Malta - Knights of St John - Knights Hospitaller - Grand Masters

We researched the Knights of St John - Grand Masters in Malta during our first visit to Malta in 2011 and are continuing to add to the information where and when we find it.

1521 to 1534 - Grand Master Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam

The first Grand Master that ruled over Malta

1534 to 1535 - Grand Master Piero de Ponte

1535 to 1536 to Grand Master Didier de Saint-Jaille

1536 to 1553 - Grand Master Juan de Homedes y Coscon

1553 to 1557 - Grand Master Claude de la Sengle

Fortification of Senglea; known by the Maltese as L' Isla. The city of Senglea is also called Civitas Invicta (the invincible city), because it managed to resist the Ottoman invasion at the Great Siege of 1565. The proper name is Senglea since the grandmaster who built it Claude de la Sengle, gave this city a part of his name.

1557 to 1568 - Grand Master Jean Parisot de la Valette

The founder of Valletta.

1568 to 1572 - Grand Master Pierre de Monte

1572 to 1581 - Grand Master Jean de la Cassiere

1577 to 1581 - Grand Master Mathurin Romegas (1581) Lieutenant and Rival Grand Master 1581

Grand Master Hugues Loubenx de Verdalle (1581 to 1595)

Grand Master Martin Garzez (1595 to 1601)

Grand Master Alof de Wignacourt (1601 to 1622)

Grand Master Luís Mendes de Vasconcellos (1622 to 1623)

1623 to 1636 - Grand Master Antoine de Paule

Laid out San Anton Gardens

Grand Master Jean Baptiste de Lascaris de Castellar (1636 to 1657)

Grand Master Martin de Redin (1657 to 1660)

Grand Master Annet de Clermont-Gessant (1660)

Grand Master Raphael Cotoner (1660 to 1663)

Grand Master Nicolau Cotoner (1663 to 1680)

Grand Master Gregorio Carafa (1680 to 1690)

Grand Master Adrien de Wignacourt (1690 to 1697)

Grand Master Ramon Perellos y Roccaful (1697 to 1720)

Grand Master Marc'Antonio Zondadari (1720 to 1722)

1722 to 1736 - Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena

Attributions:

The fortification of 'Manoel Island' in Marsamxett Harbour

The building of the Ta' Kola Windmill, Xaghra, Gozo now a Heritage Malta museum

Grand Master Ramon Despuig (1736 to 1741)

Grand Master Manuel Pinto da Fonseca (1741 to 1773)

Grand Master Francisco Ximenes de Texada (1773 to 1775)

Grand Master Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc (1775 to 1797)

Grand Master Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim (1797 to 1799) (last Grand Master that ruled over Malta)