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Knights Templar Timeline

Knights Templar Timeline
This comprehensive Knights Templar Timeline details the major events significant to the Order of the Knights Templar. The timeline starts during the Roman period and the discovery of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. The timeline then goes on to first crusade and the founding of the Knights Templar Order. All of the Masters names are detailed in this Knights Templar timeline. Dates of all of the major events and people who were important to the Knights Templar order can be found in the timeline. Facts and information about the main events of the Knights Templar history can be found in many entries in the timeline.

Events Summary Knights Templar Timeline	Key Dates in the Knights Templar Timeline	Major Events in the Knights Templar Timeline
Knights Templar Timeline 330 - 1065	330 A.D.	The mother of the Roman Emperor Constantine, discovered the Holy Sepulchre and her son built the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem
	330 - 637	Pilgrims throughout the Middle Ages made sacred pilgrimages to the Holy city of Jerusalem
	637 A.D.	Jerusalem was surrendered to the Saracens
	637	The caliph of the Saracens called Omar gave guarantees for the safety of the Christian population - pilgrimages continued
Knights Templar Timeline 1065 - 1118	1065	Jerusalem was taken by the Turks - initiating the crusades of the Middle Ages.
Knights Templar Timeline 1065 - 1118	1099	Crusaders led by Godfrey of Bouillon took Jerusalem back from the Turks. The founding of the Knights Templar was initiated shortly after this date by Bernard of Clairvaux
Knights Templar Timeline 1118 - 1150	1118	King Baldwin II of Jerusalem, granted the Knights Templar a place to live within the sacred enclosure of the Temple on Mount Moriah.
	1118	Hugh de Payens was chosen by the knights as the first master of the order
	1127	Hugh De Payen and the Knights Templar returned to France
	1127	The first donation of land was given to the Templars by Count Thybaud
	1127	Hugh de Payens was granted the land for the first Temple Church in Holborn, London
	1128	The ecclesiastical Council of Troyes was instigated by Bernard of Clairvaux and gave the Knights Templar official recognition
	1130	Knights Templar order received privileges from Alfonso I of Spain
	1136	Knights Templar Hugh de Payen died and was succeeded by Robert de Craon as Master of the Temple
	1136	The Knights Templar were awarded the wealthy manor of Cressing
	1139	A Papal Bull was issued by Pope Innocent II stating that the Knights Templar should owe allegiance to none other than the Pope
	1146	Knights Templar Robert de Craon died and was succeeded by Everard des Barres as Master of the Temple
	1146	The Knights Templar order adopted the splayed red cross as their emblem
	1148	The Knights Templar order supported the second crusade and assembled at Acre
	1149	Everard des Barres dies and is succeeded by Bernard de Tremelay (1149-1153)
Knights Templar Timeline 1150 - 1250
	1153	Bernard de Tremelay dies and is succeeded by André de Montbard (1153-1156)
	1154	The Grand Master of Knights Templar, André de Montbard, superintended the Masons in England and built their Temple in Fleet Street, London
	1156	André de Montbard dies and is succeeded by Bertrand de Blanchefort (1156-1169)
	1169	Bertrand de Blanchefort dies and is succeeded by Philippe de Milly (1169-1171)
	1170	Richard de Hastings, the Master of the English Templars, attempted to reconcile the differences between King Henry II and Thomas Becket. Their attempts to reconcile the two parties failed and Thomas a Becket was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral
	1171	Philippe de Milly dies and is succeeded by Odo de St Amand (1171-1179)
	1179	Odo de St Amand dies and is succeeded by Arnaud de Toroge (1179-1184)
	1184	The army of Jerusalem and Guy of Lusignan, the King of Jerusalem, was beaten by Turkish forces and all Knights Templar who survived the battle were executed afterwards
	1184	Arnaud de Toroge dies and is succeeded by Gérard de Ridefort in 1185
	1189	Gérard de Ridefort dies and is succeeded by Robert de Sablé in 1191
	1191	The city of Acre was taken by the Crusaders and the Knights Templars
	1191	Robert de Sablé dies in 1191 and is succeeded by Gilbert Horal (1193-1200)
Knights Templar Timeline 1250 - 1300	1200	Gilbert Horal dies and is succeeded by Phillipe de Plessis (1201-1208)
	1208	Phillipe de Plessis dies and is succeeded by Guillaume de Chartres (1209-1219)
	1219	Guillaume de Chartres and is succeeded by Pedro de Montaigu (1219-1230)
	1230	Pedro de Montaigu dies and is succeeded by Armand de Périgord (1232-1244)
	1244	Armand de Périgord dies and is succeeded by Richard de Bures (1245-1247)
	1247	Richard de Bures dies and is succeeded by Guillaume de Sonnac (1247-1250)
	1250	Guillaume de Sonnac is succeeded by Renaud de Vichiers (1250-1256)
	1256	Renaud de Vichiers is succeeded by Thomas Bérard (1256-1273)
	1263	Problems in England lead to the Baron's revolt led by Simon de Montford opposing the prince who becomes Edward I. Edward entered the Knights Templar Temple in London and ransacked the treasury
	1271	Edward lead a crusade and was attacked by an assassin with a poisoned knife. He survived the attack and his life was saved with drugs sent by the Master of the Knights Templar, Thomas Bérard
	1272	King Henry III of England died and the English Council met at the Temple in London and draft a letter to Prince Edward informing him of his accession to the throne, illustrating the political importance of the Knights Templar in England
	1272	Thomas Bérard is succeeded by Guillaume de Beaujeu (1273-1291)
	1291	Guillaume de Beaujeu dies and is succeeded by Thibaud Gaudin (1291-1292)
	1291	The Knights Templar suffer a huge defeat at Acre and cease to be a strong fighting force
	1292	Thibaud Gaudin is succeeded by Jacques de Molay (1292-1314)
Knights Templar Timeline 1300 - 1314	1302	The Knights Templar recruited after the defeat at Acre are wiped out at Raud
	1307	King Philip IV of France (1268-1314) who was already heavily in debt to the Knights Templar requested a further loan. The request was refused and King Philip ordered the arrest of all Knight Templars in France
	1307	11 October Templar ships left La Rochelle, heading to Scotland with much of their wealth
	1307	On Friday the 13th, in October , Jacques de Molay, the Grand Master of the Knights Templar, and 60 of his senior knights were arrested in Paris, France and charged with heresy. Many confessed under torture
	1307	Pope Clement V initiated enquiries into the order and thousands of Knights Templar were arrested across Europe
	1312	The Medieval order of the Knights Templar become extinct when the order is dissolved by the Council of Vienne.
	1312	All the property owned by the Templars is transferred to the Knights of St. John ( The Hospitallers )
	1314	Jacques de Molay and Geoffroi de Charney were burnt at the stake on March 18th for rescinding their former admission of heresy
Events Summary Knights Templar Timeline	Key Dates in the Knights Templar Timeline	Major Events in the Knights Templar Timeline

Names of Knights Templar Leaders
The Knights Templar order flourished during the Middle Ages. The name of the first leader of the Knights Templar order was Hugh de Payens. The leaders of the Knights Templar were given the title of Grand Master. There were 23 Grand Masters from 1118 to 1314. The last leader of the Knights Templar order was Jacques de Molay who was burnt at the stake in 1314.

Names of Knights Templar Leaders
The names of Knights Templar Leaders, the Grand Masters, are as follows: