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Fulk de Villaret, Grand Master of the Knights of St John

Also known as: Fulk de Villaret, Grand Master of the Knights of St John; primary name: Villaret, Fulk de; other name: (Grand Master of the) Knights Hospitallers; other name: (Grand Master of) Order of St John; other name: (Grand Master) Villaret, Foulques de; other name: Vilaret, Folc de; other name: Vilaret, Folco del
Details: individual; cleric/religious official; ruler; French; Male
Life dates: -1347
Biography: Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller in 1305, having succeeded his uncle Guillaume de Villaret (q.v.). After an assassination attempt in 1317, he fled to Lindos, and had to formally resign in 1319.

Museum number: 1874,0705.8 |
Authority: BIOG108245 Ruler:Fulk de Villaret, Grand Master of the Knights of St John |
Production date: 1305-1319 |
Production place: Minted in:Rhodes

Museum number: 1878,0712.3 |
Authority: BIOG108245 Ruler:Fulk de Villaret, Grand Master of the Knights of St John |
Production date: 1305-1319 |
Production place: Minted in:Rhodes

Museum number: 1919,0214.282 |
Authority: BIOG108245 Ruler:Fulk de Villaret, Grand Master of the Knights of St John |
Production date: 1305-1319 |
Production place: Minted in:Rhodes