Knights Hospitaller Flag

History Flag of Knights Hospitaller

Flag of Hospitaller Knight Order. Double faced history flag with Hospitaller corss on the black background.

Knights Hospitaller

The Hospitallers, known officially as "Knights of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem," was founded in Jerusalem during the first Crusade by the Italian friar Gerardo da Sasso to assist the pilgrims travelling the Holy Land. His successor, Raymond du Puy, finished the work with the creation of an armed branch composed of crusader knights. It has been known also as "Knights of Rhodes", and as the "Sovereign Order of the Knights of Malta." It was at first a charitable Order, while the Templars was from the first a military one. With the fall of the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem in 1291, the Knights retired to the island of Rhodes. In 1522 the Turks finally took Rhodes, and the Hospitallers removed to Malta. Here they remained till 1793, when Napoleon took Malta, and added it to the French Republic.

Hospitaller Flag Features

History flag with embroidered Templar Hospitable cross on both sides.

Overall Dimensions: 70 x 110 cms - 28 x 44 inches.

History flags.