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GRAND MASTERS OF THE ORDER OF ST JOHN OF JERUSALEM.
GRAND MASTERS AND LIEUTENANT GRAND MASTERS
THE SOVEREIGN ORDER OF ST JOHN OF JERUSALEM #1.
01. Peter Gerard 1070-1120
02. Raymond de Puy 1120-1158/60
03. Auger de Balben 1158/60-1162/3
04. Arnaud de Comps [Brooke] 1162/3
05. Gilbert d'Assailly 1163-1169 Abdicated
Rostagn c1170 Rival Grand Master
06. Gaston de Murols c1170-1172
07. Joubert of Syria c1172-1177
08. Roger des Moulins 1177-1187
09. Garnier de Naplous 1187 |
William Borrell 1187-1188 Lieutenant Grand Master }#2
10. Ermengard d'Asp 1188-c1190 Provisor/Abdicated |
11. Geoffroy de Donjon 1189/90-1201
12. Alphonse de Portugal 1202-1206 Abdicated/Deposed
13. Geoffrey Le Rat 1206-1207
14. Garin de Montaigu 1207-1227/8
15. Bertrand de Thessy [Coxi] 1228-c1231
16. Guerin Brooke c1231-1236
17. Bertrand de Comps 1236-1239/40
18. Pierre de Vieille-Bride 1239/40-1242
William de Senlis 1239-1241 Lieutenant Grand Master
19. Guillaume de Chateauneuf 1242-1258
John de Ronay 1244-1250 Lieutenant Grand Master
20. Hugues de Revel 1258-1277
21. Nicolas Lorgne 1277/8-1284
22. Jean de Villiers 1284/5-1293/4
23. Odon de Pins 1294-1296
24. Guillaume de Villaret 1296-1305
25. Foulques de Villaret 1305-1317/23 Deposed/Abdicated
Maurice de Pugnac 1317-1319 Grand Master Elect
Gerard des Pins 1317-1332 Lieutenant Grand Master
26. Helion de Villeneuve 1319-1346
27. Dieudonne de Gozon 1346-1353
28. Pierre de Corneillan 1353-1355
29. Roger de Pins 1355-1365
30. Raymond Bérenger 1365-1374
Jean Fernandez de Heredia 1374 Lieutenant Grand Master
31. Robert de Juilliac 1374-1376
32. Jean Fernandez de Heredia 1376-1396
Bertrand Flote 1378-1379 Lieutenant Grand Master
33. Ricardo Caracciolo 1383-1395 Rival Grand Master #3
Boniface de Caramandra 1395-1405 Rival Lieutenant Grand Master
Nicolas des Ursins 1405-1410 Rival Lieutenant Grand Master
34. Philibert de Naillac 1396-1421
35. Antoine Fluvian de la Riviere 1421-1437
36. Jean de Lastic 1437-1454
37. Jacques de Milly 1454-1461
38. Pierre Raymond Zacosta 1461-1467
39. Jean-Baptiste Orsini 1467-1476
40. Pierre d'Aubusson, Cardinal. 1476-1503
41. Emery d'Amboise 1503-1512
42. Guy de Blanchefort 1512-1513
43. Fabrice del Carretto 1513-1521
44. Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam 1521-1534
45. Pierre del Ponte 1534-1535
46. Didier de Saint-Jaille 1535-1536
47. Jean de Homedes 1536-1553
48. Claude de la Sengle 1553-1557
49. Jean de La Vallette-Parisot 1557-1568
50. Pierre del Monte 1568-1572
51. Jean L'Eveque de la Cassiere 1572-1582
Mathurin Lescat de Romegas 1581 Rival Lieutenant Grand Master
52. Hugues Loubenx de Verdala, Cardinal 1582-1595
53. Martin Garzez 1595-1601
54. Alof de Wignacourt 1601-1622
55. Louis Mendez de Vasconcellos 1622-1623
56. Antoine de Paule 1623-1636
57. Jean de Lascaris-Castellar 1636-1657
58. Martin de Redin 1657-1660
59. Annet de Clermont-Gessant 1660
60. Raphael Cotoner de Oleza 1660-1663
61. Nicolas Cotoner de Oleza 1663-1680
62. Gregoire Carafa 1680-1690
63. Adrien de Wignacourt 1690-1697
64. Raymond Perellos y Roccaful 1697-1720
65. Marc Antoine Zondadari 1720-1722
66. Antoine Manoel de Vilhena 1722-1736
67. Raymond Despuig 1736-1741
68. Manuel Pinto de Fonseta 1741-1773
69. Francis Ximenes de Texada 1773-1775
70. Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc 1775-1797
Vachon de Belmont 1797 Lieutenant Grand Master
71. Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim 1797-1798/9 Deposed 1798/Abdicated 1799
72. Paul I, Empereur de Russie 1798-1801 Rival 1798-1799 then De facto #4
Count Giulio Litta 1798-1799 Lieutenant Grand Master #5
Count Nicholas Soltykoff, 1799-1803 Lieutenant Grand Master #6
Giuseppe Caracciolo di Sant Eramo 1802 Rival Lieutenant Grand Master #7
73. Giovanni Battista Tommasi di Cortona 1803-1805 #4 #8
Innico-Maria Guevara-Suardo, 1805-1807 Lieutenant Grand Master #8
Giuseppe Caracciolo di Sant Eramo 1805-1816 Grand Master Elect #10
NOTES:
#1 Enumeration; In the enumeration of Grand Masters, many lists discount either the
first or the first two names in the above table, but these are always included in
any tables of names.
