Jacques de Molay
Jacques de Molay (1243 - 11/18 March 1314) was the last Grandmaster of the Knights Templar, from 1292 until 1314 when he was executed.
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| Born | 1243[1] Molay, France |
| Died | 11/18 March 1314 (aged 70/71) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Grandmaster of the Knights Templar |
| Years active | 1292-1314 |
Jacques De Molay Media
Coat of arms of Jacques de Molay
Ordination of Jacques de Molay in 1265 as a Knight Templar, at the Beaune commandery. Painting by Marius Granet (1777–1849).
Chapel of the Beaune commandery, where Jacques de Molay was ordained.
Ghazan, the Mongol ruler of the Ilkhanate, sought a Franco-Mongol alliance with the Crusaders against the Egyptian Mamluks, but was never able to successfully coordinate military actions
Jacques de Molay sentenced to the stake in 1314, from the Chronicle of France or of St Denis (fourteenth century). Note the shape of the island, representing the Île aux Juifs (Island of the Jews) in the Seine, where the executions took place.
