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Jacques de Molay (French: [də mɔlɛ]; c. 1240–1250 – 11 or 18 March 1314), also spelled "Molai", 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.
- Franc-Comtois
- 1265–1314
- Order Disbanded
- Grand Master (1292–1314)
Mar 27, 2024 · 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.
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Sep 18, 2021 · While burning on the pyre, Jacques de Molay cursed King Philip IV of France, his descendants, Pope Clement V, and everyone else who supported his death. On March 18, 1314, Jacques de Molay and a few other Templars, after enduring torture and many other humiliations, were sent to death.
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Jacques de Molay, the final Grand Master of the Knights Templar, was pivotal in the rise and fall of the influential medieval military order. His leadership and eventual execution marked the end of the order’s two-century-long existence, forever glorifying him in the annals of history.
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.
Jun 7, 2020 · Grand Master Jacques deMolay 1244 – 1314. Grand Master Jacques deMolay, along with the Order’s founder, Hughes de Payens, is one of the most renowned figures in the two centuries of the Knights Templar’s existence. Born in 1244 in Vitrey, France, little is known about his childhood.
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.
