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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. [4] [5] Though little is known of his ...
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- 1265–1314
- Order Disbanded
- Grand Master (1292–1314)
Mar 27, 2024 · March 19, 1314, Paris (aged 71) Jacques de Molay (born 1243, Molay, France—died March 19, 1314, Paris) was the last grand master of the Knights Templar, an order of knighthood founded during the Crusades that had attained extensive power and wealth. He failed to exercise effective leadership at the time of the suppression of the order by King ...
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Sep 18, 2021 · On March 18, 1314, Jacques de Molay and a few other Templars, after enduring torture and many other humiliations, were sent to death. De Molay was an old man, tired with life and proud of his achievements. He knew that the tragedy which touched his brothers and himself was the result of schemes. He was also aware that the king of France had ...
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Born in 1244 in Molay, Haute-Saône, France, Jacques de Molay was a member of the noble Molay family. Little is known about his early life and the circumstances that led him to join the Knights Templar. He is believed to have entered the order sometime around 1265, at 21.
Aug 13, 2019 · 433. Jeanne Menjoulet/cc by 2.0. On March 18, 1314, Jacques de Molay was burnt at the stake near this site on Ile de Cite in the middle of the Seine in Paris. Up to the moment of his untimely ...
JACQUES DE MOLAY. The last grand master of the templars; b. Molay (Haute-Sa ô ne), France, between 1243 and 1254; d. Paris, March 19, 1314. About 1265 he entered the order of Knights Templars at Beaune. Hardly anything is known about his life prior to his promotion to the rank of grand master in 1298. In 1307 he was called to France by clem ...
views 2,128,883 updated. Jacques de Molay (zhäk də môlā´), 1243?–1314, last grand master of the Knights Templars. He distinguished himself in defending Palestine against the Saracens. After the Templars were driven from the Holy Land, he moved to Cyprus, where he began to organize a new force to recapture the lost territory.
