The
Albanians
The Albanians (; sq, Shqiptarët ) are an ethnic group and nation native to the Balkan Peninsula who share a common Albanian Cultural heritage, ancestry, Albanian culture, culture, Albanian history, history and Albanian language, language. ...
(''Shqiptarë'' in
Albanian, ''Albanezi'' in
Romanian
Romanian may refer to:
*anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania
** Romanians, an ethnic group
**Romanian language, a Romance language
***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language
**Romanian cuisine, traditiona ...
) are an
ethnic minority in
Romania. As an officially recognized ethnic minority, Albanians have
one seat reserved in the Romanian
Chamber of Deputies
The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatures.
Description
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to the ''League of Albanians of Romania'' (''Liga Albanezilor din România'').
Name
Albanians are called by Romanians today ''Albanezi'', but in the past they were known as ''Arbănasi'', the old
ethnonym dating back to the
Middle Ages.
History
Early settlement
An Albanian community inside the
Danubian Principalities was first attested in
Wallachia under
Prince Michael the Brave: a report drafted by
Habsburg authorities in
Transylvania specified that 15,000 Albanians had been allowed to cross north of the
Danube in 1595; Călinești (a village in present-day
Florești,
Prahova County) was one of their places of settlement, as evidenced in a document issued by Michael's rival and successor,
Simion Movilă
Simion Movilă (after 1559 14 September 1607), a boyar of the Movileşti family, was twice Prince of Wallachia (November 1600 – June 1601; October 1601 – July 1602) and Prince of Moldavia from July 1606 until his death. Family
He was the gr ...
, who confirmed their right to reside in the locality.
["Albanezii – Scurt istoric"]
a
''Divers'' online
; retrieved February 26, 2008 The community's presence was first recorded in Bucharest around 1628. Early Albanian settlers in Romania supported Mihai the Brave and saw Wallachia as a place of refuge from Ottoman control. In his return after raids in Ottoman Bulgaria, Mihai's forces were followed by Albanians who lived on the shores of the Danube, particularly in
Ruse
Ruse may refer to:
Places
*Ruse, Bulgaria, a major city of Bulgaria
**Ruse Municipality
**Ruse Province
** 19th MMC – Ruse, a constituency
*Ruše, a town and municipality in north-eastern Slovenia
* Ruše, Žalec, a small settlement in east-cen ...
. One the early Albanian figures in the Wallachian court was
Leca of Cătun
Leca or Lecca of Cătun, also known as Leca of Leurdeni, Leca Rudeanu, Comisul Leca, Aga Leca or Postelnico Leka (? – February or March 1616), was a Wallachian political figure, prominent under Princes Michael the Brave, Radu Șerban, and Radu ...
,
postelnic
''Postelnic'' (, plural: ''postelnici,'' from the Slavic ''postel'', "bed"; cf. Russian '' postelnichy'') was a historical rank traditionally held by boyars in Moldavia and Wallachia, roughly corresponding to the position of '' chamberlain''. I ...
of Wallachia and military commander the armies of several Wallachian princes.
These Albanians came directly from Albania and the western Balkans or more frequently from older Albanian settlements in Bulgaria. In the late 16th and 17th century, representatives of these groups in Romania were figures like
Leca of Cătun
Leca or Lecca of Cătun, also known as Leca of Leurdeni, Leca Rudeanu, Comisul Leca, Aga Leca or Postelnico Leka (? – February or March 1616), was a Wallachian political figure, prominent under Princes Michael the Brave, Radu Șerban, and Radu ...
and later
Vasile Lupu
Lupu Coci, known as Vasile Lupu (; 1595–1661), was a Voivode of Moldavia of Albanian origin between 1634 and 1653. Lupu had secured the Moldavian throne in 1634 after a series of complicated intrigues and managed to hold it for twenty years. V ...
.
