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The Knights Hospitaller

 

 

Knight Templar and Knight Hospitaller stained glass window
Saint Andrew's Church,
Temple Grafton, Stratford district, Warwickshire, England.

Knight Templar and Knight Hospitaller stained glass window

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The main Catholic military orders of monastic-knights - with a Knight Templar in the middle. In the medieval period the knights here identified as "Malte" - ie the Knights of Malta, were known as the Hospitallers or Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem.

The main Catholic military orders of monastic-knights

 

 

Stained Glass Windows, Temple Balsall

Stained Glass Windows, Temple Balsall

 

 

 



Knights Hospitaller

 

 

 

Blessed Gerard, founder of Order of Malta in 11th Cen. Sr Petra Clare

 

SCA Hospitaller Surcoat & Cloak

 

 

Jean de La Vallette - Grand Master of the Knights of St. John (1495-1568) Portrait by Francois Xavier Dupre

 

 

The Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes is a medieval castle in the city of Rhodes, on the island of Rhodes, in Greece.

 

 

The Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes is a medieval castle in the city of Rhodes, on the island of Rhodes, in Greece.
The Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes is one of the few examples of Gothic architecture in Greece. It functioned as a palace, headquarters and fortress.
The palace was originally built in the late 7th century as a Byzantine citadel. After the Knights Hospitaller occupied Rhodes in 1309, they converted it into their administrative centre and the palace of their Grand Master. After the island was captured by the Ottoman Empire, the palace was used as a Turkish command centre and fortress. During the Italian rule of Rhodes It became a holiday residence for the King of Italy, Victor Emmanuel III, and later for Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. In 1948, Rhodes and the rest of the Dodecanese were transferred to Greece.

 

Templar and Hospitaller

 

Portrait of a Knight of Malta, attributed to Mirabello Cavalori (1535–1572), New York, Met Museum

 

A Knight of Malta - Phillipe de Champaigne

 

Paul I of Russia, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller

 

Paul I of Russia's Crown as Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller

 

Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc, Grand Master of the Order of St John, 1775-1797

 

A Templar nun, from page 542 of Ancient and Modern Malta.

 

Grand Master Jean de La Valette

 

Juan de Homedes, Grand Master of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, Rhodes and Malta

 

Portrait of a Knight of Malta, attributed to Mirabello Cavalori (1535–1572), New York, Met Museum

 

Knight of Malta

 

 

Saint Mary's Tower,
Island of Comino in Malta.

Saint Mary's Tower, in Maltese: Torri TA Santa Marija, also known as the Comino Tower, is a large bastioned watchtower built in 1618. It was the fifth of six Wignacourt towers - a series of large coastal watchtowers built in Malta by Alof de Wignacourt the 54th Grand Master of the Order of Malta (ie the Order of Saint John).
The tower was used by the Armed Forces of Malta until 2002, and it is now in the hands of Din l-Art Helwa. It is a prominent landmark and can be clearly seen from both Malta and Gozo.

 
 
 

The Cittadella,
Victoria, island of Gozo, Malta.

The Cittadella (Maltese: Ic-Cittadella), also known as the Citadel, is a small fortified city and citadel. The area has been inhabited since the Bronze Age. The settlement here was developed by the Phoenicians. During the Roman era, it became the acropolis of a city known as Glauconis Civitas. In the Medieval era it was known as the Gran Castello. In the fifteenth century, during the rule of the Crown of Aragon, the city's fortifications were strengthened. Malta later came into the possession of the Knights Hospitaller (1530–1798) after they had been expelled from the Holy Land and then from Rhodes (1310–1523).

 
 

Grand Cross of the Order of Malta, SMOM

 

Mdina,
Western District, Northern Region, Malta.
Mdina is a medieval walled town which served as the island's capital from antiquity until 1530, when the capital was moved to Birgu. When the Order of Saint John (the Knights Hospitaller) arrived in Malta in 1530, Grandmaster Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam promised to uphold the rights of the Maltese people, and was given the keys of Mdina.
Evidence of settlements in Mdina goes back to before 4000 BC. It was possibly first fortified by the Phoenicians around 700 BC, because of its strategic location on one of the highest points on the island and as far from the sea as possible. When Malta had been under the control of the Roman Empire, the Roman Governor built his palace there.

 

Maltese cross in the courtyard at the Vilhena Palace in Mdina, Malta.

 
 

Bodrum Castle,
Bodrum, Turkey.

