Knights Hospitaller

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Catholic military order chivalric order monastic order religious order

The Knights Hospitaller were a medieval Catholic military and hospitaller order that combined monastic life with the defense of Christian territories, particularly in the Holy Land and the eastern Mediterranean.

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All labels observed (19)

Label	Occurrences
Knights Hospitaller canonical	56
Knights of Malta	9
Knights of St. John	5
Sovereign Military Order of Malta	5
Knights of St John	2
Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem	2
Order of Malta	2
Order of Saint John	2
Crusaders	1
Hospitaller Knights	1
Hospitallers	1
Hospitallers of St John	1
Knights Hospitaller (historically)	1
Knights Hospitaller in Scotland	1
Order of Saint John of Jerusalem	1
Order of St John of Jerusalem	1
Order of St. John	1
Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem	1
Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta	1

Statements (81)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic military order ⓘ chivalric order ⓘ monastic order ⓘ religious order ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Knights Hospitaller ⓘ surface form: Hospitallers of St John Knights Hospitaller ⓘ surface form: Order of Saint John Knights Hospitaller ⓘ surface form: Order of St John of Jerusalem Knights Hospitaller ⓘ surface form: Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
combinedFunction	hospitaller and military activities ⓘ monastic life and military service ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ
enemy	Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ
foundedInCentury	11th century ⓘ
foundedInDecade	1090s ⓘ
foundedInPlace	Jerusalem ⓘ
foundedInYearApprox	1099 ⓘ
governedAs	sovereign principality ⓘ
grantedBy	Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ Pope Clement VII ⓘ
grantedIsland	Malta ⓘ Rhodes ⓘ
grantedTerritoryYear	1530 ⓘ
habitColor	black mantle with white cross ⓘ
hadMembersFrom	Aragon ⓘ Castile ⓘ England ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Italy ⓘ Portugal ⓘ Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur ⓘ surface form: Provence Spain ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Acre ⓘ Jerusalem ⓘ Malta ⓘ Rhodes ⓘ Rome ⓘ
headTitle	Grand Master ⓘ
languageOfAdministration	Latin ⓘ
legalStatus	sovereign military order ⓘ
militaryBase	Krak des Chevaliers ⓘ Margat ⓘ
militaryRole	defense of Christian territories in the Holy Land ⓘ naval warfare in the Mediterranean ⓘ
motto	Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum ⓘ
notableBattle	Great Siege of Malta ⓘ
notableSymbol	Maltese cross ⓘ white eight-pointed cross ⓘ
operatedHospitalsIn	Acre ⓘ Jerusalem ⓘ Malta ⓘ Rhodes ⓘ
organizedInto	Langues ⓘ
originalPurpose	care of sick and poor pilgrims ⓘ hospital work ⓘ
participatedIn	Crusades ⓘ Great Siege of Malta ⓘ Siege of Rhodes (1522) ⓘ
patronSaint	John the Baptist ⓘ surface form: Saint John the Baptist
regionOfActivity	Holy Land ⓘ Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant Mediterranean Sea ⓘ Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ surface form: eastern Mediterranean
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church Roman Catholicism ⓘ
relocatedTo	Malta ⓘ Rhodes ⓘ Rome ⓘ
ruleFollowed	Rule of Saint Augustine ⓘ
successorOrganization	Venerable Order of St John ⓘ surface form: Johanniterorden Knights Hospitaller self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sovereign Military Order of Malta Venerable Order of St John ⓘ
territorialControl	Gozo ⓘ Malta ⓘ Rhodes ⓘ Tripoli ⓘ
vowed	chastity ⓘ defense of the faith ⓘ obedience ⓘ poverty ⓘ

Referenced by (94)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Medieval City of Rhodes → builder → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

Medieval City of Rhodes → historicalInfluence → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

Nelson Mandela → awardReceived → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

this entity surface form: Order of St. John

Hospital of the Knights → builder → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

Hospital of the Knights → affiliation → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

this entity surface form: Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem

Hospital of the Knights → affiliation → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

this entity surface form: Knights of St John

Knights Hospitaller → alsoKnownAs → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

this entity surface form: Order of Saint John

Knights Hospitaller → alsoKnownAs → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

this entity surface form: Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem

Knights Hospitaller → alsoKnownAs → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

this entity surface form: Order of St John of Jerusalem

Knights Hospitaller → alsoKnownAs → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hospitallers of St John

Knights Hospitaller → successorOrganization → Knights Hospitaller self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sovereign Military Order of Malta

Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes → builtBy → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

this entity surface form: Order of Saint John

Street of the Knights → usedBy → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

Rhodes → governedBy → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

Church of the Holy Sepulchre → rebuiltBy → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

this entity surface form: Crusaders

Dodecanese → wasRuledBy → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

Battle of Lepanto → combatant → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

this entity surface form: Knights of Malta

Battle of Lepanto → holyLeagueMember → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

this entity surface form: Knights of Malta

Saint Croix → formerColonialPower → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

this entity surface form: Knights of Malta

Valletta → builtBy → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

Maltese cross → associatedWith → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sovereign Military Order of Malta

Maltese cross → usedBy → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

this entity surface form: Order of Malta

Third Crusade → hasParticipant → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum → usedBy → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta

Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum → describesMissionOf → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sovereign Military Order of Malta

Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum → mottoOf → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

this entity surface form: Order of Malta

Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum → mottoOf → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sovereign Military Order of Malta

Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum → mottoOf → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

this entity surface form: Order of Saint John of Jerusalem

Krak des Chevaliers → controlledBy → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

Krak des Chevaliers → laterGrantedTo → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

island of Rhodes → wasRuledBy → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

subject surface form: Rhodes

Crusades → associatedOrder → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

Venerable Order of St John → namedAfter → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

this entity surface form: Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem

Kingdom of Jerusalem → protectedBy → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

Great Siege of Malta → combatant → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

Great Siege of Malta → primaryTarget → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

United Nations observers → hasExample → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sovereign Military Order of Malta

Knights Hospitaller architecture → usedBy → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

Knights Templar → propertyTransferredTo → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

Battle of Nicopolis → belligerent → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

Harbor of Mandraki → usedBy → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

Crusaders → included → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

Battle of Arsuf (1191) → combatant1 → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

Bohemond IV of Antioch → opposedBy → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

Crusader military orders → hasMemberOrder → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ

Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573) → involved → Knights Hospitaller ⓘ