The most prominent family of Albanian emigres in Romania were the
Ghica ( sq, Gjika) The first recorded Ghica in historical records is
Gheorghe Ghica
George Ghica ( sq, Gjergj Gjika, ro, Gheorghe Ghica) (3 March 1600 – 2 November 1664) founder of the Ghica family, was Prince of Moldavia in 1658–1659 and Prince of Wallachia in 1659–1660.
George Ghica was born in Köprülü, present ...
. His family originally came from Albania and the wider region of Epirus and was possibly born in North Macedonia, south of the city of
Skopje, in
Köprülü (present-day Veles). Köprülü as his birthplace may be a later mistake based on Ion Neculce's literary narrative about his ties to
Köprülü Mehmed Pasha. Mihai Cantacuzino in the 18th century place his geographical origin ''from the Albanians of Zagora, in the region of Ianina''. In all available historical sources, despite the discrepancies about his exact birthplace, he is always referred to as an Albanian, an indication of his origin's role in the patronage networks which supported his political career. His father's name is unknown but Alexandru Ghica, a descendant of Gheorghe Ghica, suggested that his name was Matei (). This figure hasn't been recorded in archival material and his existence is disputed. Gheorghe Ghica was engaged in commerce in
Constantinople and traveled as a merchant to
Iași in the Romanian principalities. Ghica quickly moved upwards in the Romanian principalities mainly because he supported and was supported by other Albanians in the central and regional Ottoman administration. Ghica joined
Vasile Lupu
Lupu Coci, known as Vasile Lupu (; 1595–1661), was a Voivode of Moldavia of Albanian origin between 1634 and 1653. Lupu had secured the Moldavian throne in 1634 after a series of complicated intrigues and managed to hold it for twenty years. V ...
, an Albanian emigre who was
Voivode of Moldavia
This is a list of rulers of Moldavia, from the first mention of the medieval polity east of the Carpathians and until its disestablishment in 1862, when it united with Wallachia, the other Danubian Principality, to form the modern-day state of Ro ...
and became his most trusted officer and representative in the
Ottoman court.
Miron Costin
Miron Costin (March 30, 1633 – 1691) was a Moldavian (Romanians, Romanian) political figure and chronicler. His main work, ''Letopiseţul Ţărâi Moldovei e la Aron Vodă încoace' (''The Chronicles of the land of Moldavia [from the rule ...
(1633-1691), a contemporary Romanian historian wrote about the clientelist relations in Ottoman hierarchy between figures of the same origin and noted that ''being of the same origin as him [Ghica] – that is Albanian – voievode Vasile brought him to the court and entrusted him some minor offices, and later [Ghica] reached the position of the Chief Judge of Lower Moldavia.'' Lupu's fall brought Ghica to an alliance with another Albanian, the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, Köprülü Mehmed Pasha. In the Romanian principalities, Mehmed Pasha promoted an 'ethnicity-based patronage system' and chose to appoint Albanians as a means to strengthen his apparatus in the region. Gheorghe Ghica (voivode of Moldavia (1658–59), voivode of Wallachia (1859-1860)), his son Grigore (voivode of Wallachia, 1660–64), and Vasile Lupu's son,
Ștefăniță Lupu
Ştefăniţă Lupu, nicknamed Papură-Vodă ('' Bullrush Voivode''; 1641 – 29 September 1661 in Tighina), son of Vasile Lupu, was Voivode (Prince) of Moldavia between 1659 and 1661, and again in 1661.
Life
Appointed by the Porte as a result ...
(voivode of Moldavia, 1659–61) all were appointed by Köprülü Mehmed Pasha.
Ion Neculce
Ion Neculce (1672–1745) was a Moldavian chronicler. His main work, ''Letopisețul Țărâi Moldovei e la Dabija Vodă până la a doua domnie a lui Constantin Mavrocordat' (''The Chronicles of the land of Moldavia Constantin Mavrocordat'') ...
