Albanians in Hungary

Albanians in Hungary are ethnic Albanians living in Hungary.

History

After the Great Turkish War, where they had sided with the Austrians, a group of Albanians from Kosovo, Catholic and Muslim, moved to Hungary. They numbered around 10,000 people. Toma Raspasani, a Catholic clergyman, reported in his writings in 1693 that many Catholics had settled Budapest, and most died of hunger or disease.

Notable people

Gjon Delhusa – singer, composer and lyricist
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