Brief Biography
Garnier de Naplous succeeded Armengol de Aspa during the Third Crusade.
Sources: Order of Malta: The Grand Masters; Wikipedia: Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller.
Life and service to the Order
From the Order's base at Acre he supported King Richard I of England and directed the Hospitallers during a period of renewed campaigning in the Holy Land.
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.
Historical context: Order of Malta, The Grand Masters; History of the Order.
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