Guillaume de Chateauneuf

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Wilhelm von Chateauneuf
copperplate engraving around 1725
Grand Master's coat of arms of Wilhelm von Chateauneuf

Guillaume de Chateauneuf or Wilhelm von Chateauneuf (lat. Wilhelmus de Castronovo ) († 1258 ) was a nobleman from Auvergne and the 19th Grand Master of the Order of St. John from 1242 until his death .

In 1244 the Christian army was defeated in the battle of La Forbie near Gaza and Chateauneuf was captured by the Sultan of Egypt, al-Salih Ayyub . During his absence, the Preceptor Jean de Ronay took over the leadership of the order. Only after the Sixth Crusade (1248-1250) was Chateauneuf released in the autumn of 1250 for a ransom, on October 17, 1250 he returned to Acre after six years of imprisonment.

In 1256, the interference in the dispute between Venice and Genoa led to battles between the Knights of St. John and Genoa against the Templars and Venice (cf. War of Saint-Sabas ).

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Individual proof

  1. Matthäus Paris, Chronica Majora , VI, Additamenta, pp. 204-5; Letter from the Grand Master to the Dominican Gauthier de St. Martin from 1251

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predecessor Office successor
Pierre de vielle-Bride Grand Master of the Order of St. John
1242–1258
Hugues de Revel