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List showing date of creation of the Titles of the Maltese Nobility

Order Of Precedence is shown According to Date of Creation, and Not According to Rank of Title


1. Apap Bologna Sceberras d’Amico Inguanez, Francesco,

Baron of Djar il-Bnie​t; by Lodovic, King of Sicily; on 4th January, 1350.

2. Apap Bologna Sceberras d’Amico Inguanez, Francesco,

Baron of Buqana; by Frederick III, King of Sicily ; on 4th November, 1372.

3. Sceberras Trigona, Carole Ann,

Baroness of Castel Cicciano; by Philip I, King of Sicily and Naples , (II of Spain ); on 23rd May, 1560.

4. Sant Cassia, John,

Baron of Gheriexem and Tabia; by Grandmaster Lascaris; on 16th April, 1638.

5. Chemel Testaferrata Abela, Myriam,

Baroness of Gomerino; by Grandmaster Perellos, on 24th December, 1710.

6. de Piro d’Amico Inguanez, Nicholas,

Baron of Budach; by Grandmaster Perellos on 23rd April, 1716.

7. Gera de Petri Testaferrata Bonici Ghaxaq, Agnès,

Marchioness of San Vincenzo Ferreri; by Philip V King of Spain , on 10th November, 1716.

8. Preziosi, Josef, 

Count Preziosi; by Victor Amadeus, King of Sicily and Duke of Savoy , on 19th October, 1718.

9. Chapelle Paleologo, Jean,

Count Ciantar Paleologo; by Pope Clement XI, on 8th November, 1711; date for precedence in Malta is 1722.

10. Trapani Galea Feriol, Igino,

Baron of San Marciano; by Grandmaster Manoel de Vilhena, on 14th June, 1726.

11. Pergola, Justine,

Baroness of Tabria; by Grandmaster Manoel de Vilhena, on 11th December, 1728.

12. Gera de Petri Testaferrata Bonici Ghaxaq, Agnès,

Baroness of Qlejja; by Grandmaster Despuig, on 2nd June, 1737.

13. Kitson Attard Montalto, Michael, Charles,

Baron of Benwarrad; by Grandmaster Despuig, on 18th August, 1737.

14. de Piro D’Amico Inguanez, Nicholas, 

Marquis de Piro; by Philip V King of Spain , on 6th November, 1742.

15. Consoli Palermo Navarra, Salvatore,

Count of Bahrija; by Grandmaster Pinto, on 16th May, 1743.

16. Hornyold Strickland, Henry,

Count of Catena; by Grandmaster Pinto, on 20th January, 1745.

17. Vacant,

Marquis Testaferrata Olivier; recognition extended by Grandmaster Pinto, in 1745, to a title which had been conferred by Victor Amadeus, King of Sicily & Duke of Savoy, on 13th July 1717.

18. Cassar Desain, Mark,

Marquis Cassar Desain; recognition extended by Grandmaster Pinto in 1749, to a title which had been conferred by Victor Amadeus, King of Sicily & Duke of Savoy , on 13th July 1717.

19. Sant Fournier, Stephen,

Count Fournier; by Maria Theresa Empress of Austria, on 29th January 1770.

20. Sant Cassia, John,

Count Sant; by Maria Theresa Empress of Austria, on 22nd December, 1770.

21. Manduca Piscopo Macedonia, Alfred;

Count of Mont’Alto; by Ferdinand I Duke of Parma, on 28th December, 1776, (regrant).

22. – VACANT –

Baron of San Giovanni; by Ferdinand I King of the Two Sicilies, on 16th July, 1777, (regrant). 

23. Manduca Azopardi, Joseph,

Baron of Buleben; by Grandmaster de Rohan, on 23rd July, 1777.

24. Cremona Barbaro, Antony,

Marquis of St. George; by Grandmaster de Rohan, on 6th September, 1778.

25. Deguara Caruana Gatto, Paul,

Count of Beberrua; by Grandmaster de Rohan, on 23rd October, 1783.

26. Laferla, Michael,

Marquis of Fiddien; by Grandmaster de Rohan, on 15th October, 1785.

27. Vacant,

Marquis of Taflia; by Grandmaster de Rohan, on 13th November, 1790.

28. Mc Cutcheon Teuma Castelletti, Mary Frances,

Countess of Ghajn Tuffieha; by Grandmaster de Rohan, on 7th January,1792.

29. Apap Bologna, Philip Frederick,

Marquis of Gnien is-Sultan; by Grandmaster de Rohan, on 1st December, 1792.

30. Borg Carbott, Daniel,

Baron of Grua; by Grandmaster de Rohan, on 30th December,1794.

31. Vacant,

Count of Senia; by Grandmaster de Rohan, on 6th June, 1795.

32. Formosa Gauci, Michael,

Marquis of Ghajn Qajjed; by Grandmaster de Rohan, on 4th June, 1796

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