(1672-1745), another contemporary Romanian historian who continued the tradition of Constin recorded a tale about Gheorge Gica and Mehmed Pasha. According to the tale, they came from poor families and had met when they were children in Constantinople. The future Mehmed Pasha promised that he would help Ghica when he became powerful. Years later when they met again Mehmed Pasha supposedly remembered their meeting and made Ghica, voivode of Moldavia. The tale is definitely a literary construction, but it has historical value because its narration highlights the existing patronage ties of its era.
Ghica married Smaragda (Smada) Lână, daughter of Stamate Lână, the ''
Stolnic
''Stolnic'' was a ''boier'' (Romanian nobility) rank and the position at the court in the Danubian Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. The title approximately corresponds to seneschal and is borrowed from the Slavic title ''stolnik'' (from ...
'' (
Seneschal) of Broşteni.
[Paul Cernovodeanu, ''La Famille Ghika – court historique''. Online a]
Ghika.net
Retrieved on 7 October 2010. Ghica rooted his family in the feudal class of Romania via the marriage of his son
Grigore I to the niece of
Gheorghe Ștefan.
Grigore I Ghica's rule was also not free from disturbances due to the conflict with the Sublime Porte and especially because of the disputes between the Boyar parties. Through his political maneuvers and the assassination of his former mentor Constantine Cantacuzino, he instigated the hatred of nobility against him and his entourage. Taking advantage of the defeat of the Ottomans at the
Battle of Levice
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(1664), Grigore fled to Poland and then to
Vienna, in search of Habsburg military aid. His hopes having not been materialized, he returned to Constantinople and acquired the Moldavian throne once again in 1672. During his short second reign, the animosity of the
Cantacuzinos exploded violently, and after the defeat of the Turks
at Khotyn in 1673, Grigore was forced to flee to Constantinople; the hostility of his opponents lost his throne and he will die in Constantinople in 1674.
Grigore I Ghica's children, most notably Matei (Grigore) Ghica, assured the continuation of the lineage. Matei Ghica lived exclusively in Greek
Phanar
Fener (; Greek: Φανάρι, ''Phanári''; in English also: Phanar) is a quarter midway up the Golden Horn in the district of Fatih in Istanbul, Turkey. Its name is a Turkish transliteration of the word "phanarion" (Medieval Greek: Φανά� ...
neighborhood of Constantinople. The marriage with Ruxandra Mavrocordat, daughter of
Alexander Mavrocordatos
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.
Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
, the
Dragoman of the Sublime Porte, introduced Matei to the
Phanariote nucleus — now the religious, cultural and political
hegemons
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of the Christian Ottoman subjects and vassals — and ensured a path of political ascendancy for his descendants.
He became Grand Drogoman of
The Fleet, and in 1739 he negotiated an agreement with the Sultan whereby the key position of Grand Drogoman of the Sublime Porte would remain within the fold — i.e. among the descendants of a family pact involving the Ghicas,
Mavrocordatos and
Racoviţăs. His son
Grigore II Ghica
Grigore II Ghica (1695 – 3 September 1752) was Voivode (Prince) of Moldavia at four different intervals — from October 1726 to April 16, 1733, from November 27, 1735 to 14 September 1739, from October 1739 to September 1741 and from May 1747 ...
initiated in the intricacies of the Ottoman politics due to his rank as Dragoman, succeeded in acquiring the Moldavian throne on 26 September 1726.
19th century
The Albanian community was strengthened during the
Phanariote epoch, when numerous immigrants opened businesses in a large number of cities and towns, and were employed as bodyguards of Wallachian princes and
boyars
A boyar or bolyar was a member of the highest rank of the feudal nobility in many Eastern European states, including Kievan Rus', Bulgaria, Russia, Wallachia and Moldavia, and later Romania, Lithuania and among Baltic Germans. Boyars were se ...
(being usually recorded as ''Arbănași'', akin to ''
Arvanites
Arvanites (; Arvanitika: , or , ; Greek: , ) are a bilingual population group in Greece of Albanian origin. They traditionally speak Arvanitika, an Albanian language variety, along with Greek. Their ancestors were first recorded as settl ...
