[2] In August 1941, Count Gyula Istvan Cseszneky de Milvany et Csesznek was proclaimed Grand Voivode or Duke of Macedonia.
Gyula Cseszneky who spoke fluent Croatian, Italian, German and Hungarian, and had also met Prince Aimone during his years in Rome, was appointed aide-de-camp and privy counsellor to the new monarch.
Nevertheless, since the King did not actually occupy his throne in Zagreb, Count Cseszneky, whose titles of nobility had just been confirmed, deeply disappointed by the brutality of the Ustasha regime, left the service.
[4][5][6] Count Gyula István Cseszneky de Milvány et Csesznek was a conservative monarchist with strong anti-communist persuasion, however, he always despised Nazism and antisemitism.
In spite of his anti-Nazi credentials, in Soviet Union-occupied Hungary, Gyula Cseszneky was declared enemy of the working class and was forced into exile.