Brief Biography
Guillaume de Chateauneuf was Master when Jerusalem was lost again in 1244.
Sources: Order of Malta: The Grand Masters; Wikipedia: Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller.
Life and service to the Order
Captured at the Battle of La Forbie that year, he remained a prisoner for several years; other brothers governed in his absence until his release in 1250.
In this period the Hospitallers maintained a hospital and defended their communities in the Holy Land. Their base shifted to Acre after the loss of Jerusalem, and to Cyprus after the fall of Acre in 1291.
1242 - 1258
Grandmaster Guillaume de Chateauneuf was taken hostage to Egypt at the Battle of Gaza in 1244 and ransomed through the Sixth Crusade 1248-1254.
Historical context: Order of Malta, The Grand Masters; History of the Order.
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