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Barbara of Cilli

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.

Barbara

1405–1437

1408

1411–1437

1414

1419–1437

1437

1433–1437

1433

1392
Celje, County of Cilli
(now Slovenia)

11 July 1451
Mělník, Bohemia, Crown of Bohemia
(now Czech Republic)

Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor

Elizabeth of Luxembourg

House of Cilli

Herman II, Count of Celje

Countess Anna of Schaunberg

Chilian, Hans (1908). (in German). Noske. p. 74. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

Barbara von Cilli

Dvořáková, Daniela (2021). . Leiden. ISBN 978-90-04-49916-4. Retrieved 13 October 2022.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Barbara of Cilli (1392–1451) : a Hungarian, Holy Roman, and Bohemian queen

Barbara of Cilli as Venus, "Liber de septem signis", in Konrad Kyeser's Bellifortis (around first half of the fifteenth century)[52]

Barbara of Cilli as Venus, "Liber de septem signis", in Konrad Kyeser's Bellifortis (around first half of the fifteenth century)[52]

Barbara at the Council of Constance

Barbara at the Council of Constance

Woodcut from the Nuremberg Chronicle (Latin copy in São Paulo)

Woodcut from the Nuremberg Chronicle (Latin copy in São Paulo)

Master of the Council of Constance Chronicle – ceremonial entry of emperor Sigismund and empress Barbara.

Master of the Council of Constance Chronicle – ceremonial entry of emperor Sigismund and empress Barbara.

Szathmáry, László: Alkémisták a magyar királyi udvarban, Természettudományi Közlöny, 60. kötet, 1928. február 1.

Pálosfalvi, Tamás: Borbála és a Cilleiek, História, 2006

Engel, Pál – C. Tóth Norbert: Borbála királyné itineráriuma (1405–1438), Itineraria Regum et Reginarum (1382–1438), MTA Támogatott Kutatóhelyek Irodája, Budapest, 169–187, 2005

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Slovenia's commemorative coin depicting Barbara

A pedigree of her