Garnier de Naplouse
Garnier von Nablus (French: Garnier de Naplouse , lat .: Garnerius de Neapolis Syriae ) († 1192 ) was the tenth Grand Master of the Order of St. John from 1189/90 until his death .
He was born in Nablus in Palestine . It belonged to the noble family von Milly , who came from Picardy and were lords of Nablus and Oultrejordain within the Kingdom of Jerusalem . It is possible that he was a younger brother of the Templar Grand Master Philip of Nablus .
Garnier was employed within the Order of St. John from 1173 to 1176 as castellan of Gibelin Castle , from 1176 to 1177 and a second time from 1180 to 1184 he was head of the hospital in Jerusalem . D'Avity reports that he took part in the battle of Hattin in 1187, in which the fate of Jerusalem was decided and large parts of Outremers fell back to the Muslims , and that he was one of the few knights of the order who was able to save himself seriously wounded to Ascalon . In 1189 he was Prior of England and Grand Commander of France.
When the Order rallied in Palestine in support of the siege of Acon , Garnier was elected Grand Master in late 1189 or early 1190. As such, he accompanied the English King Richard the Lionheart and his army on the Third Crusade to Palestine, where he arrived in June 1191 and where the troops of the order there joined the crusade army. Acre was conquered in July 1191, and in September Garnier led the order contingent in the victorious battle of Arsuf . In the throne dispute between Guido von Lusignan and Konrad von Montferrat , he stood on the side of Guido, who was the protector of Richard the Lionheart. This transferred part of its newly acquired lands in and around Acre to the order.
He died between August and December 1192, probably in Acre. His successor as Grand Master was Geoffroy de Donjon .
Trivia
He appears in the video game Assassin's Creed and is murdered by the protagonist there . In the game, however, he is portrayed as a callous doctor who, after being banished from France, abuses innocent people in Acre for cruel experiments.
literature
- Pierre d'Avity / Johann Ludwig Gottfried: Archontologiae Cosmicae Buch III, Frankfurt am Main 1628, p. 33 (online here) .
- Louis de Boisgelin: Ancient and Modern Malta, and the History of the Knights of St John of Jerusalem . G & J Robinson, London 1804. Volume 2, page 18.
- Judith Bronstein: The Hospitallers and the Holy Land. Financing the Latin East, 1187-1274. Boydell Press, Woodbridge 2005.
- Joseph Delaville Le Roulx: Les Hospitaliers En Terre Sainte Et À Chypre, 1100-1310. BiblioBazaar, Charleston 2009. pp. 105 ff.
Web links
- Garnier de Napoli de Syrie at cilialacorte.com ( This link contains incorrect dates )
- Garnier de Naplous at smom-za.org
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Hermangard d'Asp |
Grand Master of the Order of St. John 1190–1192 |
Geoffroy de Donjon |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Garnier de Naplouse |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Garnier of Nablus, Garnerius de Neapolis Syriae |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Grand Master of the Order of St. John |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 12th Century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nablus |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1192 |
| Place of death | Acre |