World War II
For more details on this topic, see Principality of Pindus.During the Axis Occupation of Greece, the Italians tried to set up an autonomous Aromanian state in Northern Greece, the "Principality of Pindus". The leaders of the Principality were Alchiviad Diamandi di Samarina (Prince Alchibiades I, 1941–1942), Regent Nicola Matushi (1942–1943) and Count Gyula Cseszneky, Baron of Milvány (Voivode Julius I, 1943). The principality failed to enlist the support of local Vlachs, and ceased to exist after the Italian capitulation in 1943.
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