Stephan from La Ferté

Stephan von La Ferté († 1130 ) was the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem .

Stephan was abbot of the monastery of Saint-Jean-en-Vallée in Chartres and a cousin of King Baldwin II of Jerusalem .

After the Patriarch of Jerusalem, Garmond von Picquigny , died in early 1128, Stephan became his successor. King Baldwin II hoped that his relative would support his policy, but was soon disappointed. Shortly after his appointment, Stephan brought up an agreement between Godfrey of Bouillon and the Patriarch Dagobert from 1099, according to which the cities of Jerusalem and Jaffa, which were still part of the Crown Domain, should be under the direct government of the Patriarch and insisted on its implementation. Gottfried's successors, kings Baldwin I and Baldwin II, had ignored the agreement and always refused to implement it. Relations between the patriarch and the king deteriorated increasingly, and there was no open rift between church and state only because Stephan died in the spring of 1130 after a brief illness. His friends suspected poisoning. His successor was Wilhelm von Mesen , a pious man who did not contradict Balduin's policy.

During his tenure at the Council of Troyes in 1129 the rules of the Knights Templar were enacted. In the opening credits Patriarch Stephan is named as the one who should decide in the event of a loophole, as he is more familiar with "the affairs of the Orient and the poor knights of Christ" than Pope Honorius II.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See Steven Runciman: History of the Crusades. CH Beck, Munich 1995, ISBN 3406399606 , p. 482
2. ↑ See Steven Runciman: History of the Crusades. CH Beck, Munich 1995, ISBN 3406399606 , p. 482 f.
3. ↑ Cf. Alain Demurger: Die Templer. Rise and Fall, 1120-1314. CH Beck, Munich 2005, ISBN 3406523676 , p. 39

predecