Preceptory
Sovereign Order of St John of Jerusalem
Knights Hospitaller
Royal Black Knights
Chivalric pedigrees
A chivalric pedigree is counted by the direct association or touch of one person to another, through time, so that by direct connections and lineages, Preceptory can be connected back to the earliest foundations of the Order of St John of Jerusalem. These pedigrees are based on generally accepted provable history.
From Jerusalem to Malta
(JERUSALEM)
Amalfi merchants c. 1048
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1 Pierre Gérard 1080 – 1099 – 1120
2 Raymond du Puy 1121 – 1160
3 Auger de Balben 1160 – 1163
4 Arnaud de Comps 1162 – 1163
5 Gilbert d’Assailly 1163– 1170
6 Gaston de Murols 1170 – 1172
7 Joubert of Syria 1172 – 1177
8 Roger de Moulins 1177 – 1187
(MARGAT)
9 Ermengard d’Aps 1187 – 1190
10 Garnier de Nablus 1190 – 1192
11 Geoffroy de Dongon 1193 – 1202
12 Alphonse de Portugal 1202 – 1206
13 Geoffrey le Rat 1206 – 1207
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(ACRE)
Geoffrey le Rat
14 Guerin de Montaigu 1207 – 1228
15 Bertrand de Thercy 1230 – 1231
16 Guerin Lebrun 1231 – 1236
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(JERUSALEM)
17 Bertrand de Comps 1236 – 1240
18 Pierre de Villebride 1240 – 1242
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(ACRE)
19 Guillaume de Chateauneuf 1242 – 1258
20 Hugues de Revel 1258 – 1277
21 Nicolas Lorgne 1277 – 1284
22 Jean de Villiers 1284 – 1294
(CYPRESS)
Jean de Villiers
23 Odon de Pins 1294 – 1296
24 Guillaume de Villaret 1296 – 1305
25 Folques de Villaret 1305 – 1319
(RHODES 1310 – 1523)
Folques de Villaret
26 Helion de Villeneuve 1319 – 1346
27 Dieudonné de Gozon 1346 – 1353
28 Pierre de Cornillan 1353 – 1355
29 Roger de Pins 1355 – 1365
30 Raymond Berenger 1365 – 1374
31 Robert de Juilly 1374 – 1376
32 Fernandez de Heredia 1376 – 1396
33 Ricardo Caracciolo 1383 – 1395
34 Philibert de Naillac 1396 – 1421
35 Anton Flavian de Ripa 1421 – 1437
36 Jean Bonpar de Lastic 1437 – 1454
37 Jacques de Milli 1454 – 1461
38 Pierre Raymond Zacosta 1461 – 1467
39 Jean Baptiste des Ursins 1467 – 1476
40 Pierre d’Aubisson 1476 – 1503
41 Emery d’Amboise 1503 – 1512
42 Guy de Blanchefort 1512 – 1513
43 Fabrice Carrette 1513 – 1521
44 Villiers de L’Isle Adam 1521 – 1534
(MALTA 1530 – 1798)
Villiers de L’Isle Adam
45 Pietrino del Ponte 1534 – 1535
46 Didier de Tholon Sainte-Jalle 1535 – 1536
47 Juan de Homedes y Coscan 1536 – 1553
48 Claude de la Sengle 1553 – 1557
49 Jean Parisot de la Valette 1557 – 1568
50 Pietro Ciocchi del Monte San Savino 1568 – 1572
51 Jean l’Evêsque de la Cassiere 1572 – 1582
52 Hugues Loubenx de Verdale 1582 – 1595
53 Martin Garzes 1595 – 1601
54 Alof de Wignacourt 1601 – 1622
55 Luis Mendez de Vasconcellos 1622 – 1623
56 Antoine de Paule 1623 – 1636
57 Jean-Baptiste Lascaris de Castellar 1636 – 1657
58 Martino de Redin y Cruzat 1657 – 1660
59 Annet de Clermont de Chattes Gessan 1660
60 Rafeal Cotonor y de Oleza 1660 – 1663
61 Nicholas Cotonor y de Oleza 1663 – 1680
62 Gregorio Carafa della Roccella 1680 – 1690
63 Adrien de Wignacourt 1690 – 1697
64 Ramon Parrellos y Roccafull 1697 – 1720
65 Marcantonio Zondadari 1720 – 1722
66 Antonio Manoel de Vilhena 1722 – 1736
67 Ramon Despuig y Martinez de Marcilla 1736 – 1741
68 Manuel Pinto da Fonseca 1741 – 1773
69 Francisco Ximines de Texada 1773 – 1775
70 Emmanuel de Rohan de Polduc 1775 – 1797
71 Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim 1797 – 1799
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(RUSSIA)
72 Paul I 1798 – 1801
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(MESSINA AND CATANIA)
73 Giovanni Battista Tommasi 1803 – 1805
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After Malta
(MALTA TO RUSSIA)
Ferdinand von Hompesch
Tsar Paul I
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(BRITAIN TO RUSSIA)
George III
Angl0-Bavarian Langue
Tsar Paul I
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(HOUSE OF ROMANOFF)
Tsar Paul I of Russia 1798 – 1801
Tsar Nicholas Soltikoff 1801 – 1803
Tsar Alexander I of Russia 1801 – 1825
Tsar Constantin I 1825
Tsar Nicholas I of Russia 1825 – 1855
Tsar Alexander II of Russia 1855 – 1881
Tsar Alexander III of Russia 1881 – 1894
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia 1894 – 1917
​Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich
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(PICHEL)
Dr James Gaston Baillie Bulloch
Prince Berdmont-Awaloff​
Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich (1922 – 1938)
