Grand master (order)

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Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta

from 2018 to 2020

Grand Master (

.

The title also occurs in modern

attempt to imitate habits of the former bodies.

History

Medieval era

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In medieval military orders such as the

.

If an order is granted statehood and thus widely considered

.

Modern era

Except the modern continuation of the organisations of medieval foundation, the title of

since the 18th century.

The title of Grand Master is also used by various other fraternities, including academic ones associated with

The heads of local chapters use the title of "Grand Master".

Orders of chivalry

A

heir to the throne

, who in other orders may hold another high rank/title.

The term "Sovereign" is generally used in place of "Grand Master" for the supreme head of various orders in Britain and other Commonwealth nations. In the

sovereign entity

.

In republican nations, a president may also serve as the grand master of the various state orders such as in France, where the president is the grand master of the Legion of Honour,^[2] and Portugal.^[3]

Fraternal orders

Freemasonry

In

.

See also

• List of grand masters of the Knights Hospitaller
• Grand masters and lieutenancies of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre
• List of grand masters of the Knights Templar
• Grand Master of the Order of Saint Lazarus
• Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights
• Grand Master (Masonic)

References

Works cited

• Hieronymussen, Poul Ohm; Lundø, Jørgen, eds. (1968). Eurooppalaiset kunniamerkit värikuvina [Europæiske ordner i farver] (in Finnish). Translated by Karnila, Christer. Porvoo: WSOY.
  OCLC 466954328
  .

Further reading

• Micallef, Antonio (2012). Lectures on the Statutes of the Sacred Order of St. John of Jerusalem: at the University (of Studies) of Malta 1792. KIT Scientific Publishing. pp. 233–235.
  ISBN 9783866444027
  .