Albanians in Hungary
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Albanians in Hungary (Albanian: Shqiptarët në Hungari; Hungarian: magyarországi albánok) are ethnic Albanians living in Hungary.
History
One of the earliest recorded Albanians in Hungary was Antonius in the 14th century, the bishop of Shkodër, who had previously served as a vicar in Bács in the Kingdom of Hungary. He later became bishop of Shkodër in 1367.
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
- 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
References
- 1 2 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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