This is a list of grand masters of the Knights Hospitaller, including its continuation as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta after 1798. It also includes unrecognized "anti-grand masters" and lieutenants or stewards during vacancies.

In lists of the heads of the Order, the title "Grand Master" is often applied retrospectively to the early heads of the Order. The medieval heads of the Order used the title of custos (Guardian) of the hospital. The title magister (Master) is used on coins minted in Rhodes, beginning with Foulques de Villaret. The first to use the title Grandis Magister (Grand Master) was Jean de Lastic (reigned 1437–1454).^[1] Later grand masters in Rhodes used Magnus Magister (Grand Master).

In 1607 the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II created the Grand Master a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire (Reichsfürst).^[2] This grant was renewed by the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II on July 16, 1620.^[2][3] On March 20, 1607, Pope Paul V granted the Grand Master the style of His Eminence and precedence at the Court of Rome immediately after the cardinals.^[2]

In 1880 the title of Fürst (Prince) was recognised in Austria by the Emperor Franz Joseph I.^[4]

On February 2, 1929, the title of Principe (Prince) and the style of Altezza Eminentissima (Most Eminent Highness) were recognised in Italy by King Victor Emmanuel III.^[5]

The style currently used by the Grand Master is:

English: Most Eminent Highness,^[6]

Italian: Altezza Eminentissima,^[7]

French: Altesse Eminentissime,^[8]

German: Hoheit und Eminenz,^[9]

Spanish: Alteza Eminentísima.^[10]

Numbered lists of the heads of the Order were published beginning in the early 17th century, with updated editions appearing throughout the 18th century.^[11] The numbering of Masters and Grand Masters published in the 1719 Statutes of the Order lists Blessed Gerard as founder without number, Raymond du Puy as 1st Master, and Ramón Perellós (the incumbent as of 1719) as 63rd Grand Master.^[12] The numbering currently used by the Sovereign Military Order of Malta lists Blessed Gerard as 1st Master, Raymond du Puy as 2nd Master, Ramón Perellós y Rocafull as 64th Grand Master, and Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto as 80th Grand Master.^[13]

Knights Hospitaller (Kingdom of Jerusalem)

No.	Title	Picture	Name	Time in office	Notes
–/1	Founder and Rector of the Hospital		Blessed Gerard	1099/1113–1118/20	Order established in 1099 and given papal recognition by Paschal II in his bull Pie postulatio voluntatis in 1113
1/2	Guardian		Raymond du Puy	1118/21/23–1160	Succeeded Gerard after Pierre de Barcelona and Boyant Roger served in ad interim capacity. Began the use of the Hospitallers as a military force in the Holy Land and codified rules of conduct for the Order. Introduced the Order's Great Seal.[14]
2/3	Guardian		Auger de Balben	1160–1162/3
3/4	Guardian		Arnaud de Comps	c. 1162–1163	Historicity uncertain. Arnaud de Comps is today considered by some as a master who never existed, his name having appeared in the chronological lists placed at the top of the statutes, but his rank is still maintained in the lists of the Grand Masters.
4/5	Guardian		Gilbert of Assailly	1163–1169	Supported Amalric of Jerusalem in the Crusader invasions of Egypt
5/6	Guardian		Gastone de Murols	c. 1170–1172
6/7	Guardian		Jobert of Syria	c. 1169/72–1177	Acted as regent for king Amalric of Jerusalem in 1172. In 1174, opposed Miles of Plancy in favour of Raymond III of Tripoli.
7/8	Guardian		Roger de Moulins	1177–1187	Killed at the Battle of Cresson. Commander William Borrel was appointed Grand Master ad interim, and he was killed at the Battle of Hattin, 3 months later.
8/9	Provisor		Armengol de Aspa	1187–1190	Grand Master ad interim during the loss of Jerusalem in 1187, headquarters moved to Acre. Included in the canonical list of Grand Masters compiled in the early modern period. After the capture of Acre and the consolidation of the order, Armengol abdicated, and Garnier de Nablus elected as Grand Master.
9/10	Guardian		Garnier de Nablus	1190–1192	Supported Richard I of England in the Third Crusade.
10/11	Guardian		Geoffroy de Donjon	1193–1202	After his death, succeeded by Pierre de Mirmande as Grand Master ad interim.
11/12	Guardian		Afonso de Portugal	1202–1206	Resigned in 1206
12/13	Guardian		Geoffroy le Rat	1206–1207	First structured the Order by nationality, or Langues.
13/14	Guardian		Guérin de Montaigu	1207–1228	Fifth Crusade.
14/15	Guardian		Bertrand de Thessy	1228–1231	Sixth Crusade.
15/16	Guardian		Guérin Lebrun	1231–1236	Conflict with Bohemond IV of Antioch.
16/17	Guardian		Bertrand de Comps	1236–1240	Barons' Crusade, Headquarters moved to Jerusalem.
17/18	Guardian		Pierre de Vieille-Brioude	1240–1242	Battle of Gaza, conflict with the Templars.
18/19	Guardian		Guillaume de Chateauneuf	1242–1258	Fall of Jerusalem in 1244, headquarters at Acre, Krak des Chevaliers and Margat. Captured at La Forbie in 1244. Jean de Ronay served as Grand Master ad interim, dying in 1250 at Mansurah. De Chateauneuf was released by the Ayyubids on 17 October 1250.
19/20	Guardian		Hugues de Revel	1258–1277	Loss of Krak des Chevaliers in 1271
20/21	Guardian		Nicolas Lorgne	1277–1285	Loss of Margat in 1285. Upon his death, Grand Commander Jacques de Taxi served as Grand Master ad interim until his successor Jean de Villiers arrived in the Holy Land.
21/22	Guardian		Jean de Villiers	1285–1294	Siege of Acre.
22/23	Guardian		Odon de Pins	1294–1296	Headquarters moved to Limisso, Cyprus.
23/24	Guardian		Guillaume de Villaret	1296–1305

