Knights Templar?

Question

Anyone know what happened to the knights that weren't arrested and trialed? How many escaped?

Answer 1

The knights Templar were founded about 1118 to protect pilgrims in the Holy Land during the Second Crusade and suppressed in 1312.

The Templars were fresh from the Crusades, returning to
France, getting rich in the Church market and drawing the wrath of the
odious Philip the Fair. There is the famous midnight arrest and the
subsequent "trial". There are the usual confessions of heresy and sodomy
extracted under torture. Then there is the stake, where most accounts of
the Templars end.

However, Jacques de Molay (De Moley sound familiar?) and his cohorts did not rest easily in their graves. As the years passed, Templar stories and rumors became grander with each telling. Finally, these illiterate Crusaders from the lowest ranks of the aristocracy emerged as powerful sorcerers who used ancient magical secrets for their own mysterious ends. At least that's what everybody thought.

Some say the Freemasons were derived by or from the Templors.

Answer 2

I can't speak with certainty how many escaped Philp's purge (with the support of Pope Clement), but a number certainly did. King Philip was far more interested in the Templar's lands and money than he was in arresting all of them. He needed the leaders to confess to heresy to provide legitimacy for his power play, but a large number of former Templars found refuge in other orders of monastic knights, such as the Knights of St. John, and knights of the Hospital. This was especially true of Templars of Spanish background, where new orders of knights closely associated with the Spanish crown sprang up almost immediately to fill the vacuum.

Answer 3

The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon (Latin: Pauperes commilitones Christi Templique Solomonici), popularly known as the Knights Templar or the Order of the Temple, or the Crusaders, were among the most famous of the Christian military orders.[1] The organisation existed for about two centuries in the Middle Ages, created in the aftermath of the First Crusade of 1096 to ensure the safety of the large numbers of European pilgrims who flowed toward Jerusalem after its conquest.

The Templars were an unusual order in that they were both monks and soldiers. Members of the Order played a key part in many battles of the Crusades, and the Order's infrastructure innovated many financial techniques that could be considered the foundation of modern banking.[2] The order's Knights were also famous and easily recognised, with a white robe with distinct red cross emblazoned above the heart or on the chest, as seen in many portrayals of crusaders.

After being officially recognised and sanctioned by the church in 1128,[1] the Order became a favoured charity across Europe, and grew rapidly in membership and power. At its peak it was comprised of thousands of knights, who made up one of the best equipped, trained, and disciplined fighting units of the Crusades.[3] The Order also used its resources to construct numerous fortifications throughout Europe and the Holy Land. However, the tide eventually turned in the Crusades, and the Templars began to suffer crushing defeats. Further conflict arose at home, as royals who were in financial debt to the Order grumbled at the organisation's tax-free status. Things came to a head in 1307, when King Philip IV of France (Philip the Fair) caused many of the order's members in France to be arrested, tortured into "confessions" and burned at the stake.[4] A few years later Pope Clement V, under further pressure from King Philip, forcibly disbanded the entire order. The sudden disappearance of a major part of the European infrastructure spawned a plethora of speculation and legends, which continue to keep the name "Templar" alive in modern fiction.

Answer 4

they probably joined other religious orders or were absorbed back into society. no one knows how many escaped, but it probably wasn't very many, because philip's troops had a lot of information about the important members before they even started, and then there were of course the membership records that would have been found, although i'm sure some were destroyed before they fell into french hands

Answer 5

Check out a book called, The Messanic Legacy. Very detailed.

Answer 6

me being a former templar myself
says that over 30 men got away & started a new society
so there still around

Answer 7

It wasn't much of a trial anyway, many of the accusations were fabricated.

Answer 8

They were killed off by the order of the pope. none

Answer 9

They disbanded and became Masons.