Tzamplakon family explained

The Tzamplakon family (plural Greek, Modern (1453-);: Τζαμπλάκωνες) was an aristocratic family whose members were active in the Byzantine Empire, the Principality of Theodoro, the Republic of Venice, the Second Bulgarian Empire, the Principality of Moldavia, the Serbian Despotate, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Principality of Kiev.

Notable members

• Alexios Tzamplakon
• Asomatianos Tzamplakon
• Demetrios Tzamplakon
• Cyprian, Metropolitan of Kiev
• Gregory Tsamblak
• John Tsamblak
• Maria of Mangup (Maria Asanina Palaiologina Tzamplakonissa)

References

Works cited

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• Estangüi Gómez . Raúl . 2014 . Les Tzamplakônes grands propriétaires fonciers à Byzance au 14e siècle . Revue des études byzantines . 72 . 275–329 . 2024-10-03.
  • Gorovei . Ștefan . 2004 . Maria Asanina Paleologhina, Doamna Moldovlahiei (I) . Studii şi Materiale de Istorie Medie . 22 . 9–50 . 2024-10-03.
• Web site: Gregory Tsamblak — Metropolitan of Kiev, diplomat, father superior of several monasteries, writer in Bulgarian, Serbian, Moldovan and Russian literature. Author of works in all medieval genres – oratory prose, hagiography and hymnography. Representative of the Tarnovo Literary School . https://web.archive.org/web/20230114164222/https://sesdiva.eu/en/virtual-rooms/popular-saints/item/132-gregory-tsamblak-en. 2023-01-14 . Stankova . Radoslava . 2023 . sesdiva.eu . SESDiva . 2024-10-03 .