Hermann II (c. 1365 – 13 October 1435) was a Count of Celje and Ban of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia. Hermann was the son of Hermann I, Count of Cilli and his wife Katherine of Bosnia.

Hermann II married Countess Anna of Schaunberg

Countess Anna of Schaunberg

Countess Anna of Schaunberg was the Countess of Celje as spouse of Hermann II, Count of Celje.Anna was born in Celje, Slovenia. Countess Anna married the Count of Celje in 1377...

 in c. 1377.

Hermann and Anna had the following children:

• Frederick II of Celje (1379–1454)
• Hermann (1380–1426)
• Elizabeth (1382)
• Anna (1384)
• Louis (1387–1417)
• Barbara
  Barbara of Celje
  Barbara of Cilli was the spouse of Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund and as such Holy Roman Empress. She was by marriage also Queen of Hungary and Bohemia and also Holy Roman Empress. She received the sobriquet "Messalina of Germany" for her political intrigues, and was instrumental in creating the...
  
   (1392–1451)
• Hermann (died 1426)

In 1396, Hermann II, a soldier in Sigismund of Luxembourg

Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor

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's Crusade of Nicopolis

Battle of Nicopolis

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 against Bayezid I

Bayezid I

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 of the Ottoman Empire

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, saved Sigismund's life in battle, and was rewarded with the county of Seger (Sagor, Zagorien, Zagorje) and the town of Varaždin

Varaždin

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.

In 1406 Hermann founded a major Carthusian

Carthusian

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 monastery.

In 1408, Hermann's daughter, Barbara, married Sigismund

Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor

Sigismund of Luxemburg KG was King of Hungary, of Croatia from 1387 to 1437, of Bohemia from 1419, and Holy Roman Emperor for four years from 1433 until 1437, the last Emperor of the House of Luxemburg. He was also King of Italy from 1431, and of Germany from 1411...

, the King of Hungary

King of Hungary

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 who later became King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor

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. When Hermann's son Frederick of Celje divorced his first wife Elizabeth of Frankapan and married Veronica Desnic, Hermann was angry about the whole situation. He had Veronica tried and executed for being a witch.

In 1427, Hermann was named heir presumptive

Heir Presumptive

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 to the throne of the Kingdom of Bosnia by his cousin, King Tvrtko II

Tvrtko II of Bosnia

Stephen Tvrtko II reigned as King of Bosnia from 1404 to 1409 and again from 1421 to his death. His reigns took place during a very turbulent part of Bosnian history.-Family connections:...

. However, Hermann predeceased Tvrtko and died in Pressburg (Bratislava)

Bratislava

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.

See also

• Hermann's relationship with the royal house of Bosnia