#2 Although this arrangement of Garnier de Naplous preceeding Ermengard d'Asp is
not found in other modern lists (where Naplous follos d'Asp) a number of earlier
historians of the Order hold to this arrangement.
#3 Not accepted as Grand Master by the Convent, and appointed by the Pope.
In the list of the Convent predating the Roman Catholic Papal Order (pre 1807),
Caracciolo's name is missing. Two Lieutenant Grand Masters follow.
#4 The last two Grand Master's (Emperor Paul I and Tommasi) appointment to Office were
subject to irregularities, but never-the-less were accepted by the Governing
Sacred Council of the Order.
#5 Appointed by Emperor Paul I to oversee the Catholic Grand Priory and the Russian
Grand Priory. Dismissed by Paul I on learning that the Pope had not confirmed
the Emporer's appointment as Grand Master.
#6 Appointed by Paul I to replace Giulio Litta. Appointment confirmed by Emperor
Alexander I to arrange the election of a new Grand Master.
#7 In 1802, the Pope appointed Caracciolo as Lieutenant Grand Master. An appointment
which was voided, by the fact that Soltikoff, would not relinquish the office until
and Grand Master had been appointed, continuing the commission given to him, by
Imperial proclamation.
#8 Not elected but by the agreement of the Sacred Council at St Petersburg, chosen
by the Pope.
#9 Appointed by Grand Master Tommasi to oversee the election of the Grand Master
upon his death. Became Papal Lieutenant Grand Master 1807-1814.
#10 Elected by the Order, which by then was under the control of the Papacy. The Pope
would not confirm his election under pressure from Napoleon, even though in 1802,
Caracciolo had been previously chosen by the Pope to become Lieutenant Grand Master.
The final rejection of Giuseppe Caracciolo di Sant Eramo's election by the Pope in
1807 marked the beginning of the an Order under Papal Control.
GRAND MASTERS AND LIEUTENANT GRAND MASTERS
THE ORDER OF ST JOHN OF MALTA IN SPAIN.
Charles IV 1802-1808 Grand Master
Ferdinand VII 1808 Grand Master #1
Joseph Bonepart 1808-1813 Grand Master
Ferdinand VII 1813-1833 Grand Master
Isabella 1833-1868 Grand Master #2
Amadeus I 1870-1873 Grand Master
Alfonso XII 1875-1885 Grand Master #3
NOTES:
#1 In 1802, the monarchy of Spain took the Order under its own control.
Ferdinand VII's reign was interrupted twice; 1808-1813 when Joseph Bonepart
was placed on the throne, and the revolution which lasted from 1820-1823.
#2 In 1848 the Order became a Royal Merit Order.
#3 In his last year, Alfonso XII restored the Spanish Priories to the
Papal Order.
GRAND MASTERS AND LIEUTENANT GRAND MASTERS
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC, SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF ST JOHN OF MALTA.
Innico-Maria Guevara-Suardo 1807-1814 Lieutenant Grand Master
Andre Di Giovanni 1814-1821 Lieutenant Grand Master
Antoine Busca, 1821-1834 Lieutenant Grand Master
Charles Candida 1834-1845 Lieutenant Grand Master
Philippe di Colloredo-Mels 1845-1864 Lieutenant Grand Master
Alexandre Borgia 1865-1871 Lieutenant Grand Master
Jean Baptiste Ceschi a Santa Croce 1871-1879 Lieutenant Grand Master
01. Jean Baptiste Ceschi a Santa Croce 1879-1905 Grand Master
02. Galeazzo von Thun und Hohenstein 1905-1931 Grand Master
Pius Franchi de' Cavalieri 1920-1931 Grand Master's Lieutenant
03. Ludovico Chigi della Rovere Albani 1931-1951 Grand Master
Antoine Hercolani Fava Simonetti 1951-1955 Lieutenant Grand Master
Ernesti Paterno Castello di Carcaci 1955-1962 Grand Master's Lieutenant
04. Angelo de Mojana di Colgna 1962-1988 Grand Master
Jean Charles Pallavicini 1988- Lieutenant Grand Master.
05. Andrew Bertie 1988- Grand Master
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