Robert de Craon, Templar Grand Master^{[1, 2]}

- 1149

• Name	Robert de Craon
  		Arms of Templar Grand Master Robert de Craon
  Suffix	Templar Grand Master
  Gender	Male
  Title	1136	Jerusalem   [3]
  	Elected Grand Master of the Order of the Temple after the death of the first Grand Master Hugh de Payn on 24 May 1136.
  		Templars "The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon (Latin: Pauperes commilitones Christi Templique Salomonici), also known as the Order of Solomon's Temple (French: Ordre du Temple or Templiers), the Knights Templar or simply as Templars, was a Catholic military order recognised in 1139 by papal bull Omne Datum Optimum of the Holy See. The order was founded in 1119 and active from about 1129 to 1312. "Knights Templar" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_Templar.
  Political	29 Mar 1139	Rome, Italy   [4]
  	Pope Innocent II issued One Datum Optimum, the bull which granted the Templars significant recognition and privileges within the church.
  Died	13 Jan 1149  [5]
  Person ID	I19705	Dickinson
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2017

  
  

  Father	Renaud de Nevers, Seigneur de Craon,   d. Dec 1101
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Enoguen de Vitré,   d. After 28 Jan 1078
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F6159	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Title - Elected Grand Master of the Order of the Temple after the death of the first Grand Master Hugh de Payn on 24 May 1136. - 1136 - Jerusalem Political - Pope Innocent II issued One Datum Optimum, the bull which granted the Templars significant recognition and privileges within the church. - 29 Mar 1139 - Rome, Italy  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S336463] Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families, Charles Cawley, (Online: The Foundation for Medieval Genealogy at http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/, 20XX), http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/anjounob.htm#RobertCraondiedafter1105. [S336470] Wikipedia, (Online: https://en.wikipedia.org), "Robert de Craon" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Craon. [S359] The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors, Dan Jones, (New York: Viking, 2017), 55. [S359] The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors, Dan Jones, (New York: Viking, 2017), 56. [S359] The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors, Dan Jones, (New York: Viking, 2017), 94. But cf., Crawley, who gives a date of Jan 1147. Robert was succeeded as Grand Master by Everard de Barres.