Seventh Grand Master of the Knights Templar (1120–1171)
Philip of Milly
Coat of arms of Philip of Milly
7th Grand Master of the Knights Templar
In office 1169–1171
Preceded by
Bertrand de Blanchefort
Succeeded by
Odo de St Amand
Lord of Oultrejordain
In office 1161–1168
Preceded by
Maurice of Montreal
Succeeded by
Humphrey III of Toron
Personal details
Born
c. 1120
Died
3 April 1171
Nationality
French
Spouse
Isabella
Children
Rainer
Helena
Stephanie
Parents
Guy of Milly
Etiennette of Nablus
Military service
Branch/service
Kingdom of Jerusalem Knights Templar
Years of service
1147–1171
Battles/wars
Second Crusade (1147-49) Jerusalem Civil War (1152) Siege of Ascalon (1153) Siege of Paneas (1157) Crusader invasion of Egypt (1165-68) Siege of Bilbeis (1168) Siege of Gaza (1170)
Philip of Milly, also known as Philip of Nablus (Latin: Philippus Neapolitanus; c. 1120 – April 3, 1171), was a baron in the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the seventh Grand Master of the Knights Templar. He briefly employed the troubadour Peire Bremon lo Tort in the Holy Land.
Stephanie de Milly, Etienette de Milly, and Etiennette de Milly. She married three times; firstly to Humphrey III of Toron, secondly to Miles of Plancy; her...
Maurice of Montreal (1147–1161) PhilipofMilly (1161–1168) and his wife Isabella, daughter of Maurice Stephanie de Milly, daughter and heiress, whose husbands...
is a list of the principal leaders of the Crusades, classified by Crusade. Amalric I of Jerusalem PhilipofMilly Hugh of Ibelin Miles of Plancy Frederick...
Oultrejordain were: Roman of Le Puy, possibly 1118–1126 Pagan the Butler, 1126–1147 Maurice of Montreal, nephew of Pagan, 1147–1161 PhilipofMilly, with his wife...
At the siege of Bilbeis during the same Egyptian campaign, according to Ibelin family tradition, Hugh's life was saved by PhilipofMilly after breaking...
that the wife ofPhilipofMilly was Pagan the Butler's niece, but her name, Isabelle, is the only known fact about her. PhilipofMilly seized Oultrejordain...
The grand master of the Knights Templar was the supreme commander of the holy order, starting with founder Hugues de Payens. Some held the office for...
for her as constable; her son Amalric, whom she set up as Count of Jaffa; PhilipofMilly; and the Ibelin family. Baldwin asserted his independence by mediating...
almost certain. He was succeeded by PhilipofMilly. Blanchefort petitioned the Pope to use the title, "Master by Grace of God", which fitted the Templar's...
Damascus to Egypt and Mecca. His successors, his nephew Maurice and PhilipofMilly, added towers and protected the north and south sides with two deep...
Kingdom of Jerusalem is so far based only on interpretations of Crusader sources. William of Tyre writes in his Historia that in 1161 PhilipofMilly received...
of Oultrejourdan through his mother, Stephanie ofMilly. In 1180, he renounced Toron on his engagement to Isabella, the half-sister of Baldwin IV of Jerusalem...
Manasses of Hierges, PhilipofMilly and others were sent from Jerusalem to assist, but arrived too late. Joscelin II continued to rule the remnants of the...
masters of the Hospitallers and Templars, respectively, and all the other great barons of the kingdom, including Hugh of Ibelin, PhilipofMilly, Humphrey...
VII (le Jeune), king of France (d. 1180) PhilipofMilly, French nobleman and knight (d. 1171) Rainald of Dassel, archbishop of Cologne (d. 1167) Roger...
rid of the influence of his mother, Baldwin III took personal control of Nablus, exchanging it with PhilipofMilly who received the lordship of Oultrejordain...
IV (the Young), duke of Brittany (b. 1138) March 29 – Achard of Saint Victor, Norman bishop (b. 1100) April 3 – PhilipofMilly, French nobleman and knight...
III, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 915) 1153 – al-Adil ibn al-Sallar, vizier of the Fatimid Caliphate 1171 – PhilipofMilly, seventh Grand Master of the Knights...
in the second tornada of this poem to have written it while in the service of Filippe de Monreal, who is probably PhilipofMilly, a Crusader baron known...