Rulers of Malta

The Phoenicians

The Carthaginians

The Romans (218 B.C. - 870 A.D.)

The Arabs (870 - 1090)

The Normans (1090 - 1194)
 * Count Roger (1090 - 1101)
      - son of Tancred of Hauteville
 * Simon (1101 - 1101)
      - son of Count Roger
 * Roger (1101 - 1154)
      - son of Count Roger
 * William I (1154 - 1166)
      - son of King Roger
 * William II (1166 - 1189)
      - son of William I
 * Tancred (1189 - 1194)
      - son of King Roger
 * William III (1194 - 1194)
      - son of Tancred

Hohenstaufen Dynasty (1194 - 1266)
 * Henry VI Emperor of Germany (1194 - 1197)
      - married Constance in 1186
         daughter of King Roger
      - son of Frederick I of Germany
 * Frederick I (1197 - 1250)
      - son of Henry VI
 * Conrad (1250 - 1254)
      - son of Frederick I
 * Conradin (1254 - 1266)
      - son of Conrad I
 * Manfred (1258 - 1266)
      - son of Frederick I

Angevin Dynasty (1266 - 1283)
   * Charles brother of Louis IX of France

The Aragonese Monarchs (1283 - 1410)
 * Peter I (1283 - 1286)
      - married Constance in 1262
         daughter of Manfred
 * James (1286 - 1296)
      - son of Peter I
 * Frederick II (1296 - 1337)
      - son of Peter I
 * Peter II (1337 - 1342)
      - son of Frederick II
 * Ludwig (1342 - 1355)
      - son of Peter II
 * Frederick III (1355 - 1377)
      - son of Peter II
 * Mary (1377 - 1402)
      - daughter of Frederick III
 * Martin I (1402 - 1409)
      - husband of:
            - Mary (1st wife)
            - Blanche of Navarre (2nd wife)
 * Martin II (1409 - 1410)
      - father of Martin I

The Castillians Monarchs (1412 - 1518)
 * Ferdinand I (1412 - 1416)
      - nephew of Martin II
 * Alphonso (1416 - 1458)
      - son of Ferdinand I
 * John (1458 - 1479)
      - brother of Alphonso
 * Ferdinand II (1479 - 1516)
      - son of John
 * Joanna
      - daughter of Ferdinand II

The Hapsburg Dynasty (1518 - 1530)
 * Charles V (1518 - 1530)
     - son of Joanna &
         Philip, archduke of Austria

Grand Masters of the Order of Malta
 * Philippe Villiers de l’Isle Adam (1530 - 1534)
 * Pietrino del Ponte (1534 - 1535)
 * Didier de Tholon Sainte-Jalle (1535 - 1536)
 * Juan de Homedes y Coscon (1536 - 1553)
 * Claude de la Sengle (1553 - 1557)
 * Jean Parisot de la Vallette (1557 - 1568)
 * Pietro Giochi del Monte San Savino
     (1568 - 1572)
 * Jean l’Evesque de la Cassiere (1572 - 1581)
 * Hughues Loubenx de Verdale (1581 - 1595)
 * Martin Garzes (1595 - 1601)
 * Alof de Wignacourt (1601 - 1622)
 * Luis Mendez de Vasconcellos (1622 -1623)
 * Antoine de Paule (1623 - 1636)
 * Jean de Lascaris-Castellar (1636 - 1657)
 * Martin de Redin y Cruzat (1657 - 1660)
 * Annet de Clermont de Chattes Gessan
     (1660 - 1660)
 * Rafael Cotoner y de Oleza (1660 - 1663)
 * Nicolas Cotoner (1663 - 1680)
 * Gregorio Carafa (1680 - 1690)
 * Adrienne de Wignacourt (1690 -1697)
 * Ramon Perellos y Roccaful (1697 - 1720)
 * Marcantonio Zondadari (1720 - 1722)
 * Antonio Manoel de Vilhena (1722 - 1736)
 * Ramon Despuig y Martinez de Marcilla
     (1736 - 1741)
 * Manuel Pinto de Fonseca (1741 - 1773)
 * Francisco Ximenes de Taxada (1773 - 1775)
 * Emmanuel de Rohan de Polduc
     (1775 - 1797)
 * Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim
     (1797 - 1798)

The French Rule (1798 - 1800)
 * Napoleon Bonaparte

The British Rule (1799 - 1964)
Civil Commissioners (1799 - 1813)
 * Captain Alexander Ball (1799 - 1801)
 * Major-General Henry Pigot (1801 - 1801)
 * Sir Charles Cameron (1801 - 1802)
 * Rear-Admiral Alexander Ball (1802 - 1809)
 * Lieutenant-General Sir Hilderbrand Oakes
    (1810 - 1813)

Governors of Malta (1813 - 1964)
 * Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Maitland
    (1813 - 1824)
 * General the Marquess of Hastings
    (1824 - 1826)
 * Major-General Sir Frederic Ponsonby
    (1827 - 1836)
 * Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Bouverie
    (1836 - 1843)
 * Lieutenant-General Sir Patrick Stuart
    (1843 - 1847)
 * Richard More O,Farrall (1847 - 1851)
 * Major General Sir Wuilliam Reid
    (1851 - 1858)
 * Lt-General John Gaspard Le Merchant
    (1858 - 1864)
 * Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Storcks
    (1864 - 1867)
 * General Sir Patrick Grant (1867 - 1872)
 * General Sir Charles Van Straubenzee
    (1872 - 1878)
 * General Sir Arthur Borton (1878 - 1884)
 * General Sir Lintorn Simmonds (1884 - 1888)
 * Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Torrens
    (1888 - 1890)
 * Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Smyth
    (1890 - 1893)
 * General Sir Athur Freemantle (1893 - 1899)
 * Lieutenant-General Lord Grenfell
    (1899 - 1903)
 * General Sir Mansfield Clarke (1903 - 1907)
 * Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Grant
    (1907 - 1909)
 * General Sir Leslie Rundle (1909 - 1915)
 * Field-Marshal Lord Methuen (1915 - 1919)
 * Field Marshal Viscount Plumer (1919 - 1924)
 * General Sir Walter Congreve (1924 - 1927)
 * General Sir John du Cane (1927 - 1931)
 * General Sir David Campbell (1931 - 1936)
 * General Sir Charles Bonham Carter
    (1936 - 1940)
 * Lieutenant-General Sir William Dobbie
    (1940 - 1942)
 * Field Marshal Viscount Gort VC
    (1942 - 1944)
 * Lieutenant-General Sir Edmond Schreiber
    (1944 - 1946)
 * Sir Francis Douglas (1946 - 1949)
 * Sir Gerald Creasy (1949 - 1954)
 * Major-General Sir Robert Laycock
    (1954 - 1959)
 * Admiral Sir Guy Grantham (1959 - 1962)
 * Sir Maurice Dorman (1962 - 1964)

Governors General of Malta (1964 - 1974)
 * Sir Maurice Dorman (1964-1971)
 * Sir Anthony Mamo (1971-1974)

 

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