Grand Masters of the Order of Saint Lazarus (statuted 1910)

The Grand Master of the Order of Saint Lazarus (statuted 1910) is the leader of a fraternal order claiming legacy and contingency to the medieval Catholic military order, the Order of Saint Lazarus.

It claims continuity by assertion that during the period from 1814 to 1841, the order was under the direction of the Council of Officers with King Louis XVIII (1814-1824) and King Charles X (1824-1831) as Protectors of the joint Orders, and was then passed on, evolving into the current list of Grand Masters.

Council of Officers

The Order lost its Royal Protection in 1831 but, according to some pretensions, continued to function under the direction of the Council of Officers.[1]

OrderNameImageTitleDate installedTerm endedTerm of officeCommentsNotes
Claude-Louis, Prince de la ChâtreAdministrator General de Ordres Royaux, Militaires et Hospitaliers de Notre-Dame du Mont-Carmel et de Saint-Lazare de Jérusalem Réunis181418249–10 years
Jean-Louis de Beaumont, Marquis d'AutichampPresident of the Council of Officers de Ordres Royaux, Militaires et Hospitaliers de Notre-Dame du Mont-Carmel et de Saint-Lazare de Jérusalem Réunis182418316–7 yearsMembers of the Council of Officers (1831-1841): Father Picot, Comte Vincent Vienot de Vaublanc, Baron de Silvestre.
Members of the Council of Officers de Ordres Royaux, Militaires et Hospitaliers de Notre-Dame du Mont-Carmel et de Saint-Lazare de Jérusalem Réunis183118419–10 yearsMembers of the Council of Officers: Father Picot, Comte Vincent Vienot de Vaublanc, Baron de Silvestre.

Modern Order of Saint Lazarus

The period following the loss of Temporal Protection of the French Royal Family in 1831 until 1910 is controversial. Some claim that the order did not survive, whereas some claim the period is at best shrouded in mystery since no contemporary documentation seems to have survived.

Modern tradition of the Order of Saint Lazarus (statuted 1910) maintains that, after 1841, the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchs assumed the leadership of the Order, as Hospitaller Nobles of St. Lazarus.[2]

OrderNameImageTitleDate installedTerm endedTerm of officeCommentsNotes
Patriarch Maximos III MazloumAdministrator General of the Order of the Hospitallers of Saint Lazarus1841185513–14 years
Patriarch Clement Bahous185618647–8 years
Patriarch Gregorios II Youssef-Sayour1864189833–34 years
Patriarch Peter IV Geraigiri189819023–4 years
Patriarch Cyril VIII Geha190219107–8 years
Protector of the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem191019165–6 yearsIn 1910, new statutes were promulgated whereby the management was assumed by the Council of Officers, while the Melkite Patriarch assumed the position of Protector. In 1935, a new Grand Master was appointed.[3]
Patriarch Dimitrios I Cadi191919255–6 years
Patriarch Cyril IX Moghabghab192519304–5 years
44Francisco de Borbón y de la Torre,
Duke of Seville (jure uxoris)
Grand Master of the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem1930195221–22 yearsGrand Bailiff of Spain, nominated as Lieutenant General of the Grand Magistry in 1930, then elected as Grand Master in 1935.
45Francisco de Borbón y Borbón1952196714–15 yearsSon and Coadjutor of Francisco de Borbón y de la Torre. Nominated as Lieutenant General of the Grand Magistry, then elected as Grand Master in 1956.
46Prince Charles-Philippe d'Orléans,
Duke of Nemours, First Prince of the Blood of France
196719702–3 yearsAlso served as Bailiff of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
In 1969, internal strife split the Order into two fractions: the Malta Obedience and the Paris Obedience.
Each had its own separate administrators and Grand Masters.

Malta obedience

OrderNameImageTitleDate installedTerm endedTerm of officeCommentsNotes
47Francisco de Borbón y BorbónGrand Master of the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem in Malta1973199521–22 yearsAlso served as Bailiff of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
48Francisco de Borbón y Escasany,
5th Duke of Seville
1996200811–12 yearsSon of Francisco de Borbón y Borbón; appointed Grand Master Emeritus in 2008.

Paris obedience

OrderNameImageTitleDate installedTerm endedTerm of officeCommentsNotes
47Pierre de Cossé-Brissac,
12th Duke of Brissac
Grand Master of the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem in Paris1969198616–17 yearsPreviously served as Administrator General (1956–1969).
48François de Cossé-Brissac,
13th Duke of Brissac
1986200619–20 yearsSon of Pierre de Cossé-Brissac; appointed Grand Master Emeritus.
In 2004, strife within the Paris Obedience led to a further split that was to assume the name of the Orleáns Obedience.
In 2008, the old Malta and Paris Obediences reunited under a new Grand Master, with the previous Grand Masters being appointed emeriti.
The Melkite Patriarch Gregory III Laham remained the Spiritual Protector of the Order until he was succeeded by Patriarch Youssef Absi.

United Order (reunification of the former Malta and Paris obediences)

OrderNameImageTitleDate installedTerm endedTerm of officeCommentsNotes
49Carlos Gereda y de Borbón,
Marqués de Almazán (jure uxoris)
Grand Master of the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem2008201712–13 yearsHe took the solemn oath in Manchester Cathedral, England.[4][5]
50Francisco de Borbón y Hardenberg2018incumbent2–3 yearsSon of Francisco de Borbón y Escasany; elected and installed as Grand Master in Madrid on May 5, 2018.[6]

Orleáns obedience (since 2004)

OrderNameImageTitleDate installedTerm endedTerm of officeCommentsNotes
49Prince Charles-Philippe d’OrléansGrand Master of the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem in Orleáns200420105–6 yearsRe-established the temporal protection of the Head of the Royal House of France. Now Grand Master Emeritus.[5][7]
50Jan Dobrzenský z Dobrzenicz2010incumbent10–11 years[7]

References

  1. Almanach Royale for 1830.
  2. Patriarch Gregory III Laham, H.B. (27 May 2012). Declaration on the Ninth Centenary of the Royal Recognition of the Order St. Lazarus of Jerusalem. Kevelaer, Germany.
  3. de Jandriac (November 1913). "Les chevaliers Hospitaliers de Saint Lazare de Jerusalem et de Notre Dame de la Merci". Rivista Araldica (in French). XI (11): 679–683.
  4. "H.E. Don Carlos Gereda de Borbon, Marquis de Almazan, 49th Grand Master". Structure: Persons: Grand Master. Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  5. "A Brief History of the Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem". The Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem (Australia). Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  6. "The Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem – Grand Master". St-lazarus.net. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  7. "Grand Master". The Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem (USA). 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
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