Bodrum Castle, (Turkish: Bodrum Kalesi) was built from 1402 onwards, by the Knights of St John as the Castle of St. Peter or Petronium.
Confronted with an invasion by the Seljuk Turks, the Knights Hospitaller, whose headquarters were on the island of Rhodes, needed another stronghold on the mainland. Grand Master Philibert de Naillac (1396–1421) identified a suitable site across from the island of Kos, where a castle had already been built for the Order. Its location was the site of a fortification in Doric times (1110 BC) as well as of a small Seljuk castle in the 11th century. The same promontory is also the probable site of the Palace of Mausolos, the famous King of Caria.
The construction of the castle began in 1404. Construction workers were guaranteed a place in heaven by a Papal Decree of 1409. They used stone from the nearby Mausoleum of Mausolos. Fourteen cisterns for collecting rainwater were excavated in the rocks under the castle.
Each langue of the Order had its own tower, each in its own style. Each tongue was headed by a Bailiff and was responsible for the maintenance and defence of a specific portion of the fortress and for manning it with sufficient numbers of knights and soldiers. Seven gates lead to the inner part of the fortress.
For over a century St. Peter's Castle remained the second most important castle of the Order. It served as a refuge for all Christians in Asia Minor. The castle came under attack with the rise of the Ottoman Empire, first after the fall of Constantinople in 1453 and again in 1480 by Sultan Mehmed II. In 1482, Prince Cem Sultan, son of Sultan Mehmed II and brother of Sultan Bayezid II, sought refuge in the castle, after a failure in raising a revolt against his brother.
When the Knights decided to refortify the castle in 1494, they again used stones from the Mausoleum. Walls facing the mainland were thickened to withstand the increasing power of cannon. Walls facing the sea were less thick, since the Order had little to fear from a sea attack due to their powerful naval fleet.
In June 1522 the sultan attacked the Order's headquarters in Rhodes from the Bay of Marmaris with 200,000 soldiers. The castle of Rhodes fell in December 1522. The terms of surrender included the handing over of the Knights' fortresses in KOs and St Peter's Castle in Bodrum.
After the surrender, the chapel was converted into a mosque and a minaret was added.

 

 

Bernard de Witte, Prior of Malta, 1651

 

Réunion des Musées Nationaux-Grand Palais - Raymond Dupay

 

Unknown Chaplain of the Order of St John

 

Annet de Clermont-Gessant, 59th Grand Master of the Order of St John, 1660.

 

Pietro Anselmi, Grand Admiral of the Order of St John

 

Manuel Pinto de Fonesca, Grand Master of the Order of St John, 1741-73

 

Nicolas Cotoner, 61st Grand Master of the Order of St John, 1663-80

 

St Ubaldesca. Born in 1136, near Pisa, Ubaldesca entered the Order of St John

 

Ramon Perellos y Roccaful, Grand Master of the Order of St John, 1697-1720

 

 

Francisco Ximenes de Texada, Grand Master of the Order of St John, 1773-75

 

Chaplain of the Order of St John holding a map of Malta

 

 

Ritratto di François Joseph de Robert de Termes, all'età di 41 anni, Philippe de Champaigne, (XVII secolo)

 

Nicolao Mansi 1720 (prop. priv.) Lucca

 

Coat_of_arms_of_the_Sovereign_Military_Order_of_Malta_(variant)

 

Honoré de Quiqueran de Beaulieu

 

Albrecht von Hohenhollern

 

 

Grandmaster and Chaplains of the Knights of the Order of Saint John - Antoine de Favray

 

 

 

Knights Hospitallers

 

Benedetto XVI riceve l'Ordine di Malta per i 900 anni.jpg

 

Benedetto XVI riceve l'Ordine di Malta per i 900 anni. First from left is fra Karel Paar (Prince Grand Prior of Bohemia, Emeritus)

 
 

 

Knight of Malta and Chaplain

 

 

Monseigneur Paul Alphéran, évêque de Malte et archevêque de Damiette

 

Mdina

 

Frà Galeas von Thun und Hohenstein, 75th Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta

 

 

Chevalier De l'Ordre De Malte. Portrait XVIIIème

 

Emperor Paul I of Russia', , 1799-1800. Borovikovsky, Vladimir Lukich . Found in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Academy, St. Petersburg.

 

 

 
 

 

Stemma-Gran-Maestro-Matthew-Festing

 

 

Juan de Homedes, Grand Master of the Order of St John of Jerusalem

 

 

 

Frà Andrew Bertie, 78th Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (1988-2008)

 

the floor of St John's Co Cathedral Valletta Malta

 

 

 

Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc, Grand Master of the Order of St John, 1775-1797.

 

Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc, Grand Master of the Order of St John, 1775-1797

 

The Queen in the Robes of St John (Ambulance).

 

Unknown portrait of a Knight of the Order of Malta, Florentine, 16th centur

 

Hospitallers meet in chapter after a military victory in the 1480 Siege of Rhodes

 

 

Francesco di Cristofano, 1514

 

Lope de Vega,fue uno de los más importantes poetas y dramaturgos del Siglo de Oro español.(25 de Noviembre)

 

Portrait of the Grand Prior Giovanni Domenico Mainardi , Antoine de Favray (1758)

 

Conte GALEAZZO DI THUN ED HOHNSTEIN, GRAN MAESTRO SOVRANO ORDINE DI MALTA - 1905

 

Florence, Uffizi museum - portrait of Giovanni Carlo de'Medici (4 July 1611 – 22 January 1663)

 

Bailiff Joaquin Fernandez-Portocarrero , Antoine de Favray (1760)

 

Ritratto del Gran Priore Giovanni Domenico Mainardi, Antoine de Favray (1758)

 

 

 

Giovanni Battista Orsini, Grand Master of the Order of St John, 1467-1476.

