List of Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller
Knights of Malta

Nr
Title
Picture
Name
Time in office
Notes
43/44
Magister
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Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam
1521–1534
Siege of Rhodes (1522), headquarters moved to Malta in 1530
44/45
Magister
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Piero de Ponte
1534–1535
-
45/46
Magister
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Didier de Saint-Jaille
1535–1536
-
46/47
Magister
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Juan de Homedes y Coscon
1536–1553
Malta was attacked by an Ottoman fleet in 1551. The attack was repelled, but the Ottomans captured the island of Gozo, and later also the order's stronghold in Tripoli.
47/48
Magister
-
Claude de la Sengle
1553–1557
Continued the improvement of fortifications, expanding Fort Saint Michael into a major bastion and completing Fort Saint Elmo.
48/49
Magister
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Jean Parisot de Valette
1557–1568
Valette became the Order's most illustrious leader, commanding the resistance against the Ottomans at the Great Siege of Malta in 1565.
49/50
Magister
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Pierre de Monte
1568–1572
Continued the construction of the new capital Valletta. Strengthened the order's fleet, and participated in the Battle of Lepanto of 7 October 1571.
50/51
Magister
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Jean de la Cassière
1572–1581
Crisis in the wake of the Protestant Reformation. Expulsion of the Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg) in 1581.
-
Lieutenant
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Mathurin Romegas
1577–1581
-
-
Anti-Grand Master
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Mathurin Romegas
1581
-
51/52
Magister
-
Hugues Loubenx de Verdalle
1581–1595
-
52/53
Magister
-
Martin Garzez
1595–1601
-
53/54
Magister
-
Alof de Wignacourt
1601–1622
Constructed the Wignacourt towers and the Wignacourt Aqueduct. Repelled the last serious Ottoman attempt at capturing Malta in 1614.
54/55
Magister
-
Luís Mendes de Vasconcellos
1622–1623
-
55/56
Magister Magnus
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Antoine de Paule
1623–1636
-
56/57
Magister Magnus
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Giovanni Paolo Lascaris
1636–1657
Caribbean possessions
57/58
Magister Magnus
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Martin de Redin
1657–1660
-
58/59
Magister Magnus
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Annet de Clermont-Gessant
1660
Died less than four months after his election, on 2 June 1660.
59/60
Magister Magnus
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Raphael Cotoner
1660–1663
Commissioned the Italian Baroque artist Mattia Preti to start painting Saint John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta.
60/61
Magister Magnus
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Nicolas Cotoner
1663–1680
Siege of Candia + Mattia Preti's work at St John's Co-Cathedral completed.
61/62
Magister Magnus
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Gregorio Carafa
1680–1690
Renovation of Auberge d'Italie in the Baroque style, improvement of Fort Saint Angelo and Fort Saint Elmo. Ottoman attacks were still expected, but there were no longer any notable engagements.
62/63
Magister Magnus
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Adrien de Wignacourt
1690–1697
Instituted a widows pension for the widows of those fallen in the Ottoman wars.
63/64
Magister Magnus
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Ramon Perellos y Roccaful
1697–1720
Organised the Consulato del Mare (Consulate of the Sea). Established relations with imperial Russia.
64/65
Magister Magnus
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Marc'Antonio Zondadari
1720–1722
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65/66
Magister Magnus
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António Manoel de Vilhena
1722–1736
Restored the city Mdina, constructed Fort Manoel and significantly improved the fortifications of Malta in general. Built Casa Leoni and Palazzo Parisio, and renovated Verdala Palace.
66/67
Magister Magnus
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Ramon Despuig
1736–1741
Improved the fortifications of Mdina, modernised legislation, renovated the Co-Cathedral of St. John. Naval engagements with Ottoman Algeria.
67/68
Magister Magnus
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Manuel Pinto da Fonseca
1741–1773
Expelled the Jesuits from Malta. In 1753 proclaimed the sovereignty of the Order on Malta and a dispute started with the Kingdom of Sicily under King Charles V.
68/69
Magister Magnus
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Francisco Ximenes de Texada
1773–1775
Rising of the Priests (1775), bankruptcy of the order.
69/70
Magister Magnus
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Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc
1775–1797
Instituted the Anglo-Bavarian langue and the Russian Grand Priory.
70/71
Magister Magnus
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Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim
1797–1799
First German elected to the Office. Abdicated 6 July 1799 following the French invasion of Malta.

Question: Who was Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller after Giovanni Paolo Lascaris and when?
Answer: Martin de Redin was Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller in 1657 after Giovanni Paolo Lascaris.