Jean Parisot de Valette, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller (died 1568)

Jean Parisot de Valette

16th-century French nobleman and military leader

Fra' Jean "Parisot" de (la) Valette was a French nobleman and 49th Grand Master of the Order of Malta, from 21 August 1557 to his death in 1568. As a Knight Hospitaller, joining the order in the Langue de Provence, he fought with distinction against the Turks at Rhodes. As Grand…