Kallergis family

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Kallergis Καλλέργης
Coat of arms of the Kallergis family
Approximate reconstruction of the flag of the Kallergis brothers
Parent family	Phokas family
Country	Byzantine Empire Republic of Venice Ottoman Empire  Russia  Greece
Current region	Crete Ionian Islands Euboea
Place of origin	Constantinople, Byzantine Empire (now Istanbul, Turkey)
Founded	13th century
Founder	Ioannis Phokas
Connected families	Vendramin family Crespi family Grimani family

The Kallergis family (Greek: Καλλέργης) is a Cretan Greek aristocratic family which claims descent from Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas,^[1][2][3] and were at one stage the most powerful noble family of Crete.