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    Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim, O.S.I. (9 November 1744 – 12 May 1805) was the 71st Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller, formally the Order of...
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    title of Città Hompesch by the last of the Grand Masters of the Order of St. John to reign in Malta, Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim. The name of the...
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    Ireland, and Grand Master Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim did not believe that an attack on Malta was imminent. Hompesch might have been informed of...
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    Valletta, the capital city of Hospitaller Malta. Grand Master Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim, who ruled the island, allowed only two ships at a time in...
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    and then of Prussia. In addition, one of his descendants, Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim (1744-1805), was the last Grand Master of the Order of Hospitallers...
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    then controlled by the Knights Hospitaller. Grand Master Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim surrendered after token resistance, and Bonaparte captured...
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    the Crusades. The icon was taken to Russia by Grand Master Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim when the Order was expelled from Malta in 1798, and it is...
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    In September, the Priory of St. Petersburg declared that Grand Master Hompesch had betrayed the Order by selling Malta to Napoleon. A month later the...
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    revenue during the French Revolution. Nevertheless Grandmaster Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim, refused Bonaparte's demand that his entire convoy be allowed...
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    admiral Giulio Renato Litta to Paul I of Russia, who succeeded Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim as Grand Master. Paul placed them in the Priory Palace at...
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    by the grandmaster of the Order of the Knights of Malta, Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim in 1797. Before that, the village was known as Casale Santa...
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    John, namely Grand Master Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim. Today the building is in a dilapidated state. The Hompesch Hunting Lodge, known locally...
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    • 1530–1534 Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam (first) • 1797–1798 Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim (last) Historical era Early modern period • Agreement 24 March...
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    been granted by Grand Master Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim on 14 September 1797. Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim, the Grand Master of the Order...
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    off Malta on 9 June, he demanded that the island's ruler, Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim, the Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller (or Knights of...
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    expedition to Egypt. Napoleon demanded from Grand Master Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim that his ships be allowed to enter the port and to take on...
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    Empire (Reichsfürst). This grant was renewed by the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II on July 16, 1620. On March 20, 1607, Pope Paul V granted the Grand...
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    the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, ruled by Grand Master Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim. Bonaparte demanded that his fleet be permitted entry to the...
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    Culture Blaye, France Kangasala, Finland Elst, Netherlands Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim, (1744-1805), Grand Master of the Order of Malta Theodor Weber...
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    Friedrich Schiller, German playwright (b. 1759) May 12 – Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim, 71st Grandmaster of the Order of Malta (b. 1744) May 25 William...
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    occupation of Malta. Napoleon demanded from Grand Master Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim that his ships be allowed to enter the port and to take on...
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    1565. Siġġiewi Città Ferdinand 1797 8367 City status granted on 30 December 1797 by Grand Master Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim, following a petition...
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  • Bosredon de Ransijat addressed a letter to Grand Master Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim in which he expressed his reluctance to fight the French and...
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    Manoel Foundation in 1732, and it was let to Grand Master Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim from 1787 to 1798. The palace hosted the French minister in...
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    similar honour was also given to Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim, on his elevation as Grand Master. On this occasion, Hompesch appeared on the balcony thanking...
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    when Malta was captured by Napoleon in 1798. Grand Master Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim had failed to bolster Valletta's defenses against the French...
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    Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim, who left the islands with the Order's expulsion in 1798. Coincidentally, both Didier de Saint-Jaille and Hompesch are...
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    1798, however, Bonaparte captured Malta and grand master Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim abdicated. Tommasi and the other knights were forced to leave...
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    of the last of the Grand Masters of the Knights of Malta, Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim. On this trip he also sailed round Malta and Sicily in an...
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    1797 Preceded by Francisco Ximénez de Tejada Succeeded by Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim Personal details Born (1725-04-18)18 April 1725 La Mancha...
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