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Hospitaller Rhodes
Hospitaller Rhodes | |||||||||||
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| 1310–1522 | |||||||||||
 Rhodes and other possessions of the Knights Hospitallers of St. John. | |||||||||||
| Capital | Rhodes | ||||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||||||||
| Government | Elective monarchy | ||||||||||
| Governor | |||||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||
• Hospitaller occupation of Rhodes | 1310 | ||||||||||
| 22 December 1522 | |||||||||||
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| Today part of |  Greece | ||||||||||
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The history of Rhodes under the Order of Saint John lasted from 1310 until 1522. The island of Rhodes was a sovereign territorial entity of the Knights Hospitaller who settled on the island from Kingdom of Jerusalem and from Cyprus, where they did not exercise temporal power. The first Grand Master was the Frenchman Foulques de Villaret (1305–1319).
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