Count Imre Cseszneky de Milvány et Csesznek (1804-after 1857) was a Hungarian

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 agriculturist and patriot, born in 1804 to Mihály Cseszneky and Erzsébet Galgótzy. His father was a descendant of the impoverished Bácska branch of the Cseszneky family. In the 1830s he served as lieutenant. Later he became a talented agriculturist landowner in Szabadka

Subotica

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 area, who following the steps of Count István Széchenyi

István Széchenyi

Széchenyi committed suicide by a shot to his head on April 8, 1860. All Hungary mourned his death. The Academy was in official mourning, along with the most prominent persons of the leading political and cultural associations...

 gained distinction by developing Hungarian horse breeding

Horse breeding

Horse breeding is reproduction in horses, and particularly the human-directed process of selective breeding of animals, particularly purebred horses of a given breed. Planned matings can be used to produce specifically desired characteristics in domesticated horses...

.

Cseszneky was the patron of the notable poet, Pál Jámbor (Hiador) and - following the advice of Lajos Kossuth

Lajos Kossuth

Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva was a Hungarian lawyer, journalist, politician and Regent-President of Hungary in 1849. He was widely honored during his lifetime, including in the United Kingdom and the United States, as a freedom fighter and bellwether of democracy in Europe.-Family:Lajos...

 - the advocate of Mihály Vörösmarty

Mihály Vörösmarty

Mihály Vörösmarty was an important Hungarian poet and dramatist.He was born at Puszta-Nyék , of a noble Roman Catholic family. His father was a steward of the Nádasdys. Mihály was educated at Székesfehérvár by the Cistercians and at Pest by the Piarists...

's election in the Bácsalmás

Bácsalmás

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 electoral district to the parliament.

In 1848 he supported with his fortune the establishment of the National Guard of Jankovác

Jánoshalma

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 and the Defence Forces of Bácska, in which his brother, Mihály fought at Csantavér

Cantavir

Čantavir is the largest village with Hungarian ethnic majority in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated in the municipality of Subotica, North Bačka District. The population of the village is 7,178...

 against the Serbian rebels.

Due to his role in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848

Hungarian Revolution of 1848

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 he suffered serious reprisal under the Serbian Voivodship

Voivodship of Serbia and Tamiš Banat

The Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar or Serbian Voivodeship and Banat of Temeschwar was a province of the Austrian Empire that existed between 1849 and 1860....

. His wife was Anna Nagy.

Sources

• Bácskai katonai összeírás
• Cseszneky család
• Rapp Jakab: Jánoshalma története