Knights of Rhodes

No.	Title	Picture	Name	Time in office	Notes
24/25	Master		Foulques de Villaret	1305–1319	Nephew of Guillaume de Villaret. Resigned at request of Pope John XXII, 1319. Died 1327.
	Anti-Master		Maurice de Pagnac (unrecognized)	1317–1319
25/26	Master		Hélion de Villeneuve	1319–1346
26/27	Master		Dieudonné de Gozon	1346–1353
27/28	Master		Pierre de Corneillan	1353–1355
28/29	Master		Roger de Pins	1355–1365
29/30	Master		Raymond Berengar	1365–1374
30/31	Master		Robert de Juilly (de Juliac)	1374–1376
31/32	Master		Juan Fernández de Heredia	1376–1396	Appointed by Pope Gregory XI. Later supported Antipope Clement VII. Deposed by Pope Urban VI, 1382. Continued as Anti-Master at Rhodes until his death.
32/33	Master		Riccardo Caracciolo	1383–1395	Appointed by Pope Urban VI, 1382.
33/34	Master		Philibert de Naillac	1396–1421
34/35	Master		Anton Flavian de Ripa	1421–1437
35/36	Grand Master		Jean de Lastic	1437–1454	Siege of Rhodes (1444); first use of the title "Grand Master" (Grandis Magister)
36/37	Grand Master		Jacques de Milly	1454–1461
37/38	Grand Master		Piero Raimondo Zacosta	1461–1467
38/39	Grand Master		Giovanni Battista Orsini	1467–1476
39/40	Grand Master		Pierre d'Aubusson	1476–1503	Siege of Rhodes (1480)
40/41	Grand Master		Emery d'Amboise	1503–1512
41/42	Grand Master		Guy de Blanchefort	1512–1513
42/43	Grand Master		Fabrizio del Carretto	1513–1521
43/44	Grand Master		Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam	1521–1534	Siege of Rhodes (1522), headquarters moved to Malta in 1530

Knights of Malta

No.	Title	Picture	Name	Time in office	Notes
43/44	Grand Master		Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam	1521–1534	Headquarters moved from Rhodes in 1530
44/45	Grand Master		Piero de Ponte	1534–1535
45/46	Grand Master		Didier de Saint-Jaille	1535–1536
46/47	Grand Master		Juan de Homedes	1536–1553	Malta was attacked by an Ottoman fleet in 1551. The attack was repelled, but the Ottomans captured the island of Gozo, and later also the order's stronghold in Tripoli. De Homedes began a program improve the fortifications at Malta
47/48	Grand Master		Claude de la Sengle	1553–1557	Continued the improvement of fortifications, expanding Fort Saint Michael into a major bastion and completing Fort Saint Elmo.
48/49	Grand Master		Jean Parisot de Valette	1557–1568	Valette became the Order's most illustrious leader, commanding the resistance against the Ottomans at the Great Siege of Malta in 1565.
49/50	Grand Master		Pierre de Monte	1568–1572	Continued the construction of the new capital Valletta. Strengthened the order's fleet, and participated in the Battle of Lepanto of 7 October 1571.
50/51	Grand Master		Jean de la Cassière	1572–1581	Crisis in the wake of the Protestant Reformation. Expulsion of the Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg) in 1581.
	Lieutenant		Mathurin Romegas	1577–1581
	Anti-Grand Master		Mathurin Romegas	1581
51/52	Grand Master		Hugues Loubenx de Verdalle	1581–1595
52/53	Grand Master		Martín Garzés	1595–1601
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