Hospitaller conquest of Rhodes

Hospitaller conquest of Rhodes
Part of the Crusades
Prise de Rhodes, 15 août 1310 (oil on canvas by Éloi Firmin Féron, 1838–1839)
Date 23 June 1306–15 August 1310 Location Rhodes, Dodecanese Result Hospitaller victory Rhodes is captured by the Hospitallers.
Belligerents
Knights Hospitaller	Byzantine Empire
Commanders and leaders
Foulques de Villaret	Andronikos II
Strength
unknown	unknown
Casualties and losses
unknown	unknown

The Hospitaller conquest of Rhodes took place in 1306–1310. The Knights Hospitaller, led by Grand Master Foulques de Villaret, landed on the island in summer 1306 and quickly conquered most of it except for the city of Rhodes, which remained in Byzantine hands. Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos sent reinforcements, which allowed the city to repel the initial Hospitaller attacks, and persevere until it was captured on 15 August 1310. The Hospitallers transferred their base to the island, which became the centre of their activities until it was conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1522.