List of grand masters of the Knights Hospitaller
Appearance
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This is a list of Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller including their replacement Sovereign Military Order of Malta after 1798.
Knights Hospitaller (Kingdom of Jerusalem)
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—/1 | Founder and Rector of the Hospital | ![]() |
Blessed Gerard | 1099/1113–1118/20 | Order established in 1099 and given papal recognition in 1113 by Paschal II |
1/2 | Custos[1] | ![]() |
Raymond du Puy | 1118/21/23–1160 | |
2/3 | Custos | ![]() |
Auger de Balben | 1160–1163 | |
3/4 | ![]() |
Arnaud de Comps | 1162–1163 | Historicity uncertain | |
4/5 | Custos | ![]() |
Gilbert d'Aissailly | 1163–1169 | |
5/6 | Gastone de Murols | c. 1169 | |||
6/7 | Custos | ![]() |
Jobert of Syria | c. 1169/72–1177 | Acted as regent for king Manuel I in 1172. In 1174 opposed Miles of Plancy in favour of Raymond III of Tripoli. Fought in the crusade of Philip I, Count of Flanders of 1176. |
7/8 | Custos | ![]() |
Roger de Moulins | 1177–1187 | |
8/9 | Provisor[source?] | Armengol de Aspa (Ermengard d'Aps) | 1187–1190 | Loss of Jerusalem in 1187, headquarters moved to Acre. In the crisis following the loss of Jerusalem, Ermengard was not elected as custos and acted only ad interim. He was nevertheless included into the canonical list of Grand Masters compiled in the early modern period. After the capture of Acre and the consolidation of the order, Ermengard retired with the regular election of Garnier de Nablus as new master. | |
9/10 | Custos | ![]() |
Garnier de Nablus | 1190–1192 | Battle of Arsuf 1191 |
10/11 | Custos | ![]() |
Geoffroy de Donjon | 1193–1202 | |
11/12 | Custos | ![]() |
Afonso de Portugal | 1202–1206 | Fourth Crusade, resigned in 1206 |
12/13 | Custos | ![]() |
Geoffrey le Rat (Gothofredus Mus) | 1206–1207 | First structured the order by nationality, or langues. |
13/14 | Custos | ![]() |
Guérin de Montaigu | 1207–1228 | Fifth Crusade, Siege of Damietta (1218–1219) |
14/15 | Custos | ![]() |
Bertrand de Thercy | 1228–1231 | Re-conquest of Jerusalem in 1228/9 |
15/16 | Custos | Guerin Lebrun | 1231–1236 | Captured in battle, and died in captivity in Egypt | |
16/17 | Custos | Bertrand de Comps | 1236–1240 | Headquarters moved to Jerusalem | |
17/18 | Custos | ![]() |
Pierre de Vieille-Brioude | 1240–1242 | |
18/19 | Custos | ![]() |
Guillaume de Chateauneuf | 1242–1258 | Fall of Jerusalem in 1244, headquarters at Acre, Krak des Chevaliers and Margat |
19/20 | Custos | ![]() |
Hugues de Revel | 1258–1277 | |
20/21 | ![]() |
Nicolas Lorgne | 1277–1285 | Loss of Margat 1285 | |
21/22 | ![]() |
Jean de Villiers | 1285–1294 | Siege of Acre (1291) | |
22/23 | Odon de Pins | 1294–1296 | Headquarters moved to Limisso, Cyprus | ||
23/24 | ![]() |
Guillaume de Villaret | 1296–1305 |
No. | Title | Picture | Name | Time in office | Notes |
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72[2] | Grand Master (partial recognition) | ![]() |
Paul I of Russia | 1798–1801 | Elected by the Priory of St. Petersburg in September 1798 (before the abdication of von Hompesch). This election resulted in the establishment of the Russian tradition of the Knights Hospitaller. On Paul's death in 1801, his son Alexander I of Russia decided to end this irregular situation and refused to be Grand Master. The election of a new Grand Master was deferred to Pope Pius VII. |
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Nikolai Saltykov | 1801–1803 | De facto Lieutenant in Saint Petersburg | ||
73[2] | Grand Master Gran Maestro |
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Giovanni Battista Tommasi | 1803–1805 | Appointed by Pope Pius VII in 1803. Residence in Messina and Catania |
Lieutenant Luogotenente Generale |
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Innico Maria Guevara-Suardo | 1805–1814 | Headquarters in Catania. Loss of territories and Protestant branches. | |
Lieutenant Luogotenente Generale |
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Andrea Di Giovanni y Centellés | 1814–1821 | Headquarters in Catania | |
Lieutenant Luogotenente Generale |
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Antoine Busca | 1821–1834 | Headquarters in Ferrara. SMOM recognized at the Congress of Verona (1822). | |
Lieutenant Luogotenente Generale |
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Carlo Candida | 1834–1845 | Headquarters moved to Palazzo Malta, Rome. Restoration of the grand priories of Lombardy-Venetia and of Sicily in 1839/41. | |
Lieutenant Luogotenente Generale |
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Filippo di Colloredo-Mels | 1845–1864 | ||
Lieutenant Luogotenente Generale |
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Alessandro Borgia | 1865–1871 | ||
Lieutenant Luogotenente Generale |
