Hermann II of Celje
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Hermann II, Count of Celje (Count of Cilli, Slovene Herman II. Celjski) (about 1365 - 13 October 1435), Ban of Croatia, Slovenia and Dalmatia, was son of Hermann I, Count of Celje and his wife Katerina of Bosnia. Her maternal grandfather was Stephen II Kotromanić.
About 1377, he married Anna von Schaunberg.
In 1396, Hermann II, a soldier in the crusade Sigismund of Luxembourg against Bayezid I of the Ottoman Empire, saved Sigismund's life in battle, and was rewarded with the county of Zagorje and the town of Varazdin.
In 1408, Hermann's daughter, Barbara, married Sigismund, King of Hungary, who later became King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor.
Hermann died in Pressburg, today Bratislava, Slovakia.
| Preceded by: Dionizije Marcali |
Ban of Slavonia 1423-1435 |
Succeeded by: Matko Talovac |
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