Margareta of Celje

Margareta of Celje (* 1411, † July 22, 1480 ) came from the house of the Counts of Cilli; by her second marriage in 1444 with Wladislaus of Teschen was hers half of Glogau and Steinau.

Origin and family

Margareta of Celje was the only child of Hermann III, Count of Cilli. (* 1380; ? † July 30, 1426 by falling from his horse) and his first wife Elisabeth ( * 1377; ? † before 1423 ), daughter of Baron Johann II of Abensberg and widow of Ullrich II show mine.

From the first marriage of her mother Margaret had two older half-brothers - John I († 16 November 1453 ) and George I of Schaubergwerk († 1404 at a young age ). Väterlichers she was a niece of the Bohemian Queen Barbara of Celje, the second wife of Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund.

On March 15, 1430 Margaret married his first wife, Hermann I, Count of Montfort- Bregenz - Pfannberg. They had four children - three sons Hermann II (* 1431), George I. (* 1433 ) and Johann III. (* 1434 ), and their daughter, Barbara (* 1435 ). Count Hermann I died on 24 July 1435th

In December 1444 Margaret married second husband, the Duke of Teschen Wladislaus, which included half of Glogau and Steinau. The marriage remained childless.

Life

Duke Władysław died on 14 February 1460th In his will he bequeathed his possessions to his wife Margaret as jointure and his brother Przemislaus II In fact, however, ruled Przemislaus II in the aftermath alone over the possessions of his late brother. Margareta, dispossessed of sovereignty over their country, remained in Glogau, even after her brother Przemislaus II in 1476 the territories lost to Matthias Corvinus, who annexed to the crown of Bohemia. Even if she exercised only formal authority over her jointure, she stood against the Saganer Duke John II, who wanted to exert direct control over the land.

Casimir II, a nephew of Wladislaus and Przemislaus II, asserted his claim to the heritage, because he was the only male heir of the Duke of Teschen line. Soon he was called by the City Council of Glogau, to preserve the rights of Margareta. However, he was beaten shortly afterwards by the troops of John II. Finally, Casimir II renounced in 1479 on all of its claims on the inheritance Wladislaus, where he received a financial compensation of King Matthias Corvinus.

This Margareta was forced to defend the city alone against John II. She held the defense of Glogau until May 1, 1480 upright to Johann II after the seven-week siege captured the city, and thus the duchy of Glogau reunited after a separation of nearly 150 years. Margaret died two months later.