Order of Malta: Grand Masters: 1798-1803

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Order of Malta: Grand Masters: 1798-1803 CALENDAR: Julian/Gregorian; LANGUAGES: Russian - original in parentheses (modern orthography) [except for Footnote 6]; TRANSLITERATION: GOST-1983; OTHER: English equivalents
Velikij Magistr Deržavnogo Ordena Svjatogo Ioanna Ierusalimskogo (Великий Магистр Державного Ордена Святого Иоанна Иерусалимского) \| Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]
13/24 Nov 1798 - 11/23 (or 12/24) Mar 1801	Pavel I (Павел I) [2][3]
Poručik Velikogo Magistra (Поручик Великого Магистра) \| Deputy to the Grand Master [4]
12/24 Mar 1801 - 28 Jan/9 Feb 1803	graf Nikolaj Ivanovič Saltykov (граф Николай Иванович Салтыков) [5][6]


[1]	Corresponds to Magnus Magister in the period ending 1798.
[2]	Also in Russia as Imperator i Samoderžec Vserossijskij (Император и Самодержец Всероссийский) \| Emperor and Autocrat of All Russia.
[3]	Assumed the office of the Grand Master by a proclamation of 13/24 Nov 1798; formally installed at a ceremony held in the Winter Palace of St. Petersburg on 29 Nov/10 Dec 1798; imperial manifesto on the assumption of the office of the Grand Master was published on 16/27 Dec 1798.
[4]	Corresponds to Locumtenens Magni Magistri in the period ending 1798.
[5]	Appointed and took office 30 Mar/10 Apr 1799, representing the Grand Master in formal proceedings of the Order; during the vacancy in the office of the Grand Master, exercised the duties of the head of the Order (solely in Russia).
[6]	Locumtenens Magni Magistri (by Papal appointment)
	? ? 1802 - 28 Jan/9 Feb 1803 Giuseppe Caracciolo dei marchesi di Sant'Eramo

Last update: 29 Nov 2023