Order of Malta: Grand Masters: 1798-1803CALENDAR: Julian/Gregorian; LANGUAGES: Russian - original in parentheses (modern orthography) [except for Footnote 6]; TRANSLITERATION: GOST-1983; OTHER: English equivalents |
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| 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] |
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| [1] | Corresponds to Magnus Magister in the period ending 1798. |
| [2] | Also in Russia as Imperator i Samoderžec Vserossijskij (Император и Самодержец Всероссийский) | Emperor and Autocrat of All Russia. |
| [3] | Assumed the office of the Grand Master by a proclamation of 13/24 Nov 1798; formally installed at a ceremony held in the Winter Palace of 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) |
| ? ? 1802 - 28 Jan/9 Feb 1803 Giuseppe Caracciolo dei marchesi di Sant'Eramo | |
Last update: 29 Nov 2023