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English[en]
In his history of the Order of St. John, the 18th-century historian Abbe Vertot (whose history is largely based on - but often confuses - the earlier one of Giacomo Bosio) indicates that Valette was indeed the same age as both Suleiman I and Kızılahmedli Mustafa Pasha (the commander of the Ottoman land forces), which would mean that he was actually 70 years old at the time of the siege.
Norwegian[nb]
I sin historie om johanitterordenen sier 1700-tallshistorikeren René-Aubert Vertot at Valette faktisk var av samme alder som både Suleiman I og Lala Mustafa Pasha (kommandanten av de osmanske landstyrkene), noe som ville bety at han faktisk var 70 år ved tiden av beleiringen.