Victor Cherap-Spiridovich (died 1926)
Boris Brasol
Puerto Rican OSJ and Joseph Paul Chodkiewicz (died 1936)
Charles Pichel
Dr William Sohier Bryant 1933 – 1951
Baron de Engelhardt-Schellenstein 1951 – 1955
Frederick H. Graf von Zeppelin 1955 – 1960
Paul de Granier de Cassagnac 1960 – 1964
King Peter II 1962 – 1970
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(PARIS GROUP)
Paul Alexandrovich Demidoff 1928 – 1958
Grand Duke Alexander Michaelovich 1928 – 1933
Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich 1933 – 1956
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(HOUSE OF KARAGEORGEVICH)
King Alexander I of Yugoslavia 1928 – 1934
King Peter II
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(PARIS GROUP IN USA)
Sergei S. Belosselsky-Belozersky
Sergei S. Troubetzkoy
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(KARAGEORGEVICH GROUP)
​King Peter II of Yugoslavia 1962 – 1970
Sergei S. Belosselsky-Belozersky 1968 – 1969
Sergei S. Troubetzkoy 1969 – 1983
Prince Andrei of Yugoslavia 1970 – 1977 – 1990
Council of Regents 1987 – 1989
Anthony Zammit 1989 – 1991 – 2001
Prince Karl Vladimir of Yugoslavia 1991 – 2001 –
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(ORTHODOX)
Tsar Nicholas II (1917)
Hereditary Family Commanders in Paris (1928)
Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia (1928–1933)
Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich (1933–1956)
Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia (1934–1936)
Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich became Protector to the Grand Priory (1956)
Prince Sergei Troubetzkoy and Prince Serge S. Belosselsky-Belozersky (1973)
Count Nicholas Alexeievich Bobrinskoy (1973–2006)
Grand Duke Andrew Romanoff (1977–1981)
Prince Vasili Alexandrovich of Russia (1981–1989)
Prince Michael Andreevich of Russia (1990–2008)
Edward Anthony Rich
Preceptory
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(PARIS-DACIA GROUP)
Paris group
Baron M. A. Taube
Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich
Nicholas Tchirikoff
Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich
Georges Serguéevitch Rticheff
Priory of Dacia
John Cilia La Corte
Sydney Fogarty
Alexandre Tissot Demidoff
Michael Foster
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(BRITISH)
Ferdinand von Hompesch
Tsar Paul I
Giovanni Baptista Tommasi
Innigo Guevara-Suardo
Prince Camille de Rohan
Marquis de Saint Croix Molay
Philip de Chastelain
Rev. Sir Robert Peat
Sir Henry Dymoke, Bart.
Sir Charles Lamb, Bart.
Sir Alexander Arbuthnot
the Duke of Manchester
the Prince of Wales (afterwards King Edward VII)
the Prince of Wales (afterwards King George V)
the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
the Duke of Gloucester
King Peter II of Yugoslavia
Prince Sergei S. Belosselsky-Belozersky
Prince Sergei S. Troubetzkoy
Prince Andrei of Yugoslavia
Council of Regents
Anthony Zammit
Prince Karl Vladimir of Yugoslavia
Edward Anthony Rich
Preceptory
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(ORTHODOX AUSTRALIA)
Prince Michael Andreevich of Russia (1990–2008)
Rex Morgan
Unnamed knights
Preceptory
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(KARAGEORGEVICH AUSTRALIA)
King Peter II of Yugoslavia
Gaston Tonna-Barthet
Roland Podestra
Dr Roland Hodges
Sir Hubert Opperman
Robert Halliday
Ian Vassie
Victor Techritz
Victor Feros
Edward Anthony Rich
Preceptory
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(KARAGEORGEVICH VICTORIA)
Sir Hubert Opperman
Barbara Abley
Unnamed knights
Preceptory
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(KARAGEORGEVICH VICTORIA)
Sir Hubert Opperman
​Ian Barnes
Preceptory
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Royal Pedigrees
King Peter II
Tsar Paul I
​Tsar Nicholas I
Tsar Alexander II
Grand Duchess Alexandrovna Maria of Russia
Queen Marie Alexandra Victoria of Romania
Queen Consort Maria of Yugoslavia
King Peter II of Yugoslavia
Queen Victoria
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Queen Marie Alexandra Victoria of Romania
Queen Consort Maria of Yugoslavia
King Peter II of Yugoslavia
Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna
Tsar Paul I
​Tsar Nicholas I
Tsar Alexander II
Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich
Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich
​Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna
Queen Victoria
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich
​Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna
