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Fra Alof de Wignacourt (1547 – 14 September 1622) was a French nobleman who was the 54th Grand Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem from 10 February 1601 to his death in 1622. Unlike a number of the other Grand Masters, he was popular with the Maltese people. [1]
Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt with his Page (c. 1607-1608) is a painting by the Italian master Caravaggio, in the Louvre of Paris. Alof de Wignacourt joined the Order of the Knights of Saint John (the Knights of Malta) in 1564, aged seventeen, and distinguished himself the next year at the Great Siege of Malta, when the Turks were ...
Sep 11, 2022 · Fra Alof de Wignacourt was elected Grand Master of the Order of the Knights of Malta on February 10, 1601. As the seventh French grand master in Malta, Wignacourt invested...
Alof de Wignacourt (1547- 14 septembre 1622) est le 54e grand maître, de 1601 à 1622 1 des Hospitaliers de l' ordre de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem. Biographie. Portrait d'Alof de Wignacourt, peint par le Caravage. Alof (ou Aloph) de Wignacourt est issu d'une famille noble des Flandres.
Mar 8, 2023 · Alof de Wignacourt, Grand Master of the Order of Malta, 1601 - 1622. Grand Master de Wignacourt demonstrated the Order's maritime supremacy, expanding the navy to include a great galleon commissioned in Austria. He built powerful fortifications along the coasts of Malta.
The Wignacourt Collegiate Museum at Rabat Malta was formerly the baroque residence of the Chaplains of the Knights of St. John. Originally inaugurated by Grand Master Alof de Wignacourt (1601-1622), it has recently reopened after a thorough refurbishment of the whole building together with the restoration of most of the artworks which it ...
Fra Alof de Wignacourt was a French nobleman who was the 54th Grand Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem from 10 February 1601 to his death in 1622. Unlike a number of the other Grand Masters, he was popular with the Maltese people.
