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Section 1. The Web Site Layout. For ease of navigation and to see what is on this Web Site please use the Site Map
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Information on the Knights Templar
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Genealogy & Heraldry, Order of St John of Jerusalem
There are two historic lists of members of the Russian Grand Priory shortly after its creation: a list of Commanders of Family (see  ), and a list of Knights and Commanders (see ) . If any reader of Russian descent can see his surname in either of the two lists, and can prove patrilineal descent, please make contact with the web master of this website, as your help will be valuable in further research. Il y a deux listes historiques de membres du Grand Prieuré Russe, établies peu après sa création: une liste de Commandeurs de Famille (voir   ), et une liste de Chevaliers et Commandeurs (voir ). Si quelque lecteur d'origine russe voit sont nom dans l'une ou l'autre de ces deux listes et peu prouver son ascendance directe, qu'il veuille bien rentrer en contact avec le webmestre de ce site, son aide dans les prochaines recherches sera très certainement constructive.

Continuous research takes place by various enthusiasts researching the various Orders of St John. A digest of some of the material is given as Historic Articles  ( ). Other useful Web Sites are being discovered, and reciprocal links are being placed. The latest updates will be notified on this Home page.

If you enjoy visiting this Site please send your comments - How can the Site be improved? - what do you think of the Site? are there any broken links? - either, use the Guest Book, or, Email - both these are found in Section 4.

14th July 2008:
• An excellent new book has been published by OSPREY - "Knights of Jerusalem, The Crusader Order of Hospitallers 1100-1565" an excellent hardback book for only £20, and worth every penny - for a review goto; .
• A new Grand Master was elected on the 11th March ; His Most Eminent Highness Frà Matthew Festing to whom we sent our warmest congratualtions goto -   .
• SAD NEWS. His Most Eminent Highness Frà Andrew Willoughby Ninian Bertie died on the 7th February 2008, for our tribute goto; .
• There is an excellent information page on the "Fraters Armigeri Hospitalis - The Brotherhood Esquires of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta". The Home page explains its purpose; "The Fraters Armigeri Hospitalis, also known as the brotherhood esquires of the sovereign military order of Malta, is an iniative to honour those families and their ancestors who served the knights of Malta for century´s as Esquires." The information can be found at: -   .
• There are various St John Websites that have produced the Arms of the Grandmasters. One little known version is on a Polish Site. Please goto .
• There is an excellent book published "Warriors of the Lord - The Military Orders of Christendom" by Michael Walsh and published by William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2003. see: -   .
• On this web site, there is an essay which seeks to explore all known facts about the Hereditary Commanders and the Russian Grand Priory in exile. It seeks to correct the myths and is based on all the known facts to date. Please goto .
• Are there any Russian Hereditary Commanders existing in the world today ?- one author thinks not. For the reason the author thinks not, read the well argued essay once displayed in the Journal of The International Academy for the Promotion of Scientific Studies on -  .
• Truth stranger than fiction & the Lady behind the man! The Reverend Sir Robert Peat, was a founder (inter alia) of what was to become the "Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem". By all accounts Peat was an eccentric person, but his wife, an heiress, Lady Jane Peat (née Smith) cuts an even stranger figure - if you wish to read more, please follow the next link, where Peat is described as a Mr Collins (The Reverend William Collins of "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen, Military Library 1813) - curious? then read about the unsolved murder and goto: -   .
• You can find the Portraits of the Grandmasters of the Order of St John, who ruled Malta at: -   .
• There have been a number of attempts at producing a web site with the complete set of Coats of Arms for the Grand Masters of the Order, including those of the modern Order. There has been no one site, which has completed the task - that is up until now! This site has been put together by a leading member of the Research Team - John Cilia La Corte. Not only are the shields on display - but click through for a portrait and further details on each Grand Master - goto  -   .
• Three Book reviews;
1. The Sword and the Scimitar The Saga of the Crusades by Ernle Bradford (Pen & Sword Publisher). (http://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/cgi-bin/uk/0411.html)  For the book review goto -  .
2. Cavalry The History of Mounted Warfare by John Ellis (Pen & Sword Publisher) (http://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/cgi-bin/uk/0379.html)  see -   ,
3. The Knight Templar 1120-1312 by Helen Nicholson (Osprey Publisher): see -  .

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