Barbara of Cilli
✶January 1, 1392
†July 11, 1451
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✶January 1, 1392
†July 11, 1451
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Barbara of Cilli or Barbara of Celje, 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.
Queen Consort of Hungary, Germany, Bohemia and Empress Consort of Holy Roman Empire
Biography from the article Barbara of Cilli on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.