Grand Master of the Order of Saint Lazarus (statuted 1910)
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The Grand Master of the Order of Saint Lazarus (statuted 1910) is the leader of a fraternal order claiming legacy and contingency to the medieval Catholic military order, the Order of Saint Lazarus.
It claims continuity by assertion that during the period from 1814 to 1841, the order was under the direction of the Council of Officers with King Louis XVIII (1814-1824) and King Charles X (1824-1831) as Protectors of the joint Orders, and was then passed on, evolving into the current list of Grand Masters.
Council of Officers
The Order lost its Royal Protection in 1831 but, according to some pretensions, continued to function under the direction of the Council of Officers.[1]
Order | Name | Image | Title | Date installed | Term ended | Term of office | Comments | Notes |
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Claude-Louis, Prince de la Châtre | ![]() |
Administrator General de Ordres Royaux, Militaires et Hospitaliers de Notre-Dame du Mont-Carmel et de Saint-Lazare de Jérusalem Réunis | 1814 | 1824 | 9–10 years | |||
Jean-Louis de Beaumont, Marquis d'Autichamp | ![]() |
President of the Council of Officers de Ordres Royaux, Militaires et Hospitaliers de Notre-Dame du Mont-Carmel et de Saint-Lazare de Jérusalem Réunis | 1824 | 1831 | 6–7 years | Members of the Council of Officers (1831-1841): Father Picot, Comte Vincent Vienot de Vaublanc, Baron de Silvestre. | ||
Members of the Council of Officers de Ordres Royaux, Militaires et Hospitaliers de Notre-Dame du Mont-Carmel et de Saint-Lazare de Jérusalem Réunis | 1831 | 1841 | 9–10 years | Members of the Council of Officers: Father Picot, Comte Vincent Vienot de Vaublanc, Baron de Silvestre. |
Modern Order of Saint Lazarus
The period following the loss of Temporal Protection of the French Royal Family in 1831 until 1910 is controversial. Some claim that the order did not survive, whereas some claim the period is at best shrouded in mystery since no contemporary documentation seems to have survived.
Modern tradition of the Order of Saint Lazarus (statuted 1910) maintains that, after 1841, the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchs assumed the leadership of the Order, as Hospitaller Nobles of St. Lazarus.[2]
Order | Name | Image | Title | Date installed | Term ended | Term of office | Comments | Notes |
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Patriarch Maximos III Mazloum | ![]() |
Administrator General of the Order of the Hospitallers of Saint Lazarus | 1841 | 1855 | 13–14 years | |||
Patriarch Clement Bahous | 1856 | 1864 | 7–8 years | |||||
Patriarch Gregorios II Youssef-Sayour | ![]() |
1864 | 1898 | 33–34 years | ||||
Patriarch Peter IV Geraigiri | ![]() |
1898 | 1902 | 3–4 years | ||||
Patriarch Cyril VIII Geha | ![]() |
1902 | 1910 | 7–8 years | ||||
Protector of the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem | 1910 | 1916 | 5–6 years | In 1910, new statutes were promulgated whereby the management was assumed by the Council of Officers, while the Melkite Patriarch assumed the position of Protector. In 1935, a new Grand Master was appointed. | [3] | |||
Patriarch Dimitrios I Cadi | ![]() |
1919 | 1925 | 5–6 years | ||||
Patriarch Cyril IX Moghabghab | 1925 | 1935 | 9–10 years | |||||
44 | Francisco de Borbón y de la Torre, Duke of Seville (jure uxoris) |
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Grand Master of the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem | 1935 | 1952 | 16–17 years | Grand Bailiff of Spain, nominated as Lieutenant General of the Grand Magistry in 1930, then elected as Grand Master in 1935. | |
45 | Francisco de Borbón y Borbón | ![]() |
1956 | 1967 | 10–11 years | Son and Coadjutor of Francisco de Borbón y de la Torre. Nominated as Lieutenant General of the Grand Magistry, then elected as Grand Master in 1956. | ||
46 | Prince Charles-Philippe d'Orléans, Duke of Nemours, First Prince of the Blood of France |
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1967 | 1970 | 2–3 years | Also served as Bailiff of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. | ||
In 1969, internal strife split the Order into two fractions: the Malta Obedience and the Paris Obedience. Each had its own separate administrators and Grand Masters. |
Malta obedience
Order | Name | Image | Title | Date installed | Term ended | Term of office | Comments | Notes |
