Rafael Cotoner

Rafael Cotoner
Grand Master of the Order of Saint John
In office
5 June 1660 – 20 October 1663
MonarchKing Philip III
Preceded byAnnet de Clermont-Gessant
Succeeded byNicolas Cotoner
Personal details
Born1601
Mallorca, Crown of Aragon (modern Spain)
Died20 October 1663
Valletta, Malta
Resting placeSt. John's Co-Cathedral
Alma materHouse of Cotoner
Military service
AllegianceSovereign Military Order of Malta Order of Saint John

Rafael Cotoner y de Oleza (Maltese: Raphael Cotoner; 1601 – 20 October 1663) was a Spanish knight of Aragon who served as 60th Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller or, as it is already known by that time, the Order of Malta, from 5 June 1660 to his death on 20 October 1663 following the brief reign of Annet de Clermont-Gessant.[1] After his death, he was succeeded as Grand Master by his younger brother, Nicolas Cotoner.

During Raphael Cotoner's reign, the Order of Malta sent troops to Candia, besieged by the Ottomans.

  1. ^ "Rafael Cotoner y de Oleza - The 60th Grandmaster of The Sovereign Military and Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta".