Brief Biography
Adrienne de Wignacourt governed the Order in the final decade of the seventeenth century.
Sources: Order of Malta: The Grand Masters; Wikipedia: Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller.
Life and service to the Order
He introduced a pension for widows of men who had fallen in wars against the Ottomans.
On Malta the Order developed hospitals, fortifications and a maritime presence while governing the islands. Its religious and charitable purposes continued alongside these public responsibilities.
Historical context: Order of Malta, The Grand Masters; History of the Order.
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