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Jacques de Molay

Type Figure Region France Time 1243–1314 Also known as Jacques de Molay、last Grand Master of the Knights Templar

A French knight and the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, born in the mid-thirteenth century;…

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  1. 1243–1291Burgundy · BurgundyBorn in the Burgundy region of France, he joined the Knights Templar in his youth and rose through the ranks, accumulating military and administrative experience in the Levant and across Europe.
  2. 1292–1307Cyprus · CyprusHe became Grand Master around 1292, and after the fall of Acre and the collapse of the Crusader states he oversaw the reorganization of the order, seeking to maintain a military presence in the eastern Mediterranean and coordinate finances and diplomacy with European monarchs.
  3. 1307–1314Paris · Île-de-FranceIn October 1307 King Philip IV of France ordered the arrest of the Templars in France; Molay and other senior members were tortured into confessions and charged with heresy. After years of trial, he was burned at the stake on the Île de la Cité in the Seine in Paris in March 1314, and the order was subsequently formally dissolved by the pope.

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