrich II, Count of Celje, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 16-Feb-1406
Place of Birth: Celje, Slovenia
Date of Death: 09-Nov-1456
Profession: aristocrat
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Ulrich II, Count of Celje
- Ulrich II, or Ulrich of Celje (Slovene: Ulrik Celjski also 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, and feudal lord of vast areas in present-day Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Austria, and Slovakia.
- He was also a claimant to the Bosnian throne.
- This accumulation of power prompted his assassination by the hands of the Hunyadi clan 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 as king.
- All of Ulrich's possessions in the Holy Roman Empire were inherited by the Habsburg ruler Frederick III, while his possessions in Hungary were reverted to the crown.
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