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This category includes historical battles in which the Knights Templar (1119–1312) participated. Please see the category guidelines for more information.
This category includes historical sieges in which the Knights Templar (1119–1312) participated. Please see the category guidelines for more information. Pages in category "Sieges involving the Knights Templar"
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 ...
Battles involving the Knights Templar (1 C, 12 P) ... This list may not reflect recent changes. S. Spanish Christian–Muslim War of 1172–1212; W. War of Saint Sabas;
[4] [5] Pais brought innovation and particular attention was paid to the layout and construction of Tomar, as it was the first Templar castle designed as the Orders headquarters in Portugal. [4] It featured a number of military design innovations like a keep, an angled wall and was a clear departure from the typical Iberian castle and featured ...
On 5 June 1249, the French crusader army, combined with de Sonnac and his Templar knights, attempted to land in Egypt. [2] They targeted Damietta , just as the Fifth Crusade had years earlier. Fighting on the Egyptian beaches was heavy and the King fought in waist-high water alongside the troops. [ 2 ]
Although the battle reconciled the factions within the Frankish nobility, this political unity cost the Franks a number of influential knights: the Hospitaller Master Roger of Moulins, the Templar Marshal Robert Fraisnel, the Templar Jacquelin of Maillé, and plausibly the Templar Seneschal Urs of Alneto. [26]
The first recorded battle involving the Knights Templar was in the town of Teqoa, south of Jerusalem, in 1138. A force of Templars led by their Grand Master, Robert de Craon (who succeeded Hugues de Payens about a year earlier), was sent to retake the town after it was captured by Muslims. They were initially successful, but the Muslims ...