Hospitaller Rhodes

Hospitaller Rhodes
1310–1522
Rhodes and other possessions of the Knights Hospitallers of St. John.
Rhodes and other possessions of the Knights Hospitallers of St. John.
CapitalRhodes
Religion
Roman Catholicism
GovernmentElective monarchy
Governor 
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Hospitaller occupation of Rhodes
1310
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).