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List of grand masters of the Knights Templar

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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.[1]

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List of grand masters

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Jacques de MolayThibaud GaudinGuillaume de BeaujeuThomas BérardRenaud de VichiersGuillaume de SonnacRichard de BuresArmand de PérigordPeire de MontagutWilliam of ChartresPhilippe du PlessisGilbert HoralRobert of SabléGerard of RidefortArnold of TorrojaOdo of St AmandPhilip of MillyBertrand de BlanchefortAndré de MontbardBernard de TremelayEverard des BarresRobert de CraonHugues de Payens

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