Rumors about the Templars' secret initiation ceremony created mistrust, and King Philip IV of France, deeply in debt to the Order, began pressuring Pope Clement V to take action.
The Templars' success was tied closely to the Crusades when the Crusaders suffered defeat and lost the Holy Land, support for the Order faded. They are considered to have been the world's first multi-national corporation with a hugely respected network of administration facilities via their network of preceptories. Owing to a huge network of territories and castles, they established themselves as history's first international bankers, arranging loans and secure money transfers for royal houses and nobles throughout Europe, safeguarding the personal wealth of pilgrims, and effectively inventing the concept of the payment cheque. The Order owned huge tracts of land in England, Scotland, France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, and Austria. In less than one hundred years, the Knights Templar developed into one of the wealthiest and most influential entities in Europe, second only to the Papacy itself. Baldwin, impressed with the knights fervor, quartered them in the eastern part of his castle, an area where the Temple of Solomon once stood.
They announced that they had taken the solemn vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as a fourth, perpetual vow to protect pilgrims on their journey from the coast to the Holy City of Jerusalem. Nine pious knights, led by Hugues de Payens and his relative Godfrey de Saint-Omer, arrived at the gates of Baldwin II, King of Jerusalem, and offered themselves as protectors of the faithful. You can help the Crusades Wiki by expanding it in its relation to the Crusades.The Knights Templar or, more properly, the Order of the Poor Knights of Christ and the Temple of Solomon ( Latin: Pauperes commilitones Christi Templique Solomonici), were formed around the year 1118. Therefore Godfrey probably came to Jerusalem in 1099 with William I and Hugh.Īccording to legend, Hugues de Payens, who was the first Grand Master of the Knights Templar, and Godfrey were so poor that between the two of them they had only one horse, and this gave rise to the famous image on the seal of the Templars, of two men riding a single horse. On the list of crusaders, a Gauthier de Saint-Omer is listed, which could be a mistake for Gaufred (Gauthier de Saint-Omer was not yet born). Chronologically Godfrey may have been Hugh's brother but it is also said that he was Hugo's son. There are conflicting reports as to Godfrey's relationship to William and Hugh. Hugh de Saint-Omer was also mentioned as one of the best knights in the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
William and Melisende were known to have a son, Hugh, and both William and Hugh participated in the First Crusade as vassals of Robert II of Flanders. He is said to have come from the family of the Lords of Saint-Omer (in northern France), possibly the son of William I, Lord of Saint Omer and Melisende de Piquigny. Godfrey of Saint-Omer, also known as Gaufred, Godefroi, or Godfrey de St Omer, was a Flemish knight, and one of the founding members of the Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon in c.
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