Philippe du Plessiez
Philippe du Plessiez , also de Le Plessis , du Plaissis , du Pleissiez , du Plaissiez , (* around 1165; † November 12, 1209 ) was the thirteenth Grand Master of the Knights Templar from 1201 .
Life
He was the younger son of the Lord of Le Plessis-Macé in Anjou . He was married and had several sons. In 1189 he pledged his property to his brother Fulko and with the proceeds he joined the Third Crusade as a simple knight . In Palestine he joined the Knights Templar. After Gilbert Hérail's death , he was elected Grand Master. He helped monitor compliance with the peace treaty between Richard the Lionheart and Saladin . As of this peace treaty in 1204 further extended, he also asked the German knights and the Hospitallers on to a peace agreement with Sultan al-Adil I. close. For this he was from Pope Innocent III. criticized.
There were hardly any military conflicts during his tenure. The Fourth Crusade never arrived in the Holy Land . There was a dispute with the Roman-German king over possession of the former Templar castle Baghras , which it had granted to his vassal King Leo II of Lesser Armenia. An escalation, such as the threatened expulsion of the Templars from Germany, could be prevented by the intervention of the Pope. Relations with the Hospitaller Order at that time were strained.
The Templars also use the peacetime to expand their branches in Europe.
Philippe probably died on November 12, 1209.
literature
- Malcolm Barber: The new knighthood. A history of the Order of the Temple. Cambridge University Press, 1995, ISBN 0521558727 , p. 123 ff. (English)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Gilbert Hérail |
Grand Master of the Templar Order 1201–1209 |
Guillaume de Chartres |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Philippe du Plessiez |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Philippe de Le Plessis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Grand Master of the Templar Order |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1165 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Le Plessis-Macé |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 12, 1209 |