Baldwin II persuaded a group of French knights led by Hugh de Payne II to save their souls by protecting pilgrims travelling the Holy Land. And so the Order of the Knights Templar was formed.

abbreviated to the Knights Templar, was created by Hugues de Payens, a French nobleman who had remained in Jerusalem after visiting sometime between 1114 and 1116. "Little is substantiated about ...

The Knights Templar first gathered at the church ... they were also subcontracting much of the treasury and tax collection of the French crown and Papacy across many different territories.

The Knights Templar were a medieval religious order of knights created in the early 12th century following the First Crusade. The Order was created in 1119 by French knight Hugh de Payne but would ...

They Triennial Meeting of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of the United States ... Sir Knight Benjamin Brown French, Commissioner of Public Buildings, Washington City, D.C., Most Excellent ...

The Vatican's recent decision to release documents on the persecution of the Knights Templar in the 14th Century has piqued interest in the mysterious order. But what are the latter-day Templars up to ...

The Knights Templar were the protection force for the ... Over a period of months, the French Templars were subjected to severe torture in prisons, and all but three confessed under duress.

As a group of knights called the Knights Templar are executed, a young girl steals away with an object that viewers soon discover is the Holy Grail. It's a series of events that may not appear ...

The Knights Templar, a legendary monastic military order forged in the fires of the Crusades, continue to enthrall 21st-century audiences. From the time of their founding in 1119 C.E. to their ...

After French King Phillip IV disbanded the Knights Templar in 1307 due to their amassed power and wealth, the estate was transferred to the Knights of Malta. They continued the winemaking ...