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Loukas Notaras, last megas doux of the Byzantine Empire
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Loukas Notaras
Byzantine writer and official
Loukas Notaras was a Byzantine Greek statesman who served as the last megas doux or grand duke and the last mesazon of the Byzantine Empire, under emperors John VIII Palaiologos and Constantine XI Palaiologos.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Megas doux
Title for the commander-in-chief of the Byzantine Navy
The megas doux was one of the highest positions in the hierarchy of the later Byzantine Empire, denoting the commander-in-chief of the Byzantine navy. It is sometimes also given in English by the half-Latinizations megaduke or megadux. The Greek word δούξ is the Hellenized form…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)