Lascaris

Lascaris or Laskaris (Greek: Λάσκαρης) is a Greek surname. The first recordings of the name appear in the eleventh century. 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

The origin of the name is likely from the Persian word of "warrior" (Lashkarī).

• Palais Lascaris A seventeenth-century aristocratic building in Nice, France

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