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Barbara of Cilli

1392 - 1451

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Barbara of Cilli or Barbara of Celje (Hungarian: Cillei Borbála, German: Barbara von Cilli, Slovenian and Croatian: Barbara Celjska, 1392 – 11 July 1451), was the Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia by marriage to Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund. She was actively involved in politics and economy of her times, independently administering large feudal fiefdoms and taxes, and was instrumental in creating the famous royal Order of the Dragon. She served as the regent of Hungarian kingdom in the absence of her husband four times: in 1412, 1414, 1416, and 1418. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Barbara of Cilli is the 1,605th most popular politician (down from 857th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Slovenia (down from 1st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Slovene Politician.

Barbara of Cilli was the wife of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV. She is most famous for her marriage to Charles IV, and for being the mother of Wenceslaus IV, the last Holy Roman Emperor.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Barbara of Cilli ranks 1,605 out of 19,576. Before her are Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan, Seonjo of Joseon, Joan I of Navarre, Harthacnut, Georg von Hertling, and Charles VIII of Sweden. After her are Emperor Wen of Sui, Berenice, Frederick II of Denmark, Al-Kamil, Marwan II, and Túpac Amaru.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1392, Barbara of Cilli ranks 2. Before her is John VIII Palaiologos. After her are Filippo Maria Visconti, Peter, Duke of Coimbra, Stefano di Giovanni, Mark of Ephesus, Pasquale Malipiero, Alain Chartier, William the Victorious, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Blanche of England, and Beatrice of Navarre, Countess of La Marche. Among people deceased in 1451, Barbara of Cilli ranks 3. Before her are Murad II, and Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy. After her are Elizabeth of Görlitz, Stefan Lochner, Abdullah Mirza, and Gonzalo Pérez.

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In Slovenia

Among people born in Slovenia, Barbara of Cilli ranks 5 out of 340. Before her are Melania Trump (1970), Giuseppe Tartini (1692), Arkan (1952), and Slavoj Žižek (1949). After her are France Prešeren (1800), Hugo Wolf (1860), Franz Miklosich (1813), Jože Plečnik (1872), Santorio Santorio (1561), Milan Kučan (1941), and Janez Drnovšek (1950).

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Among POLITICIANS In Slovenia

Among politicians born in Slovenia, Barbara of Cilli ranks 2. Before her are Arkan (1952). After her are Milan Kučan (1941), Janez Drnovšek (1950), Edvard Kardelj (1910), Borut Pahor (1963), Nataša Pirc Musar (1968), Danilo Türk (1952), Janez Janša (1958), Aleksander Čeferin (1967), Hermann II, Count of Celje (1361), and Anton Korošec (1872).

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