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This is a list of some members of the Knights Templar, a powerful Christian military order during the time of the Crusades. At peak, the Order had approximately 20,000 members. The Knights Templar were led by the Grand Master, originally based in Jerusalem, whose deputy was the Seneschal. Next in importance was the Marshal, who was responsible ...
The Knights Templar, full name The United Religious, Military and Masonic Orders of the Temple and of St John of Jerusalem, Palestine, Rhodes and Malta, is a fraternal order affiliated with Freemasonry.
Between 1229 and 1290, the Teutonic Knights absorbed both the Brothers of the Sword and the Order of Dobrzyń, subjugated most of the Baltic tribes and established a ruthless and exploitative monastic state. [6] [7] The Knights invited foreign nobility to join their regular Reisen, or raids, against the last unconquered Baltic people, the ...
Commander of Palestine Commandery, Knights Templar No. 7 at Savannah, Georgia, in the 1880s. [10] Rudolph Martin Anderson (1876–1961), Canadian zoologist and explorer [10] Sigurd Anderson (1904–1990), 19th governor of South Dakota. Raised in Coteau Lodge No. 54 at Webster, South Dakota, in 1943. [10]
Bernard-Raymond Fabré-Palaprat (29 May 1773 – 18 February 1838), was a priest and mystic who founded a self-styled order called the Ordre du Temple, claiming direct descent from the original Knights Templar in 1804.
The date allegedly used by Knights Templars A∴Y∴M∴ – Ancient York Mason M∴W∴Grand Lodge of F∴ and A∴ Masons of the State of Louisiana, at its Fifty-fifth Annual Communication, held at New Orleans, February 11, 1867.
The grand master controlled the actions of the order but he was expected to act the same way as the rest of the knights. After Pope Innocent II issued the bull Omne datum optimum on behalf of the Templars in 1139, the grand master was obliged to answer only to him.
The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon (Latin: Pauperes commilitones Christi Templique Salomonici and French: Pauvres Chevaliers du Christ et du Temple de Salomon) are also known as the Order of Solomon's Temple, and mainly the Knights Templar (French: Les Chevaliers Templiers), or simply the Templars (French: Les Templiers).