Wignacourt is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
House of Vignacourt
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Adrien de Wignacourt
Fra' Adrien de Wignacourt (1618 – 4 February 1697) was the 63rd Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Malta from 1690 to 1697.
He was the nephew of Fra Alof de Wignacourt. He was elected Grand Master after the death of Fra Gregorio Carafa ...
(1618–1697), Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller from 1690 to 1697
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Alof de Wignacourt
Fra Alof de Wignacourt (1547 – 14 September 1622) was a French nobleman who was the 54th Grand Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem from 10 February 1601 to his death in 1622. Unlike a number of the other Grand Masters, he was popul ...
(1547–1622), Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller from 1601 to 1622
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Maximilien de Wignacourt Maximilien de Wignacourt, alternatively Vignacourt or Vignacurtius (1560–1620) was a writer in Latin and French in the Spanish Netherlands.
Life
Wignacourt was born in Arras in 1560, a nephew of the renowned jurist François Baudouin. In the lat ...
(1560–1620), Baroque poet
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Vignacourt
Vignacourt () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
Vignacourt is situated northwest of Amiens, on the D12 and D49 junction.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Somme department
The follow ...
, a comune in France
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Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt and his Page (Caravaggio)
''Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt with his Page'' (c. 1607-1608) is a painting by the Italian master Caravaggio, in the Louvre of Paris.
Alof de Wignacourt joined the Order of the Knights of Saint John (the Knights of Malta) in 1564, aged sevent ...
(1607–1608), painting by the Italian master Caravaggio, in the Louvre of Paris
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Wignacourt towers
The Wignacourt towers ( mt, Torrijiet ta' Wignacourt) are a series of large coastal watchtowers built in Malta by the Order of Saint John between 1610 and 1620. A total of six towers of this type were constructed, four of which survive.
Backgro ...
, a series of fortified towers on Malta built by Alof de Wignacourt from 1610 to 1620
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Wignacourt Tower
Wignacourt Tower ( mt, Torri ta' Wignacourt), also known as Saint Paul's Bay Tower ( mt, Torri ta' San Pawl il-Baħar), is a bastioned watchtower in St. Paul's Bay, Malta. It was the first of six Wignacourt towers to be built, and the first ston ...
, the first of these towers
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Wignacourt Aqueduct
The Wignacourt Aqueduct ( mt, L-Akwedott ta' Wignacourt) is a 17th-century aqueduct in Malta, which was built by the Order of Saint John to carry water from springs in Dingli and Rabat to the newly built capital city Valletta. The aqueduct was ...
, an aqueduct on Malta built by Alof de Wignacourt from 1610 to 1615
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Wignacourt Arch
The Wignacourt Arch known as the Fleur-De-Lys Gate ( mt, L-Arkata ta' Wignacourt magħrufa bħala l-Bieb ta' Fleur-De-Lys) is an ornamental arch located on the boundary between Fleur-de-Lys (a suburb of Birkirkara) and Santa Venera, Malta. The ...
, an archway within the aqueduct
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Wignacourt Museum Wignacourt is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
House of Vignacourt
*Adrien de Wignacourt (1618–1697), Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller from 1690 to 1697
*Alof de Wignacourt (1547–1622), Grand Master of the Knights Ho ...
, a museum in Rabat, Malta named after Alof de Wignacourt
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