'', and its variant ''Arnăuți'', borrowed from the
Turkish ''
Arnavut'').
In 1820, a survey indicated that there were 90 traders from the
Rumelia
Rumelia ( ota, روم ايلى, Rum İli; tr, Rumeli; el, Ρωμυλία), etymologically "Land of the Romans", at the time meaning Eastern Orthodox Christians and more specifically Christians from the Byzantine rite, was the name of a hist ...
n town of
Arnaut Kioy present in the Wallachian capital, most of whom were probably Albanians and
Aromanians
The Aromanians ( rup, Armãnji, Rrãmãnji) are an ethnic group native to the southern Balkans who speak Aromanian, an Eastern Romance language. They traditionally live in central and southern Albania, south-western Bulgaria, northern and c ...
.
The ''
Rilindja Kombëtare'' movement of Albanian
nationalism inside the
Ottoman Empire was present and prolific in Wallachia, the center of cultural initiatives taken by
Dora d'Istria
Dora d'Istria, pen-name of duchess Helena Koltsova-Massalskaya, born Elena Ghica (Gjika) (22 January 1828, Bucharest – 17 November 1888, Florence), was a Romanian Romantic writer and feminist, most notable for having emblematized the Alban ...
,
Naim Frashëri
Naim bey Frashëri, more commonly Naim Frashëri (; ; 25 May 184620 October 1900), was an Albanian historian, journalist, poet, rilindas and translator who was proclaimed as the national poet of Albania. He is regarded as the pioneer of moder ...
,
Jani Vreto, and
Naum Veqilharxhi (the latter published the first ever Albanian
primer
Primer may refer to:
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* ''Primer'' (film), a 2004 feature film written and directed by Shane Carruth
* ''Primer'' (video), a documentary about the funk band Living Colour
Literature
* Primer (textbook), a te ...
in Bucharest, in 1844).
Aleksandër Stavre Drenova, a resident of Bucharest, authored the lyrics of Albania's national anthem, ''
Hymni i Flamurit'', which is sung to the tune of "
Pe-al nostru steag e scris Unire", composed by the Romanian
Ciprian Porumbescu
Ciprian Porumbescu (; born Cyprian Gołęmbiowski on 14 October 1853 – 6 June 1883) was a Romanian composer born in Șipotele Sucevei in Bukovina (now Shepit, Vyzhnytsia Raion, Ukraine). He was among the most celebrated Romanian composer ...
.
At the time, Albanians were present, alongside other Balkan communities, in Bucharest's commercial life, where many worked as street vendors (specializing in the sale of
soft drinks
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or
confectionery items).
Among the new groups of immigrants from various
Balkan
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regions to Romania were the families of poets
Victor Eftimiu and
Lasgush Poradeci.
At the time, the independence movement gathered momentum, and, for a while after 1905, was focused on the activities of
Albert Gjika
Albert Ghica was a Romanian writer and socialite. He was a member of the Ghica noble family. Later in life he changed his name to the Albanian form ''Gjika'', for more credentials in his quest for the Albanian throne.Paul Cernovodeanu et al., ''El ...
. An Albanian school was opened in 1905 in the city of
Constanța
Constanța (, ; ; rup, Custantsa; bg, Кюстенджа, Kyustendzha, or bg, Констанца, Konstantsa, label=none; el, Κωνστάντζα, Kōnstántza, or el, Κωνστάντια, Kōnstántia, label=none; tr, Köstence), histo ...
— among its pupils was poet Aleksandër Stavre Drenova.
In 1912, at a Bucharest meeting headed by
Ismail Qemali and attended by Drenova, the first resolution regarding
Albania
Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares la ...
's independence was adopted.
In 1893, the Albanian community in Romania numbered around 30,000 persons. In 1920 almost 20,000 Albanians lived in Bucharest.
A new wave of Albanian immigrants, many of them Muslims from
Yugoslavia,
followed in the wake of
World War I.
