Knights Templar

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Catholic military order chivalric order religious order

The Knights Templar were a powerful medieval Catholic military order founded during the Crusades, renowned for protecting pilgrims, amassing great wealth, and inspiring enduring legends about their secretive activities and sudden suppression.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Knights Templar canonical	28
Templar Order	8
Order of the Temple	3
Order of the Knights Templar	2
Templars	2
The Templar	2
the Templar	2
Knight Templar	1
Knights Templar orders	1
Templars (contingent)	1

Statements (88)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic military order ⓘ chivalric order ⓘ religious order ⓘ
activity	banking services ⓘ managing deposits for pilgrims and nobles ⓘ money lending ⓘ
approvedBy	Pope Honorius II ⓘ
approvedInCouncil	Council of Troyes ⓘ
approvedInYear	1129 ⓘ
arrestOrderedBy	Philip IV of France ⓘ
arrestOrderedOnDate	1307-10-13 ⓘ
associatedWithLegend	Ark of the Covenant ⓘ Holy Grail ⓘ esoteric knowledge ⓘ secret treasure ⓘ
battleReputation	effective heavy cavalry ⓘ highly disciplined ⓘ
chargesIncluded	blasphemy ⓘ financial corruption ⓘ heresy ⓘ idolatry ⓘ sodomy ⓘ
councilSuppressedBy	Council of Vienne ⓘ
feastDay	January 13 ⓘ
financed	Crusader states ⓘ
foundedBy	Godfrey de Saint-Omer ⓘ Hugues de Payens ⓘ
foundedInPlace	Jerusalem ⓘ
foundedInYear	1119 ⓘ
grantedPrivilegeBy	Pope Innocent II ⓘ
grantedRight	direct subordination to the Pope ⓘ exemption from local laws ⓘ right to build their own churches ⓘ right to collect tithes ⓘ
hadDocument	Latin Rule ⓘ
headquartersLocatedIn	Temple Mount ⓘ surface form: Temple Mount in Jerusalem
headTitle	Grand Master ⓘ
influencedBy	Saint Bernard of Clairvaux ⓘ surface form: Bernard of Clairvaux
inPopularCulture	featured in films and video games ⓘ subject of conspiracy theories ⓘ subject of numerous novels ⓘ
languageOfRule	Latin ⓘ
lastGrandMaster	Jacques de Molay ⓘ
laterHeadquartersLocatedIn	Cyprus ⓘ Paris ⓘ
memberType	chaplain brother ⓘ knight brother ⓘ sergeant brother ⓘ
motto	Non nobis Domine, non nobis, sed nomini tuo da gloriam ⓘ
notableGrandMaster	Bernard de Tremelay ⓘ Gerard de Ridefort ⓘ Hugues de Payens ⓘ Jacques de Molay ⓘ Robert de Craon ⓘ
operatedInRegion	England ⓘ France ⓘ Holy Roman Empire ⓘ Iberian Peninsula ⓘ Italy ⓘ Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ
ownedPropertyType	castles ⓘ churches ⓘ farms ⓘ preceptories ⓘ vineyards ⓘ
papalBull	Milites Templi ⓘ Militia Dei ⓘ Omne Datum Optimum ⓘ
persecutedBy	Philip IV of France ⓘ surface form: King Philip IV of France
primaryPurpose	military service in the Crusades ⓘ protection of Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land ⓘ
propertyTransferredTo	Knights Hospitaller ⓘ
providedService	letters of credit for pilgrims ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholicism Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
ruleBasedOn	Cistercians ⓘ surface form: Cistercian rule
suppressedBy	Pope Clement V ⓘ
suppressedInYear	1312 ⓘ
symbolizedBy	two knights on one horse ⓘ
tookPartIn	Second Crusade ⓘ Third Crusade ⓘ defense of the Crusader states ⓘ
uniformFeature	white mantle with red cross ⓘ
vow	chastity ⓘ obedience ⓘ poverty ⓘ
woreHabitColor	white ⓘ
woreSymbol	red cross ⓘ

Referenced by (50)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Middle Temple → historicalAssociation → Knights Templar ⓘ

Temple Church → originalDenomination → Knights Templar ⓘ

Temple Church → foundedBy → Knights Templar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Order of the Temple

Nathan the Wise → majorCharacter → Knights Templar ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Templar

Third Crusade → hasParticipant → Knights Templar ⓘ

Freemasons → hasHigherDegree → Knights Templar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Knight Templar

Battle of Legnica → belligerent → Knights Templar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Templars (contingent)

Sir Leigh Teabing → associatedWith → Knights Templar ⓘ

pontificate of Clement V → conflictWith → Knights Templar ⓘ

Crusades → associatedOrder → Knights Templar ⓘ

Assassin's Creed III → featuresFaction → Knights Templar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Templars

Kingdom of Jerusalem → protectedBy → Knights Templar ⓘ

Temple area, London → historicallyAssociatedWith → Knights Templar ⓘ

Crusaders → included → Knights Templar ⓘ

Battle of Arsuf (1191) → combatant1 → Knights Templar ⓘ

Bohemond IV of Antioch → supportedBy → Knights Templar ⓘ

Crusader military orders → hasMemberOrder → Knights Templar ⓘ

Baldock → foundedBy → Knights Templar ⓘ

Henry Lincoln → workSubject → Knights Templar ⓘ

Fifth Crusade → hasParticipant → Knights Templar ⓘ

Sixth Crusade → hasParticipant → Knights Templar ⓘ

Ninth Crusade → hasMainParticipant → Knights Templar ⓘ

Alfonso I of Aragon → willBeneficiary → Knights Templar ⓘ

Jerez de los Caballeros → historicalAffiliation → Knights Templar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Order of the Temple

Recha → hasRelationshipWith → Knights Templar ⓘ

this entity surface form: the Templar

Recha → rescuedBy → Knights Templar ⓘ

this entity surface form: the Templar

The Templar is Christian → hasName → Knights Templar ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Templar

Westmarch → associatedWithFaction → Knights Templar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Templar Order

Crusader architecture → developedBy → Knights Templar ⓘ

Siege of Acre (1291) → belligerent → Knights Templar ⓘ

Order of Christ (Portugal) → successorOf → Knights Templar ⓘ

Order of Christ (Portugal) → relatedTo → Knights Templar ⓘ

Temple Ewell → hasOriginLinkedTo → Knights Templar ⓘ

Temple Ewell → hasHistoricAffiliation → Knights Templar ⓘ

Gardeny Castle → associatedWith → Knights Templar ⓘ

Gardeny Castle → religiousOrder → Knights Templar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Order of the Temple

Assassin's Creed (film) → fictionalOrganization → Knights Templar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Templar Order

Battle of Liegnitz → hasBelligerent → Knights Templar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Templars

Bertrand de Got → conflict → Knights Templar ⓘ

Council of Vienne → orderedSuppressionOf → Knights Templar ⓘ

Tomar → foundedBy → Knights Templar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Order of the Knights Templar

Prince Hall York Rite → administers → Knights Templar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Knights Templar orders

Ratonhnhaké:ton → fightsAgainst → Knights Templar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Templar Order

Connor Kenway → enemyOf → Knights Templar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Templar Order

Desmond Miles → enemyOf → Knights Templar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Templar Order

Haytham Kenway → affiliation → Knights Templar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Templar Order

Miravet → historicalAffiliation → Knights Templar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Order of the Knights Templar

Ezio Auditore da Firenze → enemyOf → Knights Templar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Templar Order

Altaïr Ibn-LaʼAhad → enemyOf → Knights Templar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Templar Order