Hospitaller Rhodes

Hospitaller Rhodes
1310–1522
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Rhodes and other possessions of the Knights Hospitallers of St. John.
Capital	Rhodes
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Government	Elective monarchy
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Historical era	Middle Ages
• Hospitaller occupation of Rhodes	1310
• Ottoman conquest	22 December 1522
Preceded by Succeeded by Byzantine Rhodes (Palaiologos dynasty) Mentese Beylik Ottoman Rhodes
Today part of	Greece

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 Palestine and from Cyprus, where they did not exercise temporal power. The first Grand Master was the Frenchman Foulques de Villaret (1305–1319).