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 Hospitallers of St John
linked to: Knights Hospitaller

Order of Saint John
linked to: Knights Hospitaller

Order of St John of Jerusalem
linked to: Knights Hospitaller

Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
linked to: Knights Hospitaller
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
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 Saint John the Baptist
linked to: John the Baptist
regionOfActivity Holy Land
Levant
linked to: Levant region

Mediterranean Sea
eastern Mediterranean
religion Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Roman Catholicism
relocatedTo Malta
Rhodes
Rome
ruleFollowed Rule of Saint Augustine
successorOrganization Johanniterorden
Sovereign Military Order of Malta
linked to: Knights Hospitaller

Venerable Order of St John
territorialControl Gozo
Malta
Rhodes
Tripoli
vowed chastity
defense of the faith
obedience
poverty

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Medieval City of Rhodes builder Knights Hospitaller
Medieval City of Rhodes historicalInfluence Knights Hospitaller
Nelson Mandela awardReceived Order of St. John
linked to: Knights Hospitaller
Hospital of the Knights builder Knights Hospitaller
Hospital of the Knights affiliation Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
linked to: Knights Hospitaller
Hospital of the Knights affiliation Knights of St John
linked to: Knights Hospitaller
Knights Hospitaller alsoKnownAs Order of Saint John
linked to: Knights Hospitaller
Knights Hospitaller alsoKnownAs Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
linked to: Knights Hospitaller
Knights Hospitaller alsoKnownAs Order of St John of Jerusalem
linked to: Knights Hospitaller
Knights Hospitaller alsoKnownAs Hospitallers of St John
linked to: Knights Hospitaller
Knights Hospitaller successorOrganization Sovereign Military Order of Malta
linked to: Knights Hospitaller
Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes builtBy Order of Saint John
linked to: Knights Hospitaller
Street of the Knights usedBy Knights Hospitaller
Rhodes governedBy Knights Hospitaller
Church of the Holy Sepulchre rebuiltBy Crusaders
linked to: Knights Hospitaller
Dodecanese wasRuledBy Knights Hospitaller
Battle of Lepanto combatant Knights of Malta
linked to: Knights Hospitaller
Battle of Lepanto holyLeagueMember Knights of Malta
linked to: Knights Hospitaller
Saint Croix formerColonialPower Knights of Malta
linked to: Knights Hospitaller
Valletta builtBy Knights Hospitaller
Maltese cross associatedWith Knights Hospitaller
Maltese cross associatedWith Sovereign Military Order of Malta
linked to: Knights Hospitaller
Maltese cross usedBy Order of Malta
linked to: Knights Hospitaller
Third Crusade hasParticipant Knights Hospitaller
Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum usedBy Knights Hospitaller
Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum usedBy Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta
linked to: Knights Hospitaller
Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum describesMissionOf Sovereign Military Order of Malta
linked to: Knights Hospitaller
Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum mottoOf Order of Malta
linked to: Knights Hospitaller
Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum mottoOf Sovereign Military Order of Malta
linked to: Knights Hospitaller
Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum mottoOf Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
linked to: Knights Hospitaller
Krak des Chevaliers controlledBy Knights Hospitaller
Krak des Chevaliers laterGrantedTo Knights Hospitaller
Rhodes wasRuledBy Knights Hospitaller
subject linked to: island of Rhodes
Crusades associatedOrder Knights Hospitaller
Venerable Order of St John namedAfter Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
linked to: Knights Hospitaller
Kingdom of Jerusalem protectedBy Knights Hospitaller
Great Siege of Malta combatant Knights Hospitaller
Great Siege of Malta primaryTarget Knights Hospitaller
United Nations observers hasExample Sovereign Military Order of Malta
linked to: Knights Hospitaller
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