Geoffroy le Rat

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Geoffroy le Rat (died 1207) was the thirteenth grand master of the Knights Hospitaller, serving between 1206–1207.[1] He succeeded the Grand Master Fernando Afonso after his resignation in 1206, and was succeeded by Guérin de Montaigu.[2]

Biography

Geoffroy le Rat did not occupy the position of Grand Master until mid–1206 and the beginning of the second half of 1207. He was of French origin, attached to a family of Touraine.[3]

He had been a commander in the Principality of Antioch and lord of the Krak des Chevaliers before being elected as master.[4]

As the Fourth Crusade was diverted to Constantinople, the Hospitallers did not have a military role at the beginning of the thirteenth century.[5]

References

  1. 1.Vann 2006, p. 604, Table: Masters of the Order of St. John.
  2. 2.Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "St John of Jerusalem, Knights of the Order of the Hospital of". Encyclopædia Britannica. 24. (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 12–19.
  3. 3.Delaville Le Roulx 1904, pp. 131–132.
  4. 4.Flavigny 2006, pp. 317–319.
  5. 5.McNeal, Edgar H., and Wolff, Robert Lee (1977). "Chapter V. The Fourth Crusade.". In Wolff, Robert L. and Hazard, H. W. (eds.). A History of the Crusades: Volume II, The Later Crusades 1187-1311. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 153-187.