Manuel Pinto da Fonseca
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Manuel Pinto da Fonseca was a Portuguese nobleman, the 68th Grand Master of the Order of Saint John, from 1741 until his death.
Portrait by Pierre Bernard (1704-1777)
Pinto as 67th Grand Master in Cronologia dei gran maestri dello spedale della sacra religione militare di S. Gio. Gerosolimitano e dall' Ordine del Santo Sepolcro oggi detti di Malta (1776?)
Part of the façade of Auberge de Castille (1741–45), showing Pinto's bust and coat of arms
30 tarì coin minted in 1757
Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg)
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The Bailiwick of Brandenburg of the Chivalric Order of Saint John of the Hospital at Jerusalem, commonly known as the Order of Saint John or the Johanniter Order, is the German Protestant branch of the Knights Hospitaller, the oldest surviving chivalric order, which generally is considered to have been founded at Jerusalem in 1099.
Prince Oskar of Prussia leading a procession of the Johanniterorden in 1924
German Emperor William II in ceremonial robes as Protector of the Order of Saint John
Otto von Bismarck wearing neck and breast crosses of a Knight of Honor, circa 1862
The cross of a Knight of Justice.