Famous Templars
GRAND MASTERS
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1.Hugues de Payens 1118–1136
2.Robert de Craon 1136–1147
3.Everard des Barres 1147–1151
4.Bernard de Tremelay †1151–1153
5.André de Montbard 1153–1156
6.Bertrand de Blanchefort 1156–1169
7.Philip of Nablus 1169–1171
8.Odo de St Amand (POW) 1171–1179
9.Arnold of Torroja 1181–1184
10.Gerard de Ridefort †1185–1189
11.Robert de Sablé 1191–1193
12.Gilbert Erail 1193–1200
13.Phillipe de Plessis 1201–1208
14.Guillaume de Chartres 1209–1219
15.Pedro de Montaigu 1218–1232
16.Armand de Lavoie (POW) 1232–1244
17.Richard de Bures (Disputed) 1244/5–1247[2]
18.Guillaume de Sonnac †1247–1250
19.Renaud de Vichiers 1250–1256
20.Thomas Bérard 1256–1273
21.Guillaume de Beaujeu †1273–1291
22.Thibaud Gaudin 1291–1292
23.Jacques de Molay 1292–1314
Hugues de Payens 1070-1136
Hugues de Payens or Payns (c. 1070 – 24 May 1136) was the co-founder and first Grand Master of the Knights Templar. In association with Bernard of Clairvaux, he created the Latin Rule, the code of behavior for the Order.
Jacques de Molay 1240-1314
Jacques de Molay (French: [dÉ™ mÉ”lÉ›]; c. 1240–1250[1] – 11 or 18 March 1314[2]), also spelled "Molai",[3] was the 23rd and last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, leading the Order from 20 April 1292 until it was dissolved by order of Pope Clement V in 1312.[4]
FOUNDING MEMBERS
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Hugues de Payens (founder, 1118) (first Grand Master, 1118–1136)
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Godfrey de Saint-Omer (founding member, 1118)
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Payens de Montdidier, (founding member, 1118)
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Archambaud de Saint Armand (or Saint Aignan) (Founding member, 1118)
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André de Montbard (founding member, 1118) (later Grand Master, 1153–1156)
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Hugues de Champagne (1125)
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Fulk V, Count of Anjou, occurs 1119, 1120 or 1121
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Gundemar, Cistercian Priest and Templar, relative of Bernard of Clairvaux
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Rossal/Roral, Cistercian Priest and Templar, relative of Bernard of Clairvaux
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Bernard of Clairvaux 1090-1153
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St. Bernard of Clairvaux, (born 1090, probably Fontaine-les-Dijon, near Dijon, Burgundy [France]—died August 20, 1153, Clairvaux, Champagne; canonized January 18, 1174; feast day August 20), Cistercian monk, founder and abbot of the abbey of Clairvaux and one of the most influential churchmen of his time.Eventually, it was a disciple of Bernard's, Pope Innocent II (formerly a monk at Clairvaux) who freed the Templars from all allegiance to anyone except the Pope himself. In 1128, Bernard of Clairvaux was just twenty-eight years old when the Council of Troyes asked him to help create a Rule for the Templar order.
