Martin de Redin | |
Office: | Viceroy of Sicily |
Term Start: | 1656 |
Term End: | 1657 |
Predecessor: | Juan Tellez-GirĂ³n y Enriquez de Ribera |
Successor: | Pedro Rubeo |
Office1: | Grand Master of the Order of Saint John |
Term Start1: | 17 August 1657 |
Term End1: | 6 February 1660 |
Monarch1: | King Philip III |
Predecessor1: | Giovanni Paolo Lascaris |
Successor1: | Annet de Clermont-Gessant |
Birth Date: | 1579 |
Birth Place: | Pamplona, Navarre |
Death Date: | 6 February 1660 |
Death Place: | Malta |
Restingplace: | St. John's Co-Cathedral |
Nationality: | Spanish |
Allegiance: | Kingdom of Sicily Order of Saint John |
Fra' Martin de Redin (Pamplona, 1579 - Malta, 6 February 1660) was a Spanish military and political figure, and the 58th Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Malta. He became Grand Prior of the Order of Malta of Navarra in 1641, and Viceroy of Sicily in 1656.
He was elected Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller in 1657 after the death of Giovanni Paolo Lascaris. During his rule, he commissioned the building of 13 de Redin watch towers around the coast of Malta. These towers created a line of communication around the island to give warning of the approach of corsairs and pirates.
De Redin also created a corps of 4,000 musketeers, and brought in food and supplies from Sicily when Malta suffered a shortage during his reign.