In mid-1871 he participated in the military exercises at Bruck and was in the same year suggested for the position of Croatian ban, but he was very sick and wrote in a letter that he was not interested.
Sredinom 1871. godine bio je na vojnim vježbama kod mjesta Bruck a iste godine predložen je za kandidaturu za hrvatskoga bana, no bio je jako bolestan i u jednom pismu napisao je kako nije zainteresiran za tu čast.