 

Manuel Pinto de Fonesca_Grand Master of the Order of St John, 1741-73

 

 

Fulk de Villaret

 

Réunion des Musées Nationaux-Grand Palais

 

Réunion des Musées Nationaux-Grand Palais.

 

Convento de Cristo

 

Maltese Cross

 

 

 

 

 

 

Raymond du Puy de Provence -(1083–1160)

 

 

Raymond du Puy de Provence (1083–1160)

 
 
 

 

Saint Mary's Tower

 

The Cittadella

 

 
 

 

The title of Most Eminent Highness is bestowed on the Grand Master and the Holy Roman Church confers him the rank of Cardinal. The Grand Master resides at the Order’s seat of government the Magistral Palace in Rome.

 

Grand Masters

Blessed Gerard 1099–1120
Raymond du Puy de Provence 1120–1160
Auger de Balben 1160–1163
Arnaud de Comps 1162–1163
Gilbert d'Aissailly 1163–1170
Gastone de Murols c. 1170–1172
Jobert of Syria 1172–1177
Roger de Moulins 1177–1187
Armengol de Aspa 1187–1190
Garnier de Nablus 1190–1192
Geoffroy de Donjon 1193–1202
Afonso de Portugal 1202–1206
Geoffrey le Rat 1206–1207
Guérin de Montaigu 1207–1228
Bertrand de Thercy 1228–1231
Guerin de Montacute 1231–1236
Bertrand de Comps 1236–1240
Pierre de Vielle-Bride 1240–1242
Guillaume de Chateauneuf 1242–1258
Hugues de Revel 1258–1277
Nicolas Lorgne 1277–1284
Jean de Villiers 1284–1294 Cyprus
Odon de Pins 1294–1296
Guillaume de Villaret 1296–1305
Maurice de Pagnac 1317–1319
Hélion de Villeneuve 1319–1346
Dieudonné de Gozon 1346–1353
Pierre de Corneillan 1353–1355
Roger de Pins 1355–1365
Raymond Berengar 1365–1374
Robert de Juilly 1374–1376
Juan Fernández de Heredia 1376–1396
Riccardo Caracciolo 1383–1395
Philibert de Naillac 1396–1421
Anton Flavian de Ripa 1421–1437
Jean de Lastic 1437–1454
Jacques de Milly 1454–1461
Piero Raimondo Zacosta 1461–1467
Giovanni Battista Orsini 1467–1476
Pierre d'Aubusson 1476–1503
Emery d'Amboise 1503–1512
Guy de Blanchefort 1512–1513
Fabrizio del Carretto 1513–1521
Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam 1521–1534
Piero de Ponte 1534–1535
Didier de Saint-Jaille 1535–1536
Juan de Homedes y Coscon 1536–1553
Claude de la Sengle 1553–1557
Jean Parisot de Valette 1557–1568
Pierre de Monte 1568–1572
Jean de la Cassière 1572–1581
Mathurin romegas.PNG Mathurin Romegas 1581
Loubenx de Verdalle 1581–1595
Martin Garzez 1595–1601
Alof de Wignacourt 1601–1622
Luís Mendes de Vasconcellos 1622–1623
Antoine de Paule 1623–1636
Giovanni Paolo Lascaris 1636–1657
Martin de Redin 1657–1660
Annet de Clermont-Gessant 1660-1660
Raphael Cotoner 1660–1663
Nicolas Cotoner 1663–1680
Gregorio Carafa 1680–1690
Adrien de Wignacourt 1690–1697
Ramon Perellos y Roccaful 1697–1720
Marc'Antonio Zondadari 1720–1722
António Manoel de Vilhena 1722–1736
Ramon Despuig 1736–1741
Manuel Pinto da Fonseca 1741–1773
Francisco Ximenes de Texada 1773–1775
Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc 1775–1797
Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim 1797–1799
Paul I of Russia 1798–1801
Nikolay Saltykov 1801–1803
Giovanni Battista Tommasi 1803–1805
Innico Maria Guevara-Suardo 1805–1814
Andrea Di Giovanni y Centellés 1814–1821
Antoine Busca 1821–1834
Carlo Candida 1834–1845
Filippo di Colloredo-Mels 1845–1864
Alessandro Borgia 1865–1871
Giovanni Battista Ceschi a Santa Croce 1871–1879
Giovanni Battista Ceschi a Santa Croce 1879–1905
Galeas von Thun und
Hohenstein 1905–1931
Ludovico Chigi Albani della Rovere 1931–1951
Antonio Hercolani Fava Simonetti 1951–1955
Ernesto Paternò Castello di Carcaci 1955–1962
Angelo de Mojana di Cologna 1962–1988
Jean Charles Pallavicini 1988-1988
Andrew Bertie 1988–2008
Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto 2008
Matthew Festing 2008–Pre

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

 

     

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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