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Andrea Di Giovanni y Centellés

Andrea Di Giovanni y Centellés

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Di Giovanni and the second or maternal family name is Centellés.

Andrea Di Giovanni y Centellés (Messina, 3 February 1742 – Catania, 10 June 1821) was an Italian nobleman and lieutenant of the Order of Saint John from 1814 until his death.

Quick Facts Lieutenant Grand Master of the Order of Saint John, Preceded by ...

Life

From a Spanish-origin noble family in Messina, Centellés officially entered the Order on 10 February 1750. Like his predecessor as lieutenant, Innico Maria Guevara-Suardo, his lieutenancy was marked by the problem of the sovereignty of Malta – on 30 May 1814 the Treaty of Paris between Russia, Britain, France and Prussia gave sovereignty over Malta to the British. Centellés immediately responded by sending delegates to the 1815 Congress of Vienna, where they presented the Order's reasons for claiming territorial possession over Malta but were unable to win over the delegates. He sent ambassadors again in 1818, to the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, but once more to no avail. On his death in 1821 Antonio Busca succeeded him as lieutenant of the Order.

Sources

  • (in Italian) Francesco Giuseppe Terrinoni Memorie storiche della resa di Malta ai francesi nel 1798, tip. delle Belle Arti, Roma, 1867.
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