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47 | Francisco de Borbón y Borbón | ![]() |
Grand Master of the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem in Malta | 1973 | 1995 | 21–22 years | Also served as Bailiff of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. | |
48 | Francisco de Borbón y Escasany, 5th Duke of Seville |
1996 | 2008 | 11–12 years | Son of Francisco de Borbón y Borbón; appointed Grand Master Emeritus in 2008. |
Paris obedience
Order | Name | Image | Title | Date installed | Term ended | Term of office | Comments | Notes |
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47 | Pierre de Cossé, 12th Duke of Brissac |
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Grand Master of the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem in Paris | 1969 | 1986 | 16–17 years | Previously served as Administrator General (1956–1969). | |
48 | François de Cossé, 13th Duke of Brissac |
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1986 | 2006 | 19–20 years | Son of Pierre de Cossé; appointed Grand Master Emeritus. | ||
In 2004, strife within the Paris Obedience led to a further split that was to assume the name of the Orleáns Obedience. In 2008, the old Malta and Paris Obediences reunited under a new Grand Master, with the previous Grand Masters being appointed emeriti. The Melkite Patriarch Gregory III Laham remained the Spiritual Protector of the Order until he was succeeded by Patriarch Youssef Absi. |
United Order (reunification of the former Malta and Paris obediences)
Order | Name | Image | Title | Date installed | Term ended | Term of office | Comments | Notes |
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49 | Carlos Gereda y de Borbón, Marqués de Almazán (jure uxoris) |
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Grand Master of the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem | 2008 | 2017 | 15–16 years | He took the solemn oath in Manchester Cathedral, England. | [4][5] |
50 | Francisco de Borbón y Hardenberg | ![]() |
2018 | incumbent | 5–6 years | Son of Francisco de Borbón y Escasany; elected and installed as Grand Master in Madrid on May 5, 2018. | [6] |
Orléans obedience (since 2004)
Order | Name | Image | Title | Date installed | Term ended | Term of office | Comments | Notes |
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49 | Prince Charles-Philippe d'Orléans | ![]() |
Grand Master of the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem in Orleáns | 2004 | 2010 | 5–6 years | Re-established the temporal protection of the Head of the Royal House of France. Now Grand Master Emeritus. | [5][7] |
50 | Jan Dobrzenský z Dobrzenicz | ![]() |
2010 | 2023 | 13–14 years | Resigned, now Grand Master Emeritus. | [7] | |
51 | Prince François d'Orléans | ![]() |
2023 | Incumbent | 0–1 years | Installed as Grand Master at Maredsous Abbey in Belgium on September 16, 2023. | [7] |
References
- ^ Almanach Royale for 1830.
- ^ Patriarch Gregory III Laham, H.B. (27 May 2012). Declaration on the Ninth Centenary of the Royal Recognition of the Order St. Lazarus of Jerusalem. Kevelaer, Germany.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ de Jandriac (November 1913). "Les chevaliers Hospitaliers de Saint Lazare de Jerusalem et de Notre Dame de la Merci". Rivista Araldica (in French). XI (11): 679–683.
- ^ "H.E. Don Carlos Gereda de Borbon, Marquis de Almazan, 49th Grand Master". Structure: Persons: Grand Master. Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
- ^ a b "A Brief History of the Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem". The Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem (Australia). Retrieved 24 May 2015.
- ^ "The Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem – Senior International Officers". St-lazarus.net. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ a b c "Grand Master". The Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem (USA). 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
External links
- Malta-Paris obedience of the Order of Saint Lazarus (under the Grand Mastership of Francisco de Borbón y Hardenberg)
- Orléans obedience of the Order of Saint Lazarus (under the Grand Mastership of Jan Dobrzensky z Dobrzenic)
- Research Library maintained by the Office of the Grand Archivist & Historian of the united MHOSLJ (this source provides access to the full original cartulary of the Order with original documents, including all the relevant original Papal Bulls, dating back to the 12th century)