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    Πολιορκία της Ρόδου του 1444: Σε Δυο Καταλανικές Αφηγήσεις [The 1444 Siege of Rhodes Through Two Catalan Narrations]. Dodekanisiaka Chronika (in Greek)...
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    The siege of Rhodes of 1522 was the second and ultimately successful attempt by the Ottoman Empire to expel the Knights of Rhodes from their island stronghold...
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    Hospitaller garrison of Rhodes withstood an attack of the Ottoman Empire. On 23 May 1480 an Ottoman fleet of 160 ships appeared before Rhodes, at the gulf of...
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    centuries. In 1444, the Mamluk fleet led by Aynal Gecut laid siege to Rhodes, but the Knights, aided by the Burgundian naval commander Geoffroy de Thoisy, beat...
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  • Knights of Rhodes, also known as the Kastello (Greek: Καστέλο, from Italian: Castello, "castle"), is a medieval castle in the city of Rhodes, on the island...
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    The history of Rhodes under the Order of Saint John lasted from 1310 until 1522. The island of Rhodes was a sovereign territorial entity of the Knights...
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    attacks of the Sultan of Egypt in 1444, and a siege by the Ottomans under Mehmed II in 1480. Eventually, however, Rhodes fell to the large army of Suleiman...
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  • Rhodes in 1444. When a second Mamluk fleet assailed the island, the Burgundians helped the Hospitallers lift the siege of the town of Rhodes which lasted...
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    The Hospitaller conquest of Rhodes took place in 1306–1310. The Knights Hospitaller, led by Grand Master Foulques de Villaret, landed on the island in...
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    the siege of Candia (in Crete) in 1668 François de Beaufort, who died there Philippe de Montaut-Bénac, marshal under the duke of Beaufort Philippe de Vendôme...
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    Foulques de Villaret, executed the plan to take Rhodes, and on 15 August 1310, after more than four years of campaigning, the city of Rhodes surrendered...
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    a fleet capable of leading an assault against Rhodes. In July 1444, his fleet began the Siege of Rhodes which was unable to take the fortress. After that...
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    Pierre d'Aubusson (category Rhodes under the Knights Hospitaller)
    Empire. Pierre probably joined the Knights of Saint John in 1444 or 1445, and then left for Rhodes. Pierre d'Aubusson was born in the castle of Le Monteil...
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    the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta (Italian: Sovrano Militare Ordine Ospedaliero di San Giovanni...
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    Crusades of the Middle Ages, together with the Crusade of Varna in 1443–1444. By their victory at Nicopolis, the Turks discouraged the formation of future...
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    ISBN 9789025606657. Stratos, Andreas N. (1983). "Siège ou blocus de Constantinople sous Constantin IV" [Siege or Blockade of Constantinople under Constantine...
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    1444 and four years later crushed the last Hungarian expedition. John Hunyadi and Giovanni da Capistrano organised a 1456 Crusade to lift the Siege of...
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  • Siege of Metz (1444) Siege of Rhodes (1444) Siege of Balkh (1447) Siege of Herat (1448) Siege of Svetigrad (1448) Siege of Krujë (1450) Siege of Constantinople...
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    in 1390. From 1395 to 1402 the Venetians briefly controlled the Duchy. In 1444 Athens became a tributary of Constantine Palaeologus, the Despot of Morea...
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    Histoire militaire au XVIIe siècle. a. Le siège de 1639 et la Guerre de Trente ans". Revue de Champagne et de Brie. 2 (in French). IV (17e année). Paris:...
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    Mehmed II (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Fâtih Sultan Mehmed), was twice the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from August 1444 to September 1446 and then later from February 1451 to May 1481. In Mehmed...
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    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)...
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  • by papal galleys. Siege of Rhodes. The Siege of Rhodes (1480). In 1480, an Ottoman fleet unsuccessfully began the siege of Rhodes. The Ottoman army under...
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    1874 Chlemoutsi castle Rhodes (city), around 1490 Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes Church of Virgin, Rhodes (city) Genoese Castle of...
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  • The Genoese occupation of Rhodes refers to the period between 1248 and late 1249/early 1250 during which the city of Rhodes and parts of the namesake...
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    Władysław III of Poland (category 1444 deaths)
    Jean de Lastic and his Knights Hospitaller in the Siege of Rhodes contributed to the general euphoria surrounding the crusade. In mid-August 1444, the...
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  • second Siege of Rhodes by the Ottomans begins. 22 December. Hospitaller Rhodes falls to Suleiman I. 1523 1 January. Hospitallers withdraw from Rhodes. 27...
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  •  648. Rhodes 1895, p. 230. Powicke 1962, p. 649. Rhodes 1895, p. 230-231. Rhodes 1895, p. 231. Baines 1868, p. 123. Rhodes 1895, p. 231-232. Rhodes 1895...
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    of Rhodes Halmyros Manolada Byzantine–Genoese War Revolt of Saint Titus Echinades Rhodes 1444 Vlastos' conspiracy 1st Ottoman–Venetian War Rhodes 1480...
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    Crete. He was replaced late in the year by Hozamzade Ali Pasha, governor of Rhodes, who used a clever ploy to get through the blockade: waiting until winter...
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