List of Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller

Coat of Arms of the Knights Hospitaller, from the facade of the church of San Giovannino dei Cavalieri, Florence

Coat of Arms of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta

Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes in Rhodes
Used as the GM's Palace from the 14th century to 1522

Fort Saint Angelo in Birgu
Used as the GM's Palace from 1530 to 1571

Grandmaster's Palace in Valletta
Used as the GM's Palace from 1571 to 1798

This is a list of Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller and its continuation Sovereign Military Order of Malta, starting with founder The Blessed Gerard in 1099.

List of Grand Masters

Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller

#	Name	Time in office

1.	The Blessed Gerard	1099–1120
2.	Raymond du Puy de Provence	1120–1160
3.	Auger de Balben	1160–1163
4.	Arnaud de Comps	1162–1163
5.	Gilbert d'Aissailly	1163–1170
6.	Gastone de Murols	c. 1170–1172
7.	Jobert of Syria	1172–1177
8.	Roger de Moulins	1177–1187
9.	Armengol de Aspa^[1]	1187–1190
10.	Garnier de Nablus	1190–1192
11.	Geoffroy de Donjon	1193–1202
12.	Afonso de Portugal	1202–1206
13.	Geoffrey le Rat	1206–1207
14.	Guérin de Montaigu	1207–1228
15.	Bertrand de Thercy	1228–1231
16.	Guerin de Montacute	1231–1236
17.	Bertrand de Comps	1236–1240
18.	Pierre de Vielle-Bride	1240–1242
19.	Guillaume de Chateauneuf	1242–1258
20.	Hugues de Revel	1258–1277
21.	Nicolas Lorgne	1277–1284

22.	Jean de Villiers	1284–1294
23.	Odon de Pins	1294–1296
24.	Guillaume de Villaret	1296–1305

25.	Foulques de Villaret	1305–1319
—	Maurice de Pagnac (unrecognized)	1317–1319
26.	Hélion de Villeneuve	1319–1346
27.	Dieudonné de Gozon	1346–1353
28.	Pierre de Corneillan	1353–1355
29.	Roger de Pins	1355–1365
30.	Raymond Berengar	1365–1374
31.	Robert de Juilly	1374–1376
32.	Juan Fernández de Heredia	1376–1396
33.	Riccardo Caracciolo^[2]	1383–1395
34.	Philibert de Naillac	1396–1421
35.	Anton Flavian de Ripa	1421–1437
36.	Jean de Lastic	1437–1454
37.	Jacques de Milly	1454–1461
38.	Piero Raimondo Zacosta	1461–1467
39.	Giovanni Battista Orsini	1467–1476
40.	Pierre d'Aubusson	1476–1503
41.	Emery d'Amboise	1503–1512
42.	Guy de Blanchefort	1512–1513
43.	Fabrizio del Carretto	1513–1521

Grand Masters of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta

#	Name	Time in office

44.	Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam	1521–1534
45.	Piero de Ponte	1534–1535
46.	Didier de Saint-Jaille	1535–1536
47.	Juan de Homedes y Coscon	1536–1553
48.	Claude de la Sengle	1553–1557
49.	Jean Parisot de Valette	1557–1568
50.	Pierre de Monte	1568–1572
51.	Jean de la Cassière	1572–1581
	Mathurin Romegas^[3]	1581-1581
52.	Hugues Loubenx de Verdalle	1581–1595
53.	Martin Garzez	1595–1601
54.	Alof de Wignacourt	1601–1622
55.	Luís Mendes de Vasconcellos	1622–1623
56.	Antoine de Paule	1623–1636
57.	Giovanni Paolo Lascaris	1636–1657
58.	Martin de Redin	1657–1660
59.	Annet de Clermont-Gessant	1660-1660
60.	Raphael Cotoner	1660–1663
61.	Nicolas Cotoner	1663–1680
62.	Gregorio Carafa	1680–1690
63.	Adrien de Wignacourt	1690–1697
64.	Ramon Perellos y Roccaful	1697–1720
65.	Marc'Antonio Zondadari	1720–1722
66.	António Manoel de Vilhena	1722–1736
67.	Ramon Despuig	1736–1741
68.	Manuel Pinto da Fonseca	1741–1773
69.	Francisco Ximenes de Texada	1773–1775
70.	Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc	1775–1797
71.	Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim	1797–1799

72.	Paul I of Russia^[4]	1798–1801
	Nikolay Saltykov^[5]	1801–1803

73.	Giovanni Battista Tommasi	1803–1805
	Innico Maria Guevara-Suardo^[6]	1805–1814
	Andrea Di Giovanni y Centellés^[6]	1814–1821
	Antoine Busca^[6]	1821–1834

	Carlo Candida^[6]	1834–1845
	Filippo di Colloredo-Mels^[6]	1845–1864
	Alessandro Borgia^[6]	1865–1871
	Giovanni Battista Ceschi a Santa Croce^[6]	1871–1879
74.	Giovanni Battista Ceschi a Santa Croce	1879–1905
75.	Galeas von Thun und Hohenstein	1905–1931
76.	Ludovico Chigi Albani della Rovere	1931–1951
	Antonio Hercolani Fava Simonetti^[6]	1951–1955
	Ernesto Paternò Castello di Carcaci^[6]	1955–1962
77.	Angelo de Mojana di Cologna	1962–1988
	Jean Charles Pallavicini^[6]	1988-1988
78.	Andrew Bertie	1988–2008
	Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto^[7]	2008
79.	Matthew Festing	2008–Present