Hospitaller Rhodes
Sovereign territorial entity of the Knights Hospitaller from 1310 to 1522 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The history of Rhodes under the Order of Saint John lasted from 1310 until 1522. The island of Rhodes was a sovereign territorial entity of the Knights Hospitaller who settled on the island from Palestine and from Cyprus, where they did not exercise temporal power. The first Grand Master was the French Foulques de Villaret (1305–1319).
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Hospitaller Rhodes | |||||||||||
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1310–1522 | |||||||||||
Capital | Rhodes | ||||||||||
Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||||||||
Government | Elective monarchy | ||||||||||
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Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||
• Hospitaller occupation of Rhodes | 1310 | ||||||||||
22 December 1522 | |||||||||||
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Today part of | Greece |
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