George Grigore
George Grigore (born 2 February 1958) is a Romanian writer, essayist, translator, professor, researcher in Middle Eastern Studies. Biography
George Grigore was born in the village of Grindu, Ialomița (southeastern Romania), on 2 February 1958. ...
"Muslims in Romania"
, in International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM) Newsletter 3, July 1999, p. 34; retrieved July 16, 2007. In 1921, the first translation of the ''
Qur'an'' into
Albanian was completed by
Ilo Mitkë Qafëzezi
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice by setting international labour standards. Founded in October 1919 under the League of Nations, it is the first and ol ...
and published in the city of
Ploiești
Ploiești ( , , ), formerly spelled Ploești, is a city and county seat in Prahova County, Romania. Part of the historical region of Muntenia, it is located north of Bucharest.
The area of Ploiești is around , and it borders the Blejoi commun ...
.
Many Albanians settled in
Transylvania, where they generally established confectionery enterprises.
The community was repressed under the
communist regime
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, starting in 1953 (when the Albanian cultural association was closed down).
Rights lost were regained after the
Romanian Revolution of 1989
The Romanian Revolution ( ro, Revoluția Română), also known as the Christmas Revolution ( ro, Revoluția de Crăciun), was a period of violent civil unrest in Romania during December 1989 as a part of the Revolutions of 1989 that occurred ...
, but the number of people declaring themselves Albanian has decreased dramatically between 1920 and 2002.
Traditionally, members of the community have been included among a special "among others" category in the censuses.
The community gained a seat in the
Chamber of Deputies
The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatures.
Description
Historically, French Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the French Parliament during the Bourbon R ...
in 1996 when the
Cultural Union of Albanians of Romania entered Parliament. In 2000 the community's seat was taken by the
League of Albanians of Romania, who have held it since.
Demographics
In the 2002 census 520 Romanian citizens indicated their ethnicity was Albanian, and 484 stated that their native language was Albanian. The actual number of the Albanian population in Romania is unofficially estimated at 10,000 persons.
["Albanezi – Date demografice"]
a
''Divers'' online
; retrieved February 26, 2008 Most members of the community live in
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...
,
while the rest mainly live in larger urban centers such as
Timișoara
), City of Roses ( ro, Orașul florilor), City of Parks ( ro, Orașul parcurilor)
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,
Iași,
Constanța
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and
Cluj-Napoca
; hu, kincses város)
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, le ...
.
Most families are
Orthodox
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Religion
* Orthodoxy, adherence to accepted norms, more specifically adherence to creeds, especially within Christianity and Judaism, but also less commonly in non-Abrahamic religions like Neo-pa ...
and trace their origins to the area around
Korçë.
["Albanezii – Perioada contemporană"]
a
''Divers'' online
; retrieved July 16, 2007 The other Romanian Albanians adhere to
Islam.
Notable figures
The following is a list of notable individuals of Albanian ancestry in what is today Romania. Note that many of these may not be full ethnic Albanians, but only have partial Albanian descent.
Prime Ministers
*
Dimitrie Ghica
Dimitrie Ghica or Ghika (31 May 1816 – 15 February 1897) was a Romanian politician. A prominent member of the Conservative Party, he served as Prime Minister between 1868 and 1870.
Dimitrie Ghica was born in the Ghica family, as the son ...
– He served as prime minister between 1868 and 1870, was a Romanian politician, and a prominent member of the Conservative Party.
*
Ion Ghica
Ion Ghica (; 12 August 1816 – 7 May 1897) was a Romanian statesman, mathematician, diplomat and politician, who was Prime Minister of Romania five times. He was a full member of the Romanian Academy and its president many times (1876–1882, ...
– Romanian revolutionary, mathematician, diplomat and politician, who was Prime Minister of Romania five times
Princes of Wallachia
*
George Ghica – Founder of the Ghica family, was Prince of Moldavia in 1658–1659 and Prince of Wallachia in 1659–1660.
