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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).
The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Jesus Christ, commonly known as the Knights Templar, [2] originally began c. 1120, when a group of eight Christian Knights approached Warmund, Patriarch of Jerusalem and requested permission to defend the Kingdom of Jerusalem. [3] Baldwin II of Jerusalem gave them quarters in the Temple of Solomon.
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.
A military order (Latin: militaris ordo) is a Christian religious society of knights. The original military orders were the Knights Templar, the Knights Hospitaller, the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, the Order of Saint James, the Order of Calatrava, and the Teutonic Knights.
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]
In August 1179, the new Templar fortress was captured and the knights stationed there were beheaded by the Muslim forces. Odo died in one of Saladin's jails sometime during 1180, although no exact date survives. [3] His release was proposed, in exchange for one of Saladin's captive nephews, but negotiations came too late.
10th Grand Master of the Knights Templar; In office 1184–1189: Preceded by: Arnold of Torroja: Succeeded by: Robert IV of Sablé: Personal details; Born: c. 1140: Died: October 4, 1189 (aged 48–49) Acre: Nationality: Flemish: Military service; Allegiance: Kingdom of Jerusalem Knights Templar: Rank: Marshal of Jerusalem (1179-1184) Templar ...
The remaining knights of the order, men, women and children found shelter in the Temple, the great fort of the Templars. Pierre de Severy, Marshal of the Order, Thibaud Gaudin, treasurer of the order, and their knights were the last to defend Acre. After trying to break in for a whole week without success, Al-Ashraf Khalil offered the marshal ...