{{Short description, Greek aristocratic family The Notaras family is an old

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aristocratic family.

History

Tracing their origins back to the Byzantine period from

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, together with

Loukas Notaras Loukas Notaras (; 5 April 1402 – 3 June 1453) was a Byzantine Greek statesman who served as the last '' megas doux'' or grand duke (commander-in-chief of the Byzantine navy) and the last '' mesazon'' (chief minister) of the Byzantine Empire, unde ...

as the last megas doux of the

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, they gave several religious to the Greek Orthodox Church, several politicians to the

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and a dynasty of artists to

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Notable members

* Saint Gerasimus of Kefalonia (1506–1579), patron-saint of Greek island Kefalonia * Saint Macarius Notaras (1731-1805), Metropolitan of Corinth and co-composer of the

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* Blessed Dositheus II Notaras (1641–1707),

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* Chrysanthus Notaras (1655/1660-1731), Patriarch of Jerusalem *

(1402–1453), the last megas doux of the Byzantine Empire *

Anna Notaras Anna Notaras Palaiologina ( Παλαιολογίνα; died 8 July 1507) was a prominent Byzantine leader-in-exile in decades following the fall of Constantinople in 1453, serving as a center of the Greek community in Venice in the late 15th and ea ...

(died 1507), daughter of Loukas Notaras, the last megas doux of the Byzantine Empire *

Ioannis Notaras Ioannis or Giannakis Notaras () was a Greek general of the Greek War of Independence. He was killed in 1827 during the Battle of Phaleron. Biographical information He was born in 1805 at Trikala, Corinthia, and belonged to an important Notara ...

(died 1827), general in the Greek War of Independence *

Panoutsos Notaras Panoutsos Notaras (; 31 March 1740 or 1752 – 18 January 1849) was a Greek revolutionary and politician who was a leading figure of the Greek War of Independence, serving several times as president of the Greek national assemblies and legislativ ...

, political leader in the Greek War of Independence *Notara (first name unknown), onetime owner of the

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*John Notaras (1939-2013), Australian businessman with interests in retail, property and wool growing, Honorary Ambassador of Canberra *

Jacob Notaras Jacob Notaras (; ), also erroneously called Isaac, was a Byzantine aristocrat who survived the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Having got attention of the Ottoman ruler Mehmed the Conqueror as an adolescent, he was confined to the seraglio until h ...

(c. 1439–1491) Greek noble families Byzantine families