- Diploma of the Joannites
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The Diploma of the Joannites, or Diploma of the Knights of St. John, was a grant issued in 1247 by Bela IV, King of Hungary, to Master Rembald of the Knights Hospitaller. It allowed the Knights to settle in Severin, in what is today Romania, where they could defend the Hungarian borders against Cuman invaders.
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