Hospitaller Knight Cloak

Hospitaller Knight Cloak Costume

Knight Hospitaller cloak with cross of St. John (Maltese cross).

Knight 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 traveling 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.

Hospitaller Cloak features

All cotton made clothing, composed of black colored cloak with a sewn white Hospitaller cross. Typical dress of a knight of the order of the Hospitallers. One size. Cloak ONLY accessories not included.

Medieval costumes.