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Description: | Portrait of Francisco Ximenes de Texada, Grand Master of the Order of St John, 1773-75. Of the tongue of Aragon, he was made Grand Cross in 1745 and professed the faith on the 8 March 1752. He was Grand Prior of Navarre and Seneschal to Grand Master Pinto, whom he succeeded. He was an unpopular Grand Master and his reign is remembered chiefly for the Revolt of the Priests; an unsuccessful uprising led by Don Gaetano Mannarino. On 1 September 1775, they managed to take the fortresses of St Elmo and St James Cavalier by surprise, however, the general population failed to come out in support. Negotiations mediated by the Bishop of Malta resulted in a truce; the rebel leaders were arrested and tried, and several of them were executed and their heads put on spikes. Mannarino was sentenced to life imprisonment. | Subjects: | Grand Master) portrait (Francisco Ximenes de Texada | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Favray, Antoine de (French painter, 1706-ca.1791) Æ Attributed to manner of | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8597... | Go to resource |
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