List of Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller

This is a list of Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller.

*The 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) ("Provisor", i.e. Overseer; not formally designated Master)
*Garnier of Nablus (1190-1192)
*Geoffroy de Donjon (1193-1202)
*Afonso de Portugal (1203-1206)
*Geoffrey le Rat (1206-1207)
*Garin 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)
*Odon de Pins (1294-1296)
*Guillaume de Villaret (1296-1305)
*Foulques de Villaret (1305-1319)
*Hélion de Villeneuve (1319-1346)
*Dieudonné de Gozon (1346-1353)
*Pierre de Corneillan (1353-1355)
*Roger de Pins (1355-1365)
*Raymond Berenger (1365-1374)
*Robert de Juliac (1374-1376)
*Juan Fernandez de Heredia (1376-1396)
**Riccardo Caracciolo (1383-1395) "Rival Grand Master"
*Philibert de Naillac (1396-1421)
*Antonio Fluvian de Riviere (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) (first Grand Master that ruled over Malta)
*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 la Valette (1557-1568)
*Pierre de Monte (1568-1572)
*Jean de la Cassiere (1572-1581)
**Mathurin Romegas (1581) "Lieutenant 1577-1581 and Rival Grand Master 1581"
*Hugues 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)
*Juan de Lascaris-Castellar (1636-1657)
*Martin de Redin (1657-1660)
*Annet de Clermont-Gessant (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)
*Raymond 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) (last Grand Master that ruled over Malta)
*Paul I of Russia (1798-1801) "de facto"
**Count Nikolay Saltykov (1801-1803) "Lieutenant de facto"
*Giovanni Battista Tommasi (1803-1805)
**Innico Maria Guevara-Suardo (1805-1814) "Lieutenant"
**André Di Giovanni (1814-1821) "Lieutenant"
**Antoine Busca (1821-1834) "Lieutenant"
**Carlo Candida (1834-1845) "Lieutenant"
**Philippe di Colloredo-Mels (1845-1864) "Lieutenant"
**Alessandro Borgia (1865-1871) "Lieutenant"
**Giovanni Battista Ceschi a Santa Croce (1871-1879) "Lieutenant"
*Giovanni Battista Ceschi a Santa Croce (1879-1905)
*Galeazzo von Thun und Hohenstein (1905-1931)
*Ludovico Chigi Albani della Rovere (1931-1951)
**Antonio Hercolani-Fava-Simonetti (1951-1955) "Lieutenant"
**Ernesto Paternó Castello di Carcaci (1955-1962) "Lieutenant"
*Angelo de Mojana di Cologna (1962-1988)
**Jean Charles Pallavicini (1988) "Lieutenant"
*Andrew Bertie (1988-2008)
**Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto (2008) "Lieutenant ad interim"
*Matthew Festing (2008-)

External links

* [http://www.orderofmalta.org/granmaestri.asp?idlingua=5 Official site list of Grand Masters]
* [http://www.orderofmalta.org/granmaestro.asp?idlingua=5 Official site description of the Grand Master]
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