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Jacques de Molay

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Grand Master of the Knights Templar

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Jacques de Molay was a person from France. He died on March 18, 1314. His musical works have been recorded with a total of 167 plays and 58 listeners.

He is associated with two recorded quotes: "Quar nous navons volu ne volons le Temple mettre en aucune servitute se non tant come il hy affiert." and "Let evil swiftly befall those who have wrongly condemned us - God will avenge us."

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
FR
Active to
1314-03

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
58
Total plays
167

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Quotes

  • Quar nous navons volu ne volons le Temple mettre en aucune servitute se non tant come il hy affiert.
  • Let evil swiftly befall those who have wrongly condemned us - God will avenge us.

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Key facts

Monarch
King Philip IV
Preceded by
Thibaud Gaudin
Succeeded by
Order Disbanded
Born
c. 1240–1250 , Molay, Haute-Saône , County of Burgundy
Died
11 or 18 March 1314 (aged c. 70 ) , Paris , Kingdom of France
Allegiance
Knights Templar
Years of service
1265–1314
Rank
Grand Master (1292–1314)
Battles wars
Siege of Ruad

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Encyclopedic overview

Coat of arms of Jacques de Molay

Jacques de Molay ( French: [də mɔlɛ]; c. 1240–1250 – 11 or 18 March 1314), also spelled "Molai", was the 23rd and last grand master of the Knights Templar, leading the order sometime before 20 April 1292 until it was dissolved by order of Pope Clement V in 1312. Though little is known of his actual life and deeds except for his last years as Grand Master, he is one of the best known Templars.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jacques de Molay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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