Robert de Craon

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Robert de Craon was a prominent 12th-century French nobleman who became the second Grand Master of the Knights Templar, helping to consolidate and expand the order’s power and influence in medieval Christendom.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French nobleman
Grand Master of the Knights Templar
Templar knight
medieval military leader
person
associatedWith Crusader states NERFINISHED
Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem NERFINISHED
papacy
centuryOfActivity 12th century
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup French
familyName de Craon NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork crusading warfare
military orders
monastic administration
givenName Robert
hasHonorificTitle Master of the Temple NERFINISHED
helpedTo expand the Templar network of properties and commanderies
increase the political influence of the Knights Templar in medieval Europe
strengthen the institutional structure of the Knights Templar
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages
influenced growth of military religious orders
influencedBy Hugues de Payens NERFINISHED
memberOf Knights Templar NERFINISHED
militaryBranch Knights Templar NERFINISHED
movement Crusades NERFINISHED
nobleFamily House of Craon NERFINISHED
nobleTitle Lord of Craon NERFINISHED
notableFor consolidating the power of the Knights Templar
expanding the influence of the Knights Templar in Christendom
notableWork organizational development of the Knights Templar
occupation military leader
nobleman
religious leader
officeContested leadership of the Knights Templar
partOf medieval French nobility
placeOfActivity France NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Jerusalem NERFINISHED
Levant NERFINISHED
positionHeld Grand Master of the Knights Templar
second Grand Master of the Knights Templar
predecessor Hugues de Payens NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism

Christianity
sexOrGender male
successor Everard des Barres NERFINISHED

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Knights Templar notableGrandMaster Robert de Craon