List of grand masters of the Knights Templar

Template:Short description Template:Knights Templar Template:Catholic Church Hierarchy The grand master of the Knights Templar was the supreme commander of the holy order, starting with founder Hugues de Payens. Some held the office for life while others resigned the office to pass the rest of their life in monasteries or diplomacy. Grand masters often led their knights into battle on the front line and the numerous occupational hazards of battle made some tenures very short. Out of 23 grand masters at least four were killed in action.

Each country had its own master, and the masters reported to the grand master. He oversaw all of the operations of the order, including both the military operations in the Holy Land and Eastern Europe, and the financial and business dealings in the order's infrastructure of Western Europe. The grand master controlled the actions of the order but he was expected to act the same way as the rest of the knights. After Pope Innocent II issued the bull Omne datum optimum on behalf of the Templars in 1139, the grand master was obliged to answer only to him.Template:Sfn

List of grand masters

No.	Arms	Name	Time in office	Seat
1	File:Blason Ordre du Temple.svg	Hugues de Payens	Template:Circa–1136	Jerusalem Template:Small
2	File:Blason Robert de Craon.svg	Robert de Craon	1136–1147
3	File:Blason Évrard des Barres.svg	Everard des Barres	1147–1151
4	File:Blason Bernard de Tramelay.svg	Bernard de Tremelay Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	1151–1153
5	File:Blason André de Montbard.svg	André de Montbard	1153–1156
6	File:Blason Bertrand de Blanquefort.svg	Bertrand de Blanchefort	1156–1169
7	File:Blason Philippe de Milly.svg	Philip of Milly	1169–1171
8	File:Blason Eudes de Saint-Amand.svg	Odo of St Amand Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	1171–1179
9	File:Blason Arnaud de Toroge.svg	Arnold of Torroja	1181–1184
10	File:Blason Gérard de Ridefort.svg	Gerard of Ridefort Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	1185–1189	Acre Template:Small
11	File:Blason Robert de Sablé.svg	Robert of Sablé	1191–1193
12	File:Blason Gilbert Hérail.svg	Gilbert Horal	1193–1200
13	File:Blason Philippe du Plessis.svg	Philippe du Plessis	1201–1208
14	File:Blason Guillaume de Chartres (Salles des Croisades).svg	William of Chartres	1209–1218
15	File:Blason Pierre de Montaigu.svg	Peire de Montagut	1218–1232
16	File:Blason Armand de Périgord.svg	Armand de Périgord Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	1232–1244
17	File:Blason famille fr de Bures.svg	Richard de BuresTemplate:Efn	1245–1247
18	File:Blason Guillaume de Sonnac.svg	Guillaume de Sonnac Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	1247–1250
19	File:Blason Renaud de Vichy.svg	Renaud de Vichiers	1250–1256
20	File:Blason Thomas Bérard.svg	Thomas Bérard	1256–1273
21	File:Blason Guillaume de Beaujeu.svg	Guillaume de Beaujeu Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	1273–1291
22	File:Blason Thibaud Gaudin.svg	Thibaud Gaudin	1291–1292	Cyprus Template:Small
23	File:Blason Jacques de Molay.svg	Jacques de Molay	1292–1312

Timeline

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 from: 1147 till: 1151 color:gm text:"Everard des Barres"
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 from: 1153 till: 1156 color:gm text:"André de Montbard"
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 from: 1169 till: 1171 color:gm text:"Philip of Milly"
 from: 1171 till: 1179 color:gm text:"Odo of St Amand"
 from: 1181 till: 1184 color:gm text:"Arnold of Torroja"
 from: 1185 till: 1189 color:gm text:"Gerard of Ridefort"
 from: 1191 till: 1193 color:gm text:"Robert of Sablé"
 from: 1193 till: 1200 color:gm text:"Gilbert Horal"
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See also

• List of Knights Templar
• List of grand masters of the Knights Hospitaller
• Grand Masters and Lieutenancies of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre
• Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
• Grand Master of the Order of Saint Lazarus

Bibliography

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