Emmanuel-Frédéric-Gérard Rousseau (also known as Fra' Emmanuel Rousseau as a member of the of the

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; born 30 June 1969) is a French archivist.

Life

Rousseau is born in Nancy in 1969 as the son of Claude Rousseau, an engineer and an officer of the Order of Leopold II of Belgium. He made his solemn vows as a full Knight of Justice on 11 May 2011 at the church Sainte-Élisabeth-de-Hongrie in Paris. A Knight Grand Cross of Justice, he was elected to a five-year term as a member of the Sovereign Council in May 2014. He was elected to a second five-year term as a member of the Sovereign Council in May 2019. Rousseau is curator of the Magistral Libraries and Archives and Vice-President of the (French) ''Académie historique de l'Ordre de Malte''. Rousseau is President of the Historical Commission for the

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. On 3 September 2022,

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appointed him Grand Commander of the Order of Malta.

Publications

* With Étienne Martin and Bruno Martin: ''Saints et Bienheureux de l’Ordre de Malte'', 2014. * With Laure Peureux, Olivier Cubourg, and Hugues Lefort: "L’Ordre de Malte pendant la Première Guerre mondiale", ''Soins'' 59, no. 786 (juin 2014): 80–82. * Introduction to Valeria Vanesio, ''Il valore inestimabile delle carte: l'archivio del Sovrano Militare Ordine di Malta e la sua storia: un primo esperimento di ricostruzione''. Roma: Tip. Mariti, 2014.

Presentations

* "La vie spirituelle du Cardinal Tisserant", Colloque ''Le Cardinal Tisserant au service des Églises orientales'', 21 octobre 2017, église Sainte-Élisabeth-de-Hongrie, Paris.

Honours

* Grand Officer, National Order of Merit, Romania, February 14, 2013."Decret nr. 232 din 14 februarie 2013"

Notes

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