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Knights Templar Timeline 330 - 1065 |
330 A.D. |
Helena, the mother of the Roman Emperor Constantine, discovered the Holy Sepulchre and her son built the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem |
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330 - 637 |
Pilgrims throughout the Middle Ages made sacred pilgrimages to the Holy city of Jerusalem |
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637 A.D. |
Jerusalem surrendered to the Saracens |
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637 |
The caliph of the Saracens called Omar gave guarantees for the safety of the Christian population - pilgrimages continued | |
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Knights Templar Timeline 1065 - 1118 |
1065 |
Jerusalem was taken by the Turks - initiating the crusades of the Middle Ages. |
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1098 |
Crusaders led by Godfrey of Bouillon took Jerusalem back from the Turks. The founding of the Knights Templar was initiated shortly after this date by Bernard of Clairvaux | |
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Knights Templar Timeline 1118 - 1150 |
1118 |
King Baldwin II of Jerusalem, granted the Knights Templar a place to live within the sacred enclosure of the Temple on Mount Moriah. |
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1118 |
Hugh de Payens was chosen by the knights as the first Grand Master of the order |
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1127 |
Hugh De Payen and the Knights Templar returned to France |
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1127 |
The first donation of land was given to the Templars by Count Thybaud |
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1127 |
Hugh de Payens was granted the land for the first Temple Church in Holborn, London |
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1128 |
The ecclesiastical Council of Troyes was instigated by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux and gave the Knights Templar official recognition and the “Templar Rule”. |
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1130 |
Knights Templar order received privileges from Alfonso I of Spain |
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1136 |
Knights Templar Hugh de Payen died and was succeeded by Robert de Craon as Master of the Temple |
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1136 |
The Knights Templar were awarded the wealthy manor of Cressing |
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1139 |
A Papal Bull was issued by Pope Innocent II stating that the Knights Templar should owe allegiance to none other than the Pope | |
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1146 |
Knights Templar Robert de Craon died and was succeeded by Everard des Barres as Grand Master | |
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1146 |
The Knights Templar order adopted the 'cross pattee' - a splayed red cross as their emblem |
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1148 |
The Knights Templar order supported the second crusade and assembled at Acre |
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1149 |
Everard des Barres dies and is succeeded by Bernard de Tremelay (1149-1153) | |
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1153 |
Bernard de Tremelay dies and is succeeded by André de Montbard (1153-1156) |
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1154 |
The Grand Master of Knights Templar, André de Montbard, superintended the Masons in England and built their Temple in Fleet Street, London |
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1156 |
André de Montbard dies and is succeeded by Bertrand de Blanchefort (1156-1169) |
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1169 |
Bertrand de Blanchefort dies and is succeeded by Philippe de Milly (1169-1171) |
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1170 |
Richard de Hastings, the Master of the English Templars, attempted to reconcile the differences between King Henry II and Thomas Becket. Their attempts to reconcile the two parties failed and Thomas Becket was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral | |
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1171 |
Philippe de Milly dies and is succeeded by Odo de St Amand (1171-1179) |
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1179 |
Odo de St Amand dies and is succeeded by Arnaud de Toroge (1179-1184) |
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1184 |
The army of Jerusalem and Guy of Lusignan, the King of Jerusalem, was beaten by Turkish forces and all Knights Templar who survived the battle were executed afterwards | |
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1184 |
Arnaud de Toroge dies and is succeeded by Gérard de Ridefort in 1185 |
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1189 |
Gérard de Ridefort dies and is succeeded by Robert de Sablé in 1191 |
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1191 |
The city of Acre was taken by the Crusaders and the Knights Templars |
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1191 |
Robert de Sablé dies in 1191 and is succeeded by Gilbert Horal (1193-1200) | |
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Knights Templar Timeline 1250 - 1300 |
1200 |
Gilbert Horal dies and is succeeded by Phillipe de Plessis (1201-1208) |
