Hugues Loubenx de Verdalle

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Hugues Loubenx de Verdalle
Grand Master of the Order of Saint John
In office
12 January 1582 – 4 May 1595
Preceded byJean de la Cassière
Succeeded byMartin Garzez
Personal details
Born1531
Provence, France
Died4 May 1595
Malta
Resting placeValletta
Military service
AllegianceSovereign Military Order of Malta Order of Saint John

Fra' Hugues Loubenx de Verdalle (1531–1595) was the 52nd Grand Master of the Order of Malta, between 1582 and 1595. He is mainly remembered for the reconstruction of the hunting lodge at Boschetto which was renamed Verdala Palace in his honour. He is buried in a sarcophagus in the Crypt of the Co-Cathedral of St. John in Valletta. He was a Cardinal.[1]

Verdala Palace
Preceded by Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller
1581–1595
Succeeded by

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