# List of Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller

**Section:** Knights of Malta

| Nr | Title | Picture | Name | Time in office | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43/44 | Magister | - | Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam | 1521–1534 | Siege of Rhodes (1522), headquarters moved to Malta in 1530 |
| 44/45 | Magister | - | Piero de Ponte | 1534–1535 | - |
| 45/46 | Magister | - | Didier de Saint-Jaille | 1535–1536 | - |
| 46/47 | Magister | - | 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 | - | 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 | - | 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 | - | 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 | - | Mathurin Romegas | 1577–1581 | - |
| - | Anti-Grand Master | - | 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 | - | Antoine de Paule | 1623–1636 | - |
| 56/57 | Magister Magnus | - | Giovanni Paolo Lascaris | 1636–1657 | Caribbean possessions |
| 57/58 | Magister Magnus | - | Martin de Redin | 1657–1660 | - |
| 58/59 | Magister Magnus | - | Annet de Clermont-Gessant | 1660 | Died less than four months after his election, on 2 June 1660. |
| 59/60 | Magister Magnus | - | 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 | - | Nicolas Cotoner | 1663–1680 | Siege of Candia + Mattia Preti's work at St John's Co-Cathedral completed. |
| 61/62 | Magister Magnus | - | 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 | - | Adrien de Wignacourt | 1690–1697 | Instituted a widows pension for the widows of those fallen in the Ottoman wars. |
| 63/64 | Magister Magnus | - | Ramon Perellos y Roccaful | 1697–1720 | Organised the Consulato del Mare (Consulate of the Sea). Established relations with imperial Russia. |
| 64/65 | Magister Magnus | - | Marc'Antonio Zondadari | 1720–1722 | - |
| 65/66 | Magister Magnus | - | 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 | - | 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 | - | 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 | - | Francisco Ximenes de Texada | 1773–1775 | Rising of the Priests (1775), bankruptcy of the order. |
| 69/70 | Magister Magnus | - | Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc | 1775–1797 | Instituted the Anglo-Bavarian langue and the Russian Grand Priory. |
| 70/71 | Magister Magnus | - | Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim | 1797–1799 | First German elected to the Office. Abdicated 6 July 1799 following the French invasion of Malta. |