Loukas Notaras was a Greek official of the Byzantine Empire.
He held the title of grand duke. In fact, he was the last Grand Duke of the Byzantine Empire.
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After the fall of Constantinople, the Ottomans slaughtered Loukas Notaras, along with his family.
and those who remained of the family were scattered
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Luke's daughter had fled to Italy shortly before,
where Luke had transferred a large part of his property before the fall
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another part of the Notaras, settled in Trikala, Corinthia
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soon,
these Notarades were among the six most powerful families of the Peloponnese
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come from this family:
St Gerasimos (Notaras)
Dositheos Notaras (Patriarch of Jerusalem)
Chrysanthos Notaras, (Patriarch of Jerusalem)
also
St. Makarios was a notary
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The adjutant of Kolokotronis, Fotakos, writes:
«The family of Notaraia is one of the most solemn of the Peloponnese, due to its age and the splendor of its origin.
And Panoutsos has always been a plenipotentiary and President of the National Assemblies».
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It refers to Panoutsos Notaras, the brother of Sotirios Notaras, whose father was Spyridon Notaras
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Panoutsos was born in 1740 in Trikala
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for a teacher his father brought him the Mesolonghi scholar Gregory Karvounis
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Later Panoutsos left for Hesperia to study but for health reasons he returned very soon to Trikala.
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So he thought that since he couldn't go abroad to study, he should bring abroad to Trikala.
So,
bought every book there was and thus had the biggest and best library of the Moria
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the weakness of Panoutsos was his nephew, the son of his brother Soter's brother, Yannis Notaras, also known as the archon
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the son of Sotiros Notaras and Maria Zaimis, daughter of Asimakis Zaimis and sister of Andreas Zaimis
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was the fruit of the union of the two most powerful families of the Moria.
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the nickname "son of a bitch" was given to him because of his upbringing,
of his ways,
of his family's prestige,
but
and his appearance.
that air of superiority came out in his every move
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and reasonable for the time...
fathered by Sotiris Notaras,
uncle (brother of his mother) Andreas Zaimis
and
uncle (brother of his father) Papanouchos Notaras,
logical
to have that air of superiority
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Panoutsos, like the whole family and all the preachers, was against the revolution at its beginning.
They had bitter memories of the Orlophics as they claimed, but rather their riches and their peace and quiet they wanted
and they were afraid that the social status would be disturbed by the revolution
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But when the Turks slaughtered Sotiris, the Notarans joined the fight
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In December 1821 the Peloponnesian Senate sent Panoutsos Notaras as a Peloponnesian plenipotentiary to the First National Assembly,
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his prestige and education made everyone in the National Assembly respect him
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at the beginning of 1822 the National Assembly appointed him as the first minister of economy
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in the Second National Assembly he was appointed a member of the committee that drafted the criminal legislation based on Byzantine law.
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in 1823 he presided over the parliament and then went to the executive
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the National Assembly of Epidaurus, which participated as a proxy of Corinth, elected him president of the
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Later, when Kapodistrias came, he appointed him the first president of the Court of Appeal of Nafplio.
(the highest court in the country at the time)
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Later, in almost all national assemblies, the president was elected unanimously.
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After the movement on 3 September 1843 he was elected president of the First National Assembly, at the age of 103.
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Because of his advanced age, the vice-presidents did the duties and they had him as a symbol of unity.
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then Otto awarded him the Grand Cross, while a few months later he appointed him senator.
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But he was too old to perform his duties
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He retired to Trikala, Corinthia and died on 18 January 1849
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P.S. His pictures are lithographs from 1830 by the Danish philhellene Adam Friedel.
then Panoutsos Notaras was 90 years old.
