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The 4th Grand Master- (Bernard De Tremelay)

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Bernard DE Tramelay (died sixteen August 1153) was the fourth Grand Master of the Knights knight.  He was born within the castle of Tramelay close to Saint-Claude within the Jura. in step with Du Cange, he succeeded an explicit Hugues as Master of the Temple, though this Hugues is otherwise unknown. He was nonappointive Grand Master in Gregorian calendar month 1151, once the abdication of Everard des Barres, WHO had came to France following the Crusade. King Baldwin III of Jerusalem granted him the ruined town of Gaza Strip, that physiologist restored for the Templars.  In 1153 the Templars participated within the Battle of Ascalon, a defence at that point controlled by Egypt.  The Templars made a besieging tower, that was burned down by the Egyptian troopers within Ascalon. The wind caught the flames and a part of the walls of Ascalon burned down likewise.  According to William of Tyre, knights of the Order hurried through the breach while not Baldwin's data w...
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The 3rd Grand Master of The Knights Templar

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Everard des Barres (also Eberhard von Barres or Eberhard De Bären ) (died 1174) was the third Grand Master of the Knights Templar from 1147 to 1151. As Preceptor of the Templars in France from 1143, he was one of the highest dignitaries of the Order when Robert de Craon died in 1147. He was chosen to succeed Robert, and as soon as he was elected, he accompanied Louis VII of France on the Second Crusade , and was among those sent ahead to Constantinople before Louis' arrival there. He later saved Louis during a battle with the Seljuk Turks in Pisidia . According to the chronicler Odo of Deuil , Everard was extremely pious and valiant. He seems to have had a strong influence on Louis. After the failure of the crusade at the Siege of Damascus in 1148, Louis returned to France, followed by Everard, who was in charge of the king's treasury. Everard's Templars stayed behind and helped defend Jerusalem against a Turkish raid in 1149. Back in France, Everard abdic...
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