Jean Parisot de Valette

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Jean Parisot de Valette was the 16th-century Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller who led the defense of Malta during the Great Siege of 1565 and gave his name to its capital, Valletta.

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Label Occurrences
Jean Parisot de Valette canonical 9
Grand Master Jean de Valette 1
Jean de la Valette 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller ⓘ
person ⓘ
burialPlace St. John’s Co-Cathedral ⓘ
commanded forces of the Knights Hospitaller during the Great Siege of Malta ⓘ
commemoratedBy statues in Valletta ⓘ
streets and squares named after him in Malta ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1494 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1568-08-21 ⓘ
endTime 1568 (as Grand Master of the Order of Saint John) ⓘ
era 16th century ⓘ
familyName de Valette ⓘ
givenName Jean ⓘ
hasCanonicalName Jean Parisot de Valette ⓘ
heritage French nobility ⓘ
honorificTitle Fra ⓘ
inceptionOf founding of Valletta ⓘ
knownFor being namesake of Valletta ⓘ
leading the defense of Malta in 1565 ⓘ
memberOf Knights Hospitaller ⓘ
Order of Saint John ⓘ
militaryBranch naval forces of the Knights Hospitaller ⓘ
militaryConflict Great Siege of Malta ⓘ
militaryRank Grand Master ⓘ
namesakeOf Valletta ⓘ
nativeLanguage French ⓘ
notableEvent Great Siege of Malta ⓘ
notableWork defense of Malta during the Great Siege of 1565 ⓘ
occupation knight ⓘ
military leader ⓘ
opponent Ottoman Empire ⓘ
participatedIn naval warfare against the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
placeOfActivity Malta ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
placeOfBirth Parisot, Tarn-et-Garonne ⓘ
placeOfDeath Malta ⓘ
positionHeld Grand Master of the Order of Saint John ⓘ
precededBy Claude de la Sengle ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
residence Birgu ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
significantEvent laying the foundation stone of Valletta in 1566 ⓘ
startTime 1557 (as Grand Master of the Order of Saint John) ⓘ
succeededBy Pietro del Monte ⓘ
title Grand Master of Malta ⓘ

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

Valletta → foundedBy → Jean Parisot de Valette ⓘ
Valletta → namedAfter → Jean Parisot de Valette ⓘ
Great Siege of Malta → hasCommander → Jean Parisot de Valette ⓘ
Great Siege of Malta → defendedBy → Jean Parisot de Valette ⓘ
Jean Parisot de Valette → familyName → de Valette ⓘ
linked to: Jean Parisot de Valette
Jean Parisot de Valette → hasCanonicalName → Jean Parisot de Valette ⓘ
Parisot, Tarn-et-Garonne → hasNotablePerson → Jean Parisot de Valette ⓘ
Pietro del Monte → follows → Jean Parisot de Valette ⓘ
Grand Master of Malta → notableOfficeHolder → Jean Parisot de Valette ⓘ
Grand Master of the Order of St John → notableOfficeHolder → Jean de la Valette ⓘ
linked to: Jean Parisot de Valette
City of Valletta UNESCO World Heritage Site → associatedWith → Grand Master Jean de Valette ⓘ
linked to: Jean Parisot de Valette
Claude de la Sengle → successor → Jean Parisot de Valette ⓘ