Lascaris or Laskaris (Greek: Λάσκαρης) is a Greek surname. The first recordings of the name appear in the eleventh century.[1] It is the surname of:
- Byzantine royal family dynasty House of Laskaris:
- Theodore I Laskaris (c. 1175–1221) Emperor of Byzantine Empire
- Theodore II Laskaris (c. 1222–1258) Emperor of Byzantine Empire
- John IV Laskaris (1250–c. 1305) Emperor of Byzantine Empire
- Michael Laskaris Byzantine aristocrat and military commander
- Janus Lascaris (c. 1445–1535) Greek scholar in the Renaissance
- Constantine Lascaris (1434–1501) Greek scholar in the Renaissance
- Giovanni Paolo Lascaris (1560–1657) an Italian nobleman and Grand Master of the Knights of Malta
- Zoe Laskari (1942–2017) Greek actress
- Dimitri Lascaris (1963–) Canadian lawyer, journalist, political activist
Etymology
editThe origin of the name is likely from the Persian word of "warrior" (Lashkarī).[1]
Buildings
edit- Palais Lascaris A seventeenth-century aristocratic building in Nice, France
References
edit- 1 2 Kazhdan, A. P. (1991). Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Oxford University Press. p. 1180. ISBN 0-19-504652-8.
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