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Coat of arms of Jacques de Molay. Jacques de Molay (French: [də mɔlɛ]; 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 sometime before 20 April 1292 until it was dissolved by order of Pope Clement V in 1312.
There is in select areas a "Squire" program for those younger than 12. It was founded in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1919 and named for Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar. DeMolay was incorporated in the 1990s and is classified by the IRS as a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization.
Peire de Montagut: 1218–1232 16 Armand de Périgord (KIA/POW) [d] 1232–1244 17 Richard de Bures [d] 1245–1247 18 Guillaume de Sonnac (KIA) [e] 1247–1250 19 Renaud de Vichiers: 1250–1256 20 Thomas Bérard: 1256–1273 21 Guillaume de Beaujeu (KIA) [f] 1273–1291 22 Thibaud Gaudin: 1291–1292 Cyprus (Kingdom of Cyprus) 23 Jacques de ...
Confession of Hugues de Pairaud. November 22, 1307 Jacques de Molay retracts his confession before the cardinal sent by the pope. February 1308 Clement V suspends the inquisitors involved in the Templar affair. August 17–20, 1308 Chinon parchment shows pardons for leadership of the Templars, including Jacques de Molay and Huges de Pairaud.
In fact at no point in their history would the Templars be more powerful than in the century to come. But after the Siege of Acre in 1291, the Templars were forced to relocate their headquarters to the island of Cyprus. Jacques de Molay, who was to be the last of the Order's Grand Masters, took office around 1292. One of his first tasks was to ...
Jacques de Molay (1243–1314), burned after conviction by a tribunal under the control of King Philip IV of France, Paris, France; Geoffroi de Charney († 1314), burned with Jacques de Molay above, Paris, France. Guilhèm Belibasta († 1321), last Cathar, Villerouge-Termenès, France; Cecco d'Ascoli († 1327), Florence, Italy; Na Prous ...
Jacques de Molay and Hugues de Pairaud, the collector of the royal revenues owed to the Templars, were both arrested, as were many other Templars in France. Philip's ministers Guillaume de Nogaret and Enguerrand de Marigny were tasked to bring the list of charges against the Templars. Other witnesses were said to have been made up of expelled ...
A popular but apocryphal legend holds that as soon as the guillotine fell, an anonymous Freemason leaped on the scaffolding, plunged his hand into the blood, splashed drips of it onto the crown, and shouted, "Jacques de Molay, tu es vengé!" (usually translated as, "Jacques de Molay, thou art avenged"). De Molay (died 1314), the last Grand ...