CHRONOLOGY OF MALTA.

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NAMESof tbe

Grand-Masters.

When

elected.

Place oftheir Birth.

PRINCIPAL EVENTS.

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Guillaume deChateauneuf.

1244

France.

ruption: their chief dignified withthe title of Emperor of the Persians,by the name of Barka-Ivan.

The grand-master entered into aleague with the soudan of Aleppo.They were defeated, and Chdteau-neuf taken prisoner.

Fresh disputes between the Hospi-tallers and the Templars.

A dreadful action took place be-tween these two Orders, and scarcelya Templar remained to give an ac-count of the affair to his Order.

Till that time there was no distinc-tion between the Knights Hospital-lers and the Serving Brothers : popeAlexander IV., in a bull of the idesof August, issued orders, that theKnights should wear a black cloak,damydes nigras, to distinguish themfrom the Serving Brothers; andwhen in battle, a kind of red petti-coat, with other ornaments of thesame colour ; and a white cross em-broidered on them, in the same styleas on the banners .

Dates.

1259

1259

Observations.

Sec Joinville.

Seb. PaolL

Whether Chdteauneuf, or his suc-cessor, received this bull, remainsdoubtful..

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Hugues deRevel.

1259

Auvergne,in France,

Ninety knights were slain in de-fending the, Castle of Assur againstBibars, or Bondochars, sultan ofEgypt .... 1265

Till the reign of Hugues de Revel,the chief of the Hospitaller Orderwas only termed Master of the Or-der by the popes. Clement IV. wasthe first who gave him the title ofGrand Master, in a brief, dated the18th of November, 1267. 1267

The name of Hu-gues is changedto that of Wil-liam in theActs of theCouncil of Ly-ons, which con-found it with,that of his pre-decessor.

The Hospitallers being shut up inthe fortress of Krac, defended them-selves most valorously against Bon-