If Valette, Romegas and Juan de Austria could be considered the best commanders that the Christian forces could bring to the sea, the forces of Islam were able to call on the equally outstanding maritime and leadership skills of admirals such as Barbarossa and Dragut.
To je bila velika čast za Langue de Provence, saj so skozi zgodovino reda mesto velikega admirala po navadi zasedali Vitezi velikega križa, pripadniki Langue Italian.