Hungarians in Poland
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Hungarian, Polish |
Hungarians in Poland form a small population of 1,728, according to the 2011 census,[2] however, Hungarian presence in Poland dates back to the Middle Ages.
In the 2011 Polish census, 1,728 people declared Hungarian nationality, of which 1,213 declared both Polish and Hungarian nationality.[2]
History
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John Corvinus, son of King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, in 1488–1490, was briefly the Duke of Głogów, a duchy founded in the course of the medieval fragmentation of Poland, before it passed to John I Albert from the Jagiellonian dynasty, future King of Poland.
In 1528, Hungarian King John Zápolya was admitted in Odrzykoń and Tarnów in Poland after fleeing Hungary following his defeat to Ferdinand I, who also claimed the Hungarian Crown.
In 1576, Poland elected the Hungarian nobleman Stephen Báthory as its king, who is regarded as one of Poland's greatest rulers, and a number of Hungarians came to the country with him.
The great Hungarian Renaissance poet Bálint Balassi spent parts of his life and wrote some of his poems in Poland.[3] There are memorials to him at his places of stay in Odrzykoń, Nowy Żmigród, Rymanów, Dębno, Braniewo and Kraków.[4]
In 1701 Hungarian conspirators
Several hundred Hungarian volunteers fought alongside Poles in the January Uprising in the Russian Partition of Poland in 1863–1864.[10] According to the 1897 census, the largest Hungarian populations in the Russian Partition of Poland, lived in Warsaw (68), Częstochowa (29) and Nasielsk (23), with very few in other locations.[11][12]
After the restoration of independent Poland, dozens of Hungarians joined the Polish Army during the
According to the 1921 Polish census, the largest Hungarian populations lived in the cities of
Notable people
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- Elizabeth of Hungary, Duchess of Greater Poland (c. 1128–1154), Duchess of Greater Poland
- Kinga of Poland (1224–1292), High Duchess consort of Poland
- Jadwiga of Poland (1373 or 1374–1399), Queen of Poland
- János Thurzó (1437–1508), entrepreneur, city councillor and mayor of Kraków
- Barbara Zápolya (1495–1515), Queen consort of Poland
- Stephen Báthory (1533–1586), King of Poland
- Bálint Balassi (1554–1594), Renaissance poet
- Andrew Báthory (1562 or 1563–1599), Catholic Cardinal, Prince-Bishop of Warmia, Polish senator
- Ádám Mányoki (1673–1757), court painter of Polish Kings
- Ádám Jávorka (1683–1747), general of the Polish Army
- Charles Kraitsir (1804–1860), doctor, philologist, independence fighter and émigré activist[16]
See also
- Hungary–Poland relations
- Hungarian diaspora
- Immigration to Poland
- Pole and Hungarian brothers be
- Poles in Hungary
References
- ^ Muzeum Niepodległości 2016, p. 31.
- ^ ISBN 978-83-7027-521-1.
- ^ Wojciech Jaroszek (23 July 2020). "Wybitny węgierski poeta w Braniewie". Braniewo.com.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ Maria Jaworska (20 February 2021). "Bálint Balassi w Polsce. Śladami "węgierskiego Jana Kochanowskiego"". Instytut Felczaka Intézet (in Polish). Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ Muzeum Niepodległości 2016, pp. 12–13.
- ^ a b c Muzeum Niepodległości 2016, p. 13.
- ^ Muzeum Niepodległości 2016, p. 20.
- ^ Muzeum Niepodległości 2016, p. 15.
- ^ Muzeum Niepodległości 2016, p. 11.
- ISBN 978-83-8098-246-8.
- ^ Первая Всеобщая перепись населения Российской империи, 1897 г. (in Russian). Vol. LI. 1904. pp. 111–112.
- ^ Первая Всеобщая перепись населения Российской империи, 1897 г. (in Russian). Vol. LVI. 1903. pp. 94–95.
- ^ a b Sławek Zagórski (12 August 2015). "Artur Buol - węgierski bohater Wojska Polskiego". Interia.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (in Polish). Vol. XIII. Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1924. p. 24.
- ^ Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (in Polish). Vol. I. Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1925. pp. 4–5.
- ^ Stasik, Florian (1969). "Działalność Karola Kraitsira w czasie powstania listopadowego i na emigracji (1831–1842)". Przegląd Historyczny (in Polish). No. 60/1. pp. 115–116.
Bibliography
- Z Bogiem za ojczyznę i wolność – o Franciszku II Rakoczym bohaterze Węgier (in Polish). Warszawa: ISBN 978-83-62235-88-9.