| 词条 | Tribute of the Maltese Falcon |
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The Grand Master of the Order of St John of Jerusalem had to pay an annual tribute to the Emperor Charles V and his mother Queen Joanna of Castile as monarchs of Sicily, for the granting of Tripoli, Malta and Gozo. There were also other conditions. The annual tribute payable on All Saints day (1 November) was one falcon. The grant was made at Castel Franco and is dated the 23rd day of the month of March, Third Indiction, in the Year of Our Lord 1530; in the 10th year of our reign as Emperor, the 27th as King of Castile, Granada etc., the 16th of Navarre, the 15th of Aragon, the Two Sicilies, Jerusalem and all our other realms.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Text of the grantThe grant says: {{quote|[W]e grant, and of our liberality we bountifully bestow upon the aforesaid Very Reverend Grand Master of the Religion and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, in feudal perpetuity, noble, free and unencumbered, our cities, castles, places and islands of Tripoli, Malta and Gozo, with all their cities, castles, places and island territories; with pure and mixed jurisdiction, right, and property of useful government; with power of life and death over males and females residing within their limits, and with the laws, constitutions, and rights now existing amongst the inhabitants; together with all other laws and rights, exemptions, privileges, revenues and other immunities whatsoever; so that they may hereafter hold them in feudal tenure from us, as Kings of both Sicilies, and from our successors in the same kingdom, reigning at the time, under the sole payment of a falcon; which every year, on the Feast of All Saints, shall be presented by the person or persons duly authorised for that purpose, into the hands of the Viceroy or President, who may at that time be administering the government, in sign and recognition of feudal tenure; and having made that payment, they shall remain exempt and free from all other service claimable by law, and by custom performed by feudal vassals.{{cn|date=February 2016}}}}ConditionsThe investiture had to be renewed in every case of a new succession, and completed according to the dispositions of common law. Other conditions included:
The order and grand master paid the annual falcon until 1798 when the Order was expelled from the Maltese islands by the French Directory. References1. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.orderofmalta.int/wp-content/uploads/archive/pubblicazioni/La_cesion_de_Malta.pdf|title=La cesión de Malta a los Caballeros de San Juan a través de la cédula del 4 de marzo de 1530}} 2. ^{{cite news|url=http://riuma.uma.es/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10630/4735/TESIS%20ORDEN%20DE%20MALTA%20%20A%20TRAV%C3%89S%20DE%20DIEZ%20SIGLOS.pdf?sequence=1|title=La Soberana Orden de Malta a Través de Diez Siglos de Historia y Su Relación con la Acción Humanitaria}} 3. ^{{cite news |url=http://elpais.com/diario/2005/08/14/revistaverano/1123970413_850215.html |title=El halcón maltés regresará a España dos siglos después}} 4. ^Tributo del Halcón Maltés{{Better source|date=October 2015|reason=CIRCULAR}} 5. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.trofeocaza.com/noticia/1154/Entrevistas/La-verdadera-historia-del-halcon-maltes.html|title=La verdadera historia del halcón maltés|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530023226/http://www.trofeocaza.com/noticia/1154/Entrevistas/La-verdadera-historia-del-halcon-maltes.html|archivedate=2016-05-30|df=}} 6. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.trofeocaza.com/noticia/545/Reportajes/El-halcon-y-el-mar.html|title=El halcón y el mar|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530023233/http://www.trofeocaza.com/noticia/545/Reportajes/El-halcon-y-el-mar.html|archivedate=2016-05-30|df=}} 7. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.es/20111011/contraportada/abcp-ignacio-palomo-alvarez-volvera-20111011.html|title=El Rey volverá a tener otro halcón maltés en primavera}} 8. ^{{cite news|url=http://instea.org/2011/03/conferencia-de-antonio-de-castro-garcia-de-tejada-halconero-mayor-del-reino|title=Conferencia de Antonio de Castro García de Tejada, Halconero Mayor del Reino|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20130415031633/http://instea.org/2011/03/conferencia-de-antonio-de-castro-garcia-de-tejada-halconero-mayor-del-reino|archivedate=2013-04-15|df=}} External links
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