A statue of Jean de Vallette - HD stock video

Fra' Jean Parisot de Valette[a], (4 February 1495[?], Parisot, Rouergue – 21 August 1568, Malta) was a French nobleman and 49th Grand Master of the Order of Malta, from 21 August 1557 to his death in 1568. As a Knight Hospitaller, joining the order in the Langue de Provence, he fought with distinction against the Turks at Rhodes. As Grand Master, Valette became the Order's hero and most illustrious leader, commanding the resistance against the Ottomans at the Great Siege of Malta in 1565, sometimes regarded as one of the greatest sieges of all time.Grandmaster La Valette did not live to see Valletta completed as he died at the age of 74 and was followed by Grandmaster Pietro De Monte. The foundation stone of Valletta was laid by Grandmaster La Valette in the year 1566.