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Grand Masters of the Order

Fra Philippe de Villiers de l'Isle Adam

24 March 1530

21 August 1534

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Fra Pierino del Ponte

24 August 1534

17 Nov 1535

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Fra Desiderius de S. Jaille

22 Nov 1535

26 Sept 1536

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Fra Juan d'Homedes

20 October 1536

6 Sept 1553

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Fra Claude de La Sengle

11 Sept 1553

18 August 1557

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Fra Jean de la Valette

21 August 1557

21 August 1568

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Fra Pietro del Monte

23 August 1568

26 January 1572

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Fra Jean Levesque de la Cassiere

30 January 1572

20 Dec 1581

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Fra Hughes Loubenx de Verdalle

12 January 1582

4 May 1595

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Fra Martin Garez

8 May 1595

7 February 1601

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Fra Alof de Wignacourt

10 Febr 1601

14 Sept 1622

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FraLuis Mendes de Vasconcellos

17 Sept 1622

7 March 1623

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Fra Antoine de Paule

10 March 1623

9 June 1636

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Fra Jean-Paul Lascaris-Castellar

13 January 1636

14 August 1657

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Fra Martin de Redin

17 August 1657

6 Febr 1660

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Fra Annett de Clermont-Gessan

9 February 1660

2 June 1660

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Fra Raphael Cottoner

5 June 1660

20 October 1663

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Fra Nicholas Cottoner

23 October 1663

29 April 1680

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Fra Gregorio Carafa

2 May 1680

21 July 1690

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Fra Adrien de Wignacourt

24 July 1690

4 February 1697

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Fra Raymond Perellos y Rocaful

7 February 1697

10 January 1720

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Fra Marc'Antonio Zondadari

13 January 1720

16 June 1722

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Fra Antoine Manoel de Vilhena

19 June 1722

10 Dec 1736

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Fra Raymond Despuig

16 Dec 1736

15 January 1741

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Fra Emmanuel Pinto de Fonceca

18 January 1741

23 January 1773

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Fra Franciscus Ximenes de Texada

28 January 1773

9 Nov 1775

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Fra Emmanuel de Rohan

12 Nov 1775

13 July 1797

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Fra Ferdinand von Hompesch

17 July 1979

Order left Malta
on June 18, 1798

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Citta' Vittoriosa, the first capital of the Order in Malta

Excerpt from the page entitled: Rich History -- AD1 relating to the Islands' handover to the Order.

    The islanders' rights:  Despite the terms of Alphonso's Magna Charta Liberatis, redeeming the islands from the tyranny of previous feudal lords, once again, the powers of the People's Council, or Consiglio Popolare, were being transferred to yet another foreign, supreme ruler.

    Grand Master Philippe Villiers de L'Isle Adam was received by Malta's Nobility and Council Members at Mdina, which at the time was Malta's capital - a fortified city dating back to the times of the Romans and walled by the Arab rulers in the preceding centuries.

 

Fortifications

  The Great Siege

  Maps

  Coats of Arms

  Valletta
A City by Gentlemen
for Gentlemen.

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