[
* Grigore I Ghica – Prince of Wallachia between September 1660 and December 1664 and again between March 1672 and November 1673.][
*]Grigore II Ghica
Grigore II Ghica (1695 – 3 September 1752) was Voivode (Prince) of Moldavia at four different intervals — from October 1726 to April 16, 1733, from November 27, 1735 to 14 September 1739, from October 1739 to September 1741 and from May 1747 ...
– Voivode (Prince) of Moldavia at four different intervals.[
*]Matei Ghica
Matei Ghica (1728 – 8 February 1756), a member of the Ghica family, was the Prince of Wallachia between 11 September 1752 and 22 June 1753, and Prince of Moldavia between 22 June 1753 and 8 February 1756. He was son of Grigore II Ghica and bro ...
– Prince of Wallachia between 11 September 1752 and 22 June 1753.[
*]Scarlat Ghica
Scarlat Grigorie Ghica (1715 – 2 December 1766) was a Prince of Moldavia (2 March 1757 – 7 August 1758), and twice Prince of Wallachia (August 1758 – 5 June 1761; 18 August 1765 – 2 December 1766). He was a member of the Ghica family.
H ...
– Prince of Moldavia (2 March 1757 – 7 August 1758), and twice Prince of Wallachia (August 1758 – 5 June 1761; 18 August 1765 – 2 December 1766).[
*]Alexandru Ghica
Alexandru Scarlat Ghica (? – after 1768) was Voivode (Prince) of Wallachia from December 1766 to October 1768. He succeeded Scarlat Ghica.
References
Alexandru
Alexandru is the Romanian form of the name Alexander. Common diminut ...
– Voivode (Prince) of Wallachia from December 1766 to October 1768.[
*]Grigore III Ghica
Grigore III Ghica (1724 – 12 October 1777) was twice the Prince of Moldavia between 29 March 1764 – 3 February 1767 and September 1774 – 10 October 1777 and of Wallachia: 28 October 1768 – November 1769.
Biography
He was the son of Ale ...
– Prince of Moldavia between 29 March 1764 – 3 February 1767 and September 1774 – 10 October 1777 and of Wallachia: 28 October 1768 – November 1769.[
*]Grigore IV Ghica
Grigore IV Ghica or Grigore Dimitrie Ghica (June 30, 1755 – April 29, 1834) was Prince of Wallachia between 1822 and 1828. A member of the Ghica family, Grigore IV was the brother of Alexandru II Ghica and the uncle of Dora d'Istria.
While man ...
– Prince of Wallachia between 1822 and 1828.[
*]Alexandru II Ghica
Alexandru Dimitrie Ghica (1 May 1796 – January 1862), a member of the Ghica family, was Prince of Wallachia from April 1834 to 7 October 1842 and later caimacam (regent) from July 1856 to October 1858.
Family
He was son of Demetriu Ghica ...
– Prince of Wallachia from April 1834 to 7 October 1842.[
]
Princes of Moldavia
*Vasile Lupu
Lupu Coci, known as Vasile Lupu (; 1595–1661), was a Voivode of Moldavia of Albanian origin between 1634 and 1653. Lupu had secured the Moldavian throne in 1634 after a series of complicated intrigues and managed to hold it for twenty years. V ...
– Voivode of Moldavia between 1634 and 1653.
Politics
*Bonifaciu Florescu
Bonifaciu Florescu (first name also Boniface, Bonifacio, Bonifati, last name also Floresco; born Bonifacius Florescu; May 1848 – December 18, 1899) was a Romanian polygraph, the illegitimate son of writer-revolutionary Nicolae Bălcescu. Born se ...
– Romanian polygraph, the illegitimate son of writer-revolutionary Nicolae Bălcescu.
* Dimitrie Ghica-Comănești – Romanian nobleman, explorer, famous hunter, adventurer and politician.[
* Pantazi Ghica – Wallachian, later Romanian politician and lawyer.
* Albert Ghica – Albanian-Romanian writer and socialite.]
