Order of Malta: Grand Masters: 1798-1803

CALENDAR: Julian/Gregorian; LANGUAGES: Russian; SCRIPTS: Russian (in parentheses); TRANSLITERATION: Russian, GOST 16876-71; OTHER: English equivalents
Velikij Magistr Deržavnogo Ordena Svjatogo Ioanna Ierusalimskogo (Великий Магистр Державного Ордена Святого Иоанна Иерусалимского) | Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]
13/24 Nov 1798 - 11/23 (or 12/24) Mar 1801 Pavel I (Павел I) [2][3]
Poručik Velikogo Magistra (Поручик Великого Магистра) | Deputy to the Grand Master [4]
12/24 Mar 1801 - 28 Jan/9 Feb 1803 graf Nikolaj Ivanovič Saltykov (граф Николай Иванович Салтыков) [5][6]
  1. Corresponds to Magnus Magister in the period ending 1798.
  2. Also in Russia.
  3. Assumed the office of Grand Master by a proclamation of 13/24 Nov 1798; formally installed at a ceremony held in St. Petersburg on 29 Nov/10 Dec 1798; imperial manifesto on the assumption of the office of the Grand Master was published on 16/27 Dec 1798.
  4. Corresponds to Locumtenens Magni Magistri in the period ending 1798.
  5. Appointed and took office 30 Mar/10 Apr 1799, representing the Grand Master in formal proceedings of the Order; during the vacancy in the office of the Grand Master, exercised the duties of the head of the Order (solely in Russia).
  6. Locumtenens Magni Magistri (by Papal appointment)
  7. ? ? 1802 - 28 Jan/9 Feb 1803 Giuseppe Caracciolo dei marchesi di Sant'Eramo