Konstanty Korniakt | |
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 Portrait of Korniakt at prayer [1] | |
| Born | Konstantinos Korniaktos (Κωνσταντίνος Κορνιακτός) 1517 |
| Died | 1603 |
| Known for | Financing the construction of the Korniakt Palace in Lviv,[2] |
| Spouse | Anna Dzieduszycka |
| Children | 7 children |
Konstanty Korniakt (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Κορνιακτός, Konstantinos Korniaktos;[a] c. 1517 – 1 August 1603) was a merchant of Greek descent,[3] active throughout Central and Eastern Europe; a leaseholder of royal tolls who collected customs duty on behalf of the king. During his lifetime he was the wealthiest man in Lviv (Lwów, in Polish) and even owned numerous villages.[4] He was a wholesale merchant and founder of the Korniakt family dynasty.[1]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
Bulzackiwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Adam Bujak; Jerzy Janicki (1997). Lwów. Wydawn. p. 17. ISBN 83-907436-1-2.
Korniaktowska Tower after its founder, a Cretan-born Greek named Korniakt, and classed by connoisseurs without a trace of exaggeration alongside the finest campanillas of Florence
- ^ Anna Benn; Hans Hoefer; Dorothy Stannard (1995). Russia: with chapters on Ukraine and Belarus. Apa Publications (HK) Ltd. pp. 306–307. ISBN 0-395-66167-6.
"Korniakt", was also built at the end of the 16th century for a well- known Greek merchant who used his influence to build a specially wide house
- ^ Isaievych, Iaroslav Dmytrovych (2006). Voluntary brotherhood: confraternities of laymen in early modern Ukraine. Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press. p. 47. ISBN 1-894865-03-0.
…the Greek merchants Constantine Korniakt and Manolis Arphanes Marinetos are added. This second redaction appeared no earlier than 1589, as wealthy Greeks began to join the confraternity at a later date, once it had expanded its activities. Korniakt was actually the wealthiest man in Lviv: he traded in Eastern, Western, and local goods, collected customs duty on behalf of the king, and owned a number of villages.