Albanians in Hungary
| Regions with significant populations | |
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| Budapest · Debrecen | |
| Languages | |
| Hungarian, Albanian | |
| Religion | |
| Islam, Christianity, Atheism |
Albanians in Hungary (Albanian: Shqiptarët në Hungari; Hungarian: magyarországi albánok) are ethnic Albanians living in Hungary.
History
[edit]After the Great Turkish War, where they had sided with the Austrians, a group of Albanians from Kosovo, Catholic and Muslim, moved to Hungary.[1] They numbered around 10,000 people.[2] Toma Raspasani, a Catholic clergyman, reported in his writings in 1693 that many Catholics had settled Budapest, and most died of hunger or disease.[1]
Notable people
[edit]- Gjon Delhusa – singer, composer and lyricist[3]
- Ignác Martinovics – philosopher, writer and a leader of the Hungarian Jacobin movement
- Andrei Mocioni – jurist, politician, and informal leader of the ethnic Romanian community; part-Albanian
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Malcolm, Noel (1998). Kosovo: a short history. Macmillan. pp. 146–148, 162.
- ^ Rama, Shinasi (2019). Nation Failure, Ethnic Elites, and Balance of Power: The International Administration of Kosova. Springer. p. 64.
- ^ "Oslo 1996". Retrieved 16 February 2018.
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