Talk:Lajos Kossuth

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Kossuth County named after him and statue of him in front of the court house of said county is a first hand source.

Kossuth made some sound recordings - apparently he is the person in this category whose birthdate is most distant. Any comments?

Jackiespeel 17:26, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Danube Confederacy

The article did not mention the his plans for the Danube Confederacy. Could anybody write something about it? Laszlo

In his early exile years he wrote about a large confederation of the nations of the Danube valley (with Hungary at the helm). Although in later conversation he admitted himself this plan was tactical at best and he conveniently forgot about it once Hungary's position was better upon the Ausgleich, several Hungarian post-WW1 proponents of more peaceful co-existence of those peoples remembered and forwarded his project later on. This is what I remember but I am just an enthusiast and a reader not a professional historian, so do not trust me too much. varbal 00:42, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mistake

Iam not sure about magyar descent of Kossut. I know only about Slovak descent from his father side because Zemplin was part of Hungaria with majority of slovaks and in Turiec were not hungarians except officers. And his muther was german. So I would like to see resources where is it written that he had magyar descent. He was only product of Magyarization.

He was a Hungarian of Slovak ancestry. The Kossuth family had lived in Hungary and spoken Hungarian for several hundred years. (see: István Deák, "The Lawful Revolution"--good book!) And he considered himself a Hungarian, he spoke Hungarian beautifully (HUGE thanks to whoever put up the link to that sound clip of him, I almost lost my breath when I realized I was really hearing Kossuth's own voice! :)), he fought for Hungary's freedom. One thing that is sort of unusual about Hungary, and that a lot of people don't seem to understand, is that being Hungarian is more based on conviction and loyalty than on actual blood and DNA (and some might say more a state of mind than an ethnicity. LOL) Some of our greatest heroes, whether they are freedom fighters or kings or poets or musicians, came originally from Slovak/German/Croatian/Serbian ancestors, but let no one say they were any less Hungarian than any of "pure Magyar blood." So in response to your request for "resources where it is written that he had magyar descent"--respectfully, sir, that's rather irrelevant. :) K. Lástocska 03:49, 8 December 2006 (UTC)