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Giovanni Battista Ceschi a Santa Croce |
1871–1879 | ||
74[2] | Prince and Grand Master Princeps et Magister Magnus |
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Giovanni Battista Ceschi a Santa Croce |
1879–1905 | Restoration of the office of Grand Master after a 75-year interregnum, confirmed by Pope Leo XIII. |
75[2] | Prince and Grand Master Princeps et Magister Magnus |
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Galeas von Thun und Hohenstein |
1905–1931 | |
76[2] | Prince and Grand Master Principe e Gran Maestro |
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Ludovico Chigi Albani della Rovere |
1931–1951 | |
Lieutenant Luogotenente Generale |
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Antonio Hercolani Fava Simonetti |
1951–1955 | ||
Lieutenant Luogotenente Generale |
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Ernesto Paternò Castello di Carcaci |
1955–1962 | Carta Costituzionale approved by Apostolic Letter of Pope John XXIII, June 24, 1961. | |
77[2] | Prince and Grand Master Principe e Gran Maestro |
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Angelo de Mojana di Cologna | 1962–1988 | |
Lieutenant ad interim Luogotenente Interinale |
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Jean Charles Pallavicini | 1988 | ||
78[2] | Prince and Grand Master Principe e Gran Maestro |
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Andrew Bertie | 1988–2008 | Constitutional Charter and Code revised by the Extraordinary Chapter General 28-30 April 1997.[3][4] |
Lieutenant ad interim Luogotenente Interinale |
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Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto | 2008 | ||
79[2] | Prince and Grand Master Principe e Gran Maestro |
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Matthew Festing | 2008–2017 | First Grand Master elected under the new constitution of 1997. Resigned in 2017 following a dispute with the Vatican.[5] |
Lieutenant ad interim Luogotenente Interinale |
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Ludwig Hoffmann-Rumerstein | 2017 | ||
Lieutenant of the Grand Master Luogotenente di Gran Maestro |
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Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto | 2017–2018 | ||
80[2] | Prince and Grand Master Principe e Gran Maestro |
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Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto | 2018–2020 | |
Lieutenant ad interim Luogotenente Interinale |
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Ruy Gonçalo do Valle Peixoto de Villas Boas | 2020 | ||
Lieutenant of the Grand Master Luogotenente di Gran Maestro |
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Marco Luzzago | 2020–2022 | ||
Lieutenant ad interim Luogotenente Interinale |
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Ruy Gonçalo do Valle Peixoto de Villas Boas | 2022 | ||
Lieutenant ad interim Luogotenente Interinale |
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John T. Dunlap | 2022-2023 | ||
81[2] | Prince and Grand Master Principe e Gran Maestro |
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John T. Dunlap | 2023–present |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ The Order's Great Seal, or leaden bulla, remained in use, with some modifications, from the 12th century until 1798. Until 1278, when Nicholas de Lorgne introduced a separate conventual bulla, there was no distinction between the seal of the Grand Master and that of the order. The general design of the seal featured, on the obverse, the Grand Master kneeling in prayer before the patriarchal cross. This image was usually accompanied with the sacred letters alpha and omega, which referenced the Second Coming of Christ. The central image was surrounded by a legend with the Master's name followed by the official designation CVSTOS. Barbara Packard, Seals of the Grand Masters, Museum of the Order of St John, 14 October 2015.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 Numbering according to the SMOM (website orderofmalta.int as of 2017) implies the recognition of Riccardo Caracciolo as 33rd Grand Master, and of Paul I of Russia as 72nd Grand Master (r. 1798–1801).
- ↑ Constitutional Charter and Code of the SMOM (1997).
- ↑ The sovereign status of the SMOM had been in question as the previous constitution had implied dependence on the Holy See (which had itself been recognized as sovereign in 1922). Papal approval of the election of the Grand Master is no longer explicitly required. Bo J. Theutenberg, The Holy See, the Order of Malta and International Law Archived 2015-11-21 at the Wayback Machine (2003), ISBN 91-974235-6-4
- ↑ Pullella, Philip (23 June 2016). "Knights of Malta head resigns after dispute with Vatican". Reuters. Retrieved 25 January 2017.