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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 ...
He oversaw all of the operations of the order, including both the military operations in the Holy Land and Eastern Europe, and the financial and business dealings in the order's infrastructure of Western Europe. The grand master controlled the actions of the order but he was expected to act the same way as the rest of the knights.
Templar chapel from the 12th century in Metz, France. Once part of the Templar commandery of Metz, the oldest Templar institution of the Holy Roman Empire. The Templars were organised as a monastic order similar to Bernard's Cistercian Order, which was considered the first effective international organization in Europe. [88]
Reorganised as Sacred and Military Order of the Holy Sepulchre in 1496 by Pope Alexander VI. Reorganised by Pope Pius IX with the residential restoration of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem in 1847. [10] Known as the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem since 1931. Knights Templar (Supreme Order of Christ) (Order Of Christ)
Templar establishments in Europe. Templar fortress of Paris, now destroyed. Commandry of Coulommiers, France [6] Commandry of Avalleur, in Bar-sur-Seine [7] Commandry of Saint-Blaise, Hyères [8] La Rochelle, Charente Maritime, France [1] Chapelle des Templiers de Metz - 12th-century Gothic chapel with octagonal plan and various paintings. [9]
The Knights Templar were an elite fighting force of their day, highly trained, well-equipped, and highly motivated; one of the tenets of their religious order was that they were forbidden from retreating in battle, unless outnumbered three to one, and even then only by order of their commander, or if the Templar flag went down.
The Order of the Temple's Belgian branch, KVMRIS, encouraged the formation of the International Secretariat of Templars in Brussels in 1894. [2] The Belgian branch eventually created in 1932 as the Sovereign and Military Order of the Temple, under the regent Théodore Covias (there were too few members to have a Grand Master).
Knights Templar Parade on Superior Street, Toledo, Ohio, September 26, 1906 Knight Templars, parading on Cotton Avenue at 2nd Street, Macon, GA, circa 1880s In the United States, a Knights Templar commandery is traditionally the final body that a member joins in the York Rite after the chapter of Royal Arch Masons and a council of Royal ...