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1208 |
Phillipe de Plessis dies and is succeeded by Guillaume de Chartres (1209-1219) |
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1219 |
Guillaume de Chartres and is succeeded by Pedro de Montaigu (1219-1230) |
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1230 |
Pedro de Montaigu dies and is succeeded by Armand de Périgord (1232-1244) |
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1244 |
Armand de Périgord dies and is succeeded by Richard de Bures (1245-1247) |
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1247 |
Richard de Bures dies and is succeeded by Guillaume de Sonnac (1247-1250) |
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1250 |
Guillaume de Sonnac is succeeded by Renaud de Vichiers (1250-1256) |
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1256 |
Renaud de Vichiers is succeeded by Thomas Bérard (1256-1273) |
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1263 |
Problems in England lead to the Baron's revolt led by Simon de Montford opposing the prince who becomes Edward I. Edward entered the Knights Templar Temple in London and ransacked the treasury | |
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1271 |
Edward led a crusade and was attacked by an assassin with a poisoned knife. He survived the attack and his life was saved with drugs sent by the Master of the Knights Templar, Thomas Bérard |
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1272 |
King Henry III of England died and the English Council met at the Temple in London and draft a letter to Prince Edward informing him of his accession to the throne, illustrating the political importance of the Knights Templar in England |
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1272 |
Thomas Bérard is succeeded by Guillaume de Beaujeu (1273-1291) |
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1291 |
Guillaume de Beaujeu dies and is succeeded by Thibaud Gaudin (1291-1292) |
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1291 |
The Knights Templar suffer a huge defeat at Acre and cease to be a strong fighting force |
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1292 |
Thibaud Gaudin is succeeded by Jacques de Molay (1292-1314) | |
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Knights Templar Timeline 1300 - 1314 |
1302 |
The Knights Templar recruited after the defeat at Acre are wiped out at Raud |
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1307 |
King Philip IV of France (1268-1314) who was already heavily in debt to the Knights Templar requested a further loan. The request was refused and King Philip ordered the arrest of all Knight Templars in France |
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1307 |
On Wednesday, October 11th, Templar ships left La Rochelle, with much of their wealth. It is said that half went to Scotland and half went to Portugal and assumed the name The Order of Christ |
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1307 |
On Friday, October 13th, Jacques de Molay, the Grand Master of the Knights Templar, and 60 of his senior knights were arrested in Paris, France and charged with heresy. Many confessed under torture | |
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1307 |
Pope Clement V initiated enquiries into the order and thousands of Knights Templar were arrested across Europe | |
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1312 |
The Medieval order of the Knights Templar become officially dissolved by the Council of Vienne. |
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1312 |
All the property owned by the Templars is transferred to the Knights of St. John ( The Hospitallers ) |
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1314 |
Jacques de Molay and Geoffroi de Charney were burnt at the stake on March 18th for rescinding their former admission of heresy |
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1314 |
Jean-Marcus Larmenius, the Commander of the Knights Templar Priory on Cyprus, becomes Grand Master when Jacques de Molay verbally bestowed the Grand Mastership of the Order upon him before his death. | |
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Knights Templar Timeline 1314 - Present |
1324 |
Jean-Marcus Larmenius had a document drawn up that is referred to as the “Charter of Transmission”. This document has been signed by every Grand Master of the Order until 1804 when it was publicly revealed by then Grand Master Bernard Raymond Fabre-Palaprat. It still hangs in the Mark Masons Hall in London, England. |
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1324 |
Jean-Marcus Larmenius dies and is succeeded by Franciscus Theobaldus (1324 – 1340) |
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1340 |
Franciscus Theobaldus dies and is succeeded by Arnald de Braque (1340 - 1349) |
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1349 |
Arnald de Braque dies and is succeeded by John de Clermont (1349 – 1357) | |
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1357 |
John de Clermont dies and is succeeded by Bertrand de Guesclin (1357 – 1380) | |
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1380 |
Bertrand de Guesclin dies and is succeeded by John de l'Armagnac (1380 -1381) |
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1381 |
John de l'Armagnac dies and is succeeded by Bertrand de l'Armagnac (1381 -1392) |
