Philibert de Naillac
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[[File:Rhodos440 (cropped).JPG|thumb|Imaginary portrait of Philibert de Naillac in the [[Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes]]]] |
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'''Philibert de Naillac''' ({{Circa|1340}} – 1421) was grand master of the [[Knights Hospitaller]] from 1396 until his death in [[Rhodes]] in 1421. Prior to his election he was grand-prior of [[Aquitaine]].{{cite book|author=Whitworth Porter|title=A History of the Knights of Malta|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jSJaAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA291|date=31 October 2013|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-108-06622-8|pages=291}} |
'''Philibert de Naillac''' ({{Circa|1340}} – 1421) was [[Grand master (order)|grand master]] of the [[Knights Hospitaller]] from 1396 until his death in [[Rhodes]] in 1421. Prior to his election he was grand-prior of [[Duchy of Aquitaine|Aquitaine]].{{cite book|author=Whitworth Porter|title=A History of the Knights of Malta|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jSJaAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA291|date=31 October 2013|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-108-06622-8|pages=291}} |
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== Life == |
== Life == |
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[[File:Coat of arms of Philibert de Naillac.jpg|thumb|Coat of arms of Philibert de Naillac]] |
[[File:Coat of arms of Philibert de Naillac.jpg|thumb|Coat of arms of Philibert de Naillac]] |
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Philibert de Naillac was born about 1340 of a noble family.Wokjian 1876, p. 833. But little is known of his personal history. He became master of the Order of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem in 1376, and engaged in the Crusades, and was greatly distinguished by his valour and skill in warfare.{{Better source needed|reason=Source names 1376 as the year in which Naillac became grand master, twenty years before 1396|date=August 2025}} He was prominently engaged in the [[battle of Nicopolis]], and served the Christian interests by his treaties with the [[Saracen]]s. Thus he concluded a treaty with the |
Philibert de Naillac was born about 1340 of a noble family.Wokjian 1876, p. 833. But little is known of his personal history. He became master of the Order of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem in 1376, and engaged in the [[Crusades]], and was greatly distinguished by his valour and skill in warfare.{{Better source needed|reason=Source names 1376 as the year in which Naillac became grand master, twenty years before 1396|date=August 2025}} He was prominently engaged in the [[battle of Nicopolis]], and served the Christian interests by his treaties with the [[Saracen]]s. Thus he concluded a treaty with the [[Sultan of Egypt]], which gave the [[Christians]] permission to enclose the [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre|Holy Sepulchre]] at [[Jerusalem]] with a wall; to maintain six knights of the Order of St. John within the city, free from all tribute, who should be permitted to carry on the hospitable duties of their profession in favour of all pilgrims led thither by devotion; that Christian slaves might be redeemed, either by purchase or by exchange with a Saracen; and that convents might be maintained in Jerusalem and in the other principal cities of the [[Holy Land]]. In 1415 internal dissension threatened the very existence of the Order of St. John. Naillac's wise counsels prevented all disgraceful proceedings; and when he died, in 1421, "he left the fraternity, at whose head he had been placed for so many years, at union with itself, at peace with its neighbours, and in a most flourishing state of prosperity." |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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