Robert de Craon or Robert Burgundio (died 13 January 1149) was the second Grand Master of the Knights Templar from June 1136 until his death. He was instrumental in getting papal sanction for the Templar Order, making it independent from ecclesiastical and secular authorities. Robert negotiated the expansion of the Order into the Iberian peninsula with the acquisition of castles and territory. He died on 13 January 1149 and was succeeded by Everard des Barres.
RobertdeCraon or Robert Burgundio (died 13 January 1149) was the second Grand Master of the Knights Templar from June 1136 until his death. He was instrumental...
Ferrara. He was succeeded as Grand Master by RobertdeCraon. It has recently been claimed that the wife of Hugues de Payens was Catherine St. Clair within the...
accompanied Louis VII of France on the Second Crusade. Upon the death of RobertdeCraon in 1147, he was elected Grand Master of the Templar Order. His election...
Council of Troyes in 1129. However, in about 1138 under the direction of RobertdeCraon, second grand master of the order (1136–1149), the rule was translated...
death of his former guardian and maternal grandfather Jean deCraon in 1432, and Georges de La Trémoille's fall from grace in 1433, he gradually withdrew...
House of Bellême RobertdeCraon (died 1147), the second Grand Master of the Knights Templar from June 1136 until his death. Robertde Juilly (died 1377)...
three sons of Maurice II deCraon (1132-1196) and Isabelle de Beaumont-le-Roger. He had four sisters of whom Havoise deCraon (1175-1251) was also the...
Marcus Adrienn LeBlanc Sir Geoffrey de Charney Sir Jean De St. Leger (1096) Payen de Montdidier (1130) RobertdeCraon (died in 1147) (afterwards Grand Master...
was the supreme commander of the holy order, starting with founder Hugues de Payens. Some held the office for life while others resigned life in monasteries...
Renaud deCraon, (c. 1060–1101) was Lord of Craon and the son of Robertde Nevers and Blanche de Sablé. He became Lord of Craon, title first granted by...
(1907). "St. Bernard of Clairvaux". In Catholic Encyclopedia. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Riley-Smith 1991, p. 48. Tyerman 2006, pp. 281–288. Runciman...
Isabelle de Meulan, Dame de Mayenne, Dame deCraon (c. 1148 – 10 May 1220) was a French noblewoman, being the daughter of Waleran de Beaumont, 1st Earl...
The Battle of Craon took place between 21–24 May 1592, between the French Royal army under the Duke of Montpensier and François de Bourbon, Prince of Conti...
Maurice II deCraon (c. 1132–1196) was Lord of Craon, Governor of Anjou and Maine under Henry II, a military figure and Anglo-Norman of the 12th century...
Maurice VI deCraon (c. 1255–1292) was Lord of Craon, Chantocé, Sablé, Briolé and La Suze. He served as Seneschal of Anjou, Touraine and Maine and in...
1213) William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (d. 1219) January 13 – RobertdeCraon, French Grand Master April 6 – Frederick II, German nobleman (b. 1090)...
Dynasty Robert Pullen, English theologian (approximate date) Rodrigo Gómez, Castilian nobleman and military leader 1147 January 13 – RobertdeCraon, French...
Guy V de Laval (died 1210) was the Lord of Laval, Mayenne. Guy was the son of Guy IV de Laval and Emma de Dunstanville. He married Avoise deCraon (died...
de Mayet, de Loupeland, de Chateauneuf-sur-Sarte, de Genneteil, de Precigné, de Agon, and deCraon; and the suo jure seneschal of Anjou, from 1222. The...
same way? Bernard of Clairvaux Hugues de Payens Baldwin II of Jerusalem RobertdeCraon Godfrey de Saint-Omer Andre de Montbard Jerusalem Troyes Clairvaux...
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