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1392 |
Bertrand de l'Armagnac dies and is succeeded by John de l'Armagnac II (1392 -1418) |
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1418 |
John de l'Armagnac II dies and is succeeded by John de Croy (1418 -1451) |
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1478 |
John de Croy dies and is succeeded by Robert de Lenoncourd as Grand Master (1478 -1497) | |
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Robert de Lenoncourd dies and is succeeded by Galeas Salazar (1498 - ?) |
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1516 |
Galeas Salazar dies and is succeeded by Philippe de Chabot as Grand Master (1516 - 1543) |
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1544 |
Philippe de Chabot dies and is succeeded by Gaspard de Chobane as Grand Master (1544) |
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1574 |
Gaspard de Chobane dies and is succeeded by Henri, Duke of Montmorency as Grand Master (1574 - 1614) |
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1615 |
Henri, Duke of Montmorency dies and is succeeded by Charles de Valois as Grand Master (1615) |
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1651 |
Charles de Valois dies and is succeeded by James de Grancey as Grand Master (1651 - ?) |
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1681 |
James de Grancey dies and is succeeded by Jacques de Durfort as Grand Master (1681- ?) |
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1705 |
Jacques de Durfort dies and is succeeded by Phillipe, Duke of Orleans as Grand Master who brought the Order out of hiding (1705 – 1723) |
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1724 |
Phillipe, Duke of Orleans dies and is succeeded by Louis Auguste de Bourbon as Grand Master (1724 -1737) |
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1737 |
Louis Auguste de Bourbon dies and is succeeded by Louis Henri de Bourbon as Grand Master (1737 - 1741) |
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1741 |
Louis Henri de Bourbon dies and is succeeded by Louis Francois de Bourbon as Grand Master (1741 - 1746) |
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1776 |
Louis Francois de Bourbon dies and is succeeded by Louis Timoleon as Grand Master (1776 - 1792) |
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1804 |
Louis Timoleon dies and is succeeded by Claude de Chevillon as Grand Master (1804) |
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1804 |
Claude de Chevillon dies and is succeeded by Bernard Fabre-Palaprat as Grand Master who brought the “Charter of Transmission” into public view for the first time in 480 years. (1804 – 1839) |
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1839 |
Bernard Fabre-Palaprat dies and is succeeded by Sir William Smith as Grand Master (1839 – 1840) |
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1840 |
Sir William Smith dies and is succeeded by Edward VII of Great Britain, George V of Hanover as Prince Regent of the Order (1840 – 1850) |
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1850 |
Edward VII of Great Britain,George V of Hanover dies and is succeeded by Narcisse Valleray as Prince Regent of the Order (1850 - 1866) |
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1866 |
Narcisse Valleray dies and is succeeded by A. G.M. Vernois as Prince Regent of the Order (1866 - 1892) |
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1892 |
A. G.M. Vernois dies and is succeeded by Joseph Paladan as Prince Regent of the Order (1892-1894) |
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1894 |
Joseph Paladan dies and is succeeded by the International Secretariat Established in Belgium as Prince Regent of the Order (1892 - 1934) |
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1934 |
The Regency of the Order is transferred from the International Secretariat Established in Belgium to the Regency Council under Joseph Vandenberg (1934) |
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1935 |
The Regency of the Order is transferred from the Regency Council under Joseph Vandenberg to Theodore Covias of Belgium who is named Guardian of the Order (1935) |
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1935 |
The Regency of the Order is transferred from Theodore Covias of Belgium to Emile Clement Vandenberg who is named Guardian of the Order (1935) |
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1942 |
Secretariat and Guardianship of the Order secretly removed from Belgium during Nazi occupation to neutral Portugal and Count Antonio Campbell Pinto de Sousa Fontes, KGC, becomes Regent by Magisterial Degree (1942 - 1960) |
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1960 - Present |
Count Antonio Campbell Pinto de Sousa Fontes dies and Regency is assumed by his son Fernando Campello Pinto Pereiro de Sousa Fontes (1960 – Present) |
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NOTE: Mid 1990’s |
Several groups of people within the Order no longer recognized Fernando Campello Pinto Pereiro de Sousa Fontes as the legitimate Prince Regent and a schism within the Order resulted. Several Priories split and became autonomous Knights Templar Orders. If they do not acknowledge Fernando Campello Pinto Pereiro de Sousa Fontes as Prince Regent in their lineage, then their “history” begins when they became autonomous |
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