*Alexandrina Cantacuzino
Alexandrina "Didina" Cantacuzino ( Pallady; also known as Alexandrina Grigore Cantacuzino and ( Francized) Alexandrine Cantacuzène; 20 September 1876 – 1944) was a Romanian political activist, philanthropist and diplomat, one of her country's ...
- Romanian political activist, philanthropist and diplomat, one of her country's leading feminists in the 1920s and '30s.
*Dimitrie Ghica
Dimitrie Ghica or Ghika (31 May 1816 – 15 February 1897) was a Romanian politician. A prominent member of the Conservative Party, he served as Prime Minister between 1868 and 1870.
Dimitrie Ghica was born in the Ghica family, as the son ...
– Romanian politician.[
* Vladimir Ghika – Romanian diplomat
* Ioan Grigore Ghica – Romanian politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Principality of Romania
]
Military
*Leca of Cătun
Leca or Lecca of Cătun, also known as Leca of Leurdeni, Leca Rudeanu, Comisul Leca, Aga Leca or Postelnico Leka (? – February or March 1616), was a Wallachian political figure, prominent under Princes Michael the Brave, Radu Șerban, and Radu ...
, military commander and postelnic of Wallachia in the 17th century.
*Matila Ghyka
Prince Matila Costiescu Ghyka (; born ''Matila Costiescu''; 13 September 1881 – 14 July 1965), was a Romanian naval officer, novelist, mathematician, historian, philosopher, academic and diplomat. He did not return to Romania after World ...
– Romanian Naval officer, novelist, mathematician, historian, philosopher, diplomat and Plenipotentiary Minister in the United Kingdom during the late 1930s and until 1940.
Arts and entertainment
*Kristaq Antoniu
Kristaq Antoniu (25 December 1907 – 17 March 1979), also known as Cristache Antoniu () in Romanian, was an Albanian-Romanian operetta tenor, baritone, and actor. He was a People's Artist of the People's Republic of Albania.
Biography
Born ...
– Romanian operetta tenor, baritone, and actor.
* Victor Eftimiu – Romanian poet and playwright.
* Aleksandër Stavre Drenova – poet
* Lasgush Poradeci – writer and poet
Media, writers, and journalists
* N. D. Cocea – Romanian journalist, novelist, critic and left-wing political activist.Stelian Tănase
Stelian Tănase (born February 17, 1952) is a Romanian writer, journalist, political analyst, and talk show host. Tănase was from November 2013 to October 2015 the president of TVR. Having briefly engaged in politics during the early 1990s, aft ...
"N.D. Cocea, un boier amoral/N.D. Cocea, an Immoral Boyar" (I)
in '' Sfera Politicii'', Nr. 136
*Dora d'Istria
Dora d'Istria, pen-name of duchess Helena Koltsova-Massalskaya, born Elena Ghica (Gjika) (22 January 1828, Bucharest – 17 November 1888, Florence), was a Romanian Romantic writer and feminist, most notable for having emblematized the Alban ...
– Wallachian-born Romantic writer, feminist and figure of the Albanian National Awakening
The Albanian National Awakening ( sq, Rilindja or ), commonly known as the Albanian Renaissance or Albanian Revival, is a period throughout the 19th and 20th century of a cultural, political and social movement in the Albanian history where the ...
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* George Magheru – Romanian poet and playwright.[Aurel Sasu (ed.), ''Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române'', vol. II, p. 12-13. Pitești: Editura Paralela 45, 2004. ]
See also
* Names of the Albanians and Albania
The Albanians ( sq, Shqiptarët) and their country Albania (''Shqipëria'') have been identified by many ethnonyms. The native endonym is Shqiptar. The name "Albanians" Latin: ''Albanenses/Arbanenses'') was used in medieval Greek and Latin doc ...
* Arbanasi
* Arbëreshë
* Albanians in Ukraine
The Albanians in Ukraine ( uk, Албанці в Україні (арнаути); Russian: Албанцы на Украине; Albanian: Shqiptarët në Ukrainë) are an ethnic minority group located mainly in Zaporizhzhia Oblast and Budjak. The ...
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