Revell Family Study
The Knights Hospitaller
The Knights Hospitaller (the Order of Knights of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem or Knights of Malta or Knights of Rhodes) were a militant Christian monastic group founded in the 11th century.
Based in the Holy Land, the order was charged with the care and defence of pilgrims.
The Knights Hospitaller began some 4 decades before the rival Templar Order. Prior to the Templar's existence, the Order of the hospital were principally a humanitarian order offering aid and care to traveling pilgrims.
After the formation of the Templars in 1118 AD, the Hospitallers took on a military role like their rivals, the Knights Templar.
From 1258/9-1277/8 , Hugues de Revel was Grand Master Of The Order Of The Hospital During Templar Era. The Grandmaster, William de Chateauneuf, died in 1259, and was succeeded by Hugh de Revel, a cadet of a noble family of Auvergne.
See also Sir Robert Malory and the Knights Hospitaller
See also Sir Thomas Malory of Newbold Revel
The Templar Commandery of Ste-Eulalie-de-Cernon (Rouergue, France) Reference to Guillaume de Revel, 1187.