Francisco Ximenes de Texada
Francisco Ximenes de Texada (* 1703 ; † November 9, 1775 in Valletta , Malta ) was the 69th Grand Master of the Order of Malta .
He belonged to the Aragonese tongue of the order before being elected Grand Master on January 28, 1773. During his tenure there was an uprising in Malta in 1775/76 under the leadership of the priest Dun Gaetano Mannarino, whom he had bloodily suppressed. He died in Valletta in 1775 and was buried in St. John's Co-Cathedral .
Web links
- Francisco Ximenes de Texada at cilialacorte
- Francisco Ximenes de Texada at smom-za.org
- The 79 grandmasters at orderofmalta.org
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Manuel Pinto de Fonseca |
Grand Master of the Order of Malta 1773–1775 |
Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Ximenes de Texada, Francisco |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | 69th Grand Master of the Order of Malta |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1703 |
DATE OF DEATH | November 9, 1775 |
Place of death | Valletta , Malta |