Hugues de Revel

Hugues de Revel
copper engraving around 1725

Grandmaster coat of arms of Hugues de Revel

Hugues de Revel or Hugo von Revel (also Hugh Revel, Hugonis Revellius, Hugo Revell, Hugh Reynell ; * before 1258 ; † 1277 ) was an English nobleman and from 1258 until his death in 1277 the 20th Grand Master of the Order of St. John .

During his tenure, Pope Clement IV granted the order many privileges.

In 1271 the Johanniter castle Krak des Chevaliers was conquered by the Mamluks under the personal leadership of their sultan Baibars I. The Johanniterburg Margat withstood sieges of the Mamluks in 1269 and 1270. As part of the crusade under the English Crown Prince Edward , a 10-year peace treaty was concluded with Baibars I in 1271, which brought the order a period of relative calm.

The Order of St. John expanded its commander in Acre in stages in order to accommodate the central administration of the order and, from 1271, Grand Master Revel there, which is why the commander was also called Grand Manoir in French sources .

In May 1274 Hugues, who had come specially from Outremer , took part with other princes in the second council of Lyons , which was called by Pope Gregory X. to organize a new crusade, which however did not materialize. In a letter to the Grand Prior of Saint-Gilles , Revel assumes that Akko will not be able to hold out in the event of a renewed Mamluk attack after two repulsed attacks (1263 and 1267).

Hugues is regarded as a staunch defender of Christianity, who ruled the order wisely, presided over five general chapters, and reformed the customs and statutes of the order. He was described as a “wise prud'homme ” by the anonymous Templar of Tire .

literature

• Cecil R. Humphery-Smith: Hugh Revel. Master of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem 1258-1277. Phillimore, Andover 1994, ISBN 0850338956 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cf. I 79 Gran Maestri ( Memento of February 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) at orderofmalta.org
2. ↑ Eliezer Stern, "La commanderie de l'Ordre des Hospitaliers à Acre", in: Bulletin Monumental , Vol. 164 (No. 1, 2006 entitled 'L'architecture en Terre Sainte au temps de Saint Louis'), p . 53–60, here p. 54.
3. ↑ Eliezer Stern, "La commanderie de l'Ordre des Hospitaliers à Acre", in: Bulletin Monumental , Vol. 164 (No. 1, 2006 entitled 'L'architecture en Terre Sainte au temps de Saint Louis'), p . 53–60, here p. 53.
4. ^ Ze'ev Goldmann , "The Hospice of the Knights of St. John in Akko", in: Archeological Discoveries in the Holy Land , Archeological Institute of America (compiled), New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1967, Pp. 199–206, here p. 202.
5. ↑ Erhard Gorys, Das Heilige Land: Historical and religious sites of Judaism, Christianity and Islam in the 10,000 year old cultural land between the Mediterranean, Red Sea and Jordan , Cologne: DuMont, ² 1984, (= DuMont art travel guide), p. 368. ISBN 3-7701-1474-4 .
6. ↑ Adam Wienand, "Die Johanniter und die Kreuzzüge", in: Der Johanniter-Orden - Der Malteser-Orden: The knightly order of St. John from the hospital in Jerusalem - His tasks, his history , Adam Wienand (ed.) With Carl Wolfgang Graf von Ballestrem and Christoph Freiherr von Imhoff, Cologne: Wienand, 1977, pp. 32–108, here p. 94.
7. ↑ Templars of Tire, Gestes des Chiprois , §285

Web links

• Hugh Revel at cilialacorte.com ( This link contains incorrect dates )
• Hughues de Revel at smom-za.org

predecessor	Office	successor
Guillaume de Chateauneuf	Grand Master of the Order of St. John 1258–1277	Nicolas Lorgne