Knights Hospitaller

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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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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

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Holy League hasMember Knights Hospitaller
subject surface form: Holy League (1571)
this entity surface form: Knights of Malta
Holy League hasMember Knights Hospitaller
subject surface form: Holy League (1684)
this entity surface form: Knights of Malta
Morean War hasParticipant Knights Hospitaller
this entity surface form: Knights of Malta
Torphichen Preceptory headquartersOf Knights Hospitaller
this entity surface form: Knights Hospitaller in Scotland
Torphichen Preceptory religiousOrder Knights Hospitaller
Torphichen Preceptory foundedBy Knights Hospitaller
Fifth Crusade hasParticipant Knights Hospitaller
Torphichen hasHistoricalAssociation Knights Hospitaller
Sixth Crusade hasParticipant Knights Hospitaller
Ninth Crusade hasMainParticipant Knights Hospitaller
St. Mary’s Tower builtBy Knights Hospitaller
this entity surface form: Knights of St. John
St. Mary’s Tower usedBy Knights Hospitaller
this entity surface form: Knights of St. John
Jean Parisot de Valette memberOf Knights Hospitaller
St. John’s Co-Cathedral originallyBuiltFor Knights Hospitaller
Fort St. Elmo usedBy Knights Hospitaller
this entity surface form: Hospitaller Knights
Maltese people historicalRulers Knights Hospitaller
Alfonso I of Aragon willBeneficiary Knights Hospitaller
Crusader architecture developedBy Knights Hospitaller
Knights’ Halls usedBy Knights Hospitaller
Siege of Acre (1291) belligerent Knights Hospitaller
Temple Ewell hasHistoricAffiliation Knights Hospitaller
Krak de l’Hospital builtBy Knights Hospitaller
Krak de l’Hospital controlledBy Knights Hospitaller
Qalʿat al-Ḥiṣn builtFor Knights Hospitaller
Qalʿat al-Ḥiṣn controlledBy Knights Hospitaller
Grand Prior of France (Order of Malta) partOf Knights Hospitaller
Neratzia Castle builder Knights Hospitaller
Neratzia Castle controlledBy Knights Hospitaller
this entity surface form: Knights Hospitaller (historically)
War of Candia belligerent Knights Hospitaller
this entity surface form: Knights of Malta
Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta associatedWith Knights Hospitaller
this entity surface form: Knights of Malta
Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta designedFor Knights Hospitaller
this entity surface form: Knights of Malta
Order of Saint John hasAlternativeName Knights Hospitaller
Order of Saint John hasAlternativeName Knights Hospitaller
this entity surface form: Hospitallers
Fort St. Angelo controlledByDuring Knights Hospitaller
Senglea foundedBy Knights Hospitaller
Ottoman conquest of Tripoli (1551) conflict Knights Hospitaller
this entity surface form: Knights of St. John
Ottoman conquest of Tripoli (1551) opponent Knights Hospitaller
this entity surface form: Knights of St. John
Ottoman conquest of Tripoli (1551) previousHolder Knights Hospitaller
this entity surface form: Knights of St. John
Filerimos Monastery rebuiltBy Knights Hospitaller
Filerimos Monastery associatedWith Knights Hospitaller
this entity surface form: Knights of St John
Church of Our Lady of Filerimos builtBy Knights Hospitaller
Antvorskov Castle religiousOrder Knights Hospitaller
Cos historicalRulers Knights Hospitaller
Muristan associatedWith Knights Hospitaller