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Giovanni Paolo Lascaris

Giovanni Paolo Lascaris (1560–1657) was an Italian nobleman of the Counts of Ventimiglia, related to the Lascaris emperors of Nicaea, and the 57th Grand Master of the Knights of Malta. He entered the Order of St John in 1584 and served as ambassador to Spain in 1632. In 1636 he became Grand Master.

He fortified Malta with the Lascaris coastal watchtowers (1637–1652), and in 1651 the Order bought four Caribbean islands. He guarded the Order's independence against Spain and France, and died on Malta in 1657 aged 97.

References

  1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Paolo_Lascaris
  2. it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Paolo_Lascaris_di_Ventimiglia_e_Castellar
  3. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lascaris_towers
  4. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillippe_de_Longvilliers_de_Poincy