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Areimeh Castle, from the early 1150s to 1187 with interruption 1171–1177. Arwad island (Ruad), occupied in 1300–1302 [4] In the Principality of Antioch, now in Turkey: Roche-Guillaume, 12th century–1203 and 1237–1298. Trapessac, in the 12th century until 1188. Bagras (Gaston), 1153–1189 and 1216–1268.
Military order (religious society) Catholic orders of chivalry. Militia Templi. Catholic Church portal. v. t. e. The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, mainly known as the Knights Templar, was a French military order of the Catholic faith, and one of the wealthiest and most popular military orders in Western Christianity.
Between 13 October 1307 and 8 January 1308, the Templars went unmolested in England. During this period many fugitive Templars, seeking to escape torture and execution, fled to apparent safety there. But after repeated pressure from Philip IV and Clement V on Edward II, a few half-hearted arrests were made.
In 1300, the Templars, along with the Knights Hospitaller and forces from Cyprus attempted to retake the coastal city of Tortosa. They were able to take the island of Arwad, near Tortosa, but lost it soon after. With the loss of Arwad, the Crusaders had lost their last foothold in the Holy Land.
Amberaldus, Master of the Templars in England. Richord Brand, Conqueror of Tyre. William de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of Derby, fought in the Third Crusade. Gilbert de Lacy, Precentor of the Templars and a commander in the 1160s. William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, invested as a knight on his deathbed.
Knights Templar. In 1128, the cousin of St Bernard of Clairvaux, Hugues de Payens, met King David I in Scotland. [1] The Order established a seat at Balantrodoch, now Temple, Midlothian on the South Esk (River Esk, Lothian). In 1189, Alan FitzWalter, the 2nd Lord High Steward of Scotland was a benefactor of the Order.
1064646 [1] The Temple Church, a royal peculiar in the Church of England, [2] is a church in the City of London located between Fleet Street and the River Thames, built by the Knights Templar for their English headquarters in the Temple precinct. It was consecrated on 10 February 1185 [3] by Patriarch Heraclius of Jerusalem. [4]
The Siege of Acre (also called the Fall of Acre) took place in 1291 and resulted in the Crusaders ' losing control of Acre to the Mamluks. It is considered one of the most important battles of the period. Although the crusading movement continued for several more centuries, the capture of the city marked the end of further crusades to the Levant.