Grand Master
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Encyclopedic overview
Fra' Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, 80th Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta from 2018 to 2020 Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, as head of the House of Savoy was the grand master of the royal house's orders Grand Master (Latin: Magister Magnus; German: Großmeister or German: Hochmeister (literally 'High Master'); French: Grand Maître; Spanish: Gran Maestre; Portuguese: Grão-Mestre; Swedish: Stormästare) is a title of the supreme head of various orders, including chivalric orders such as military orders and dynastic orders of knighthood.
The title also occurs in modern civil fraternal orders such as the Freemasons, the Odd Fellows, and various other fraternities. Additionally, numerous modern self-styled orders attempt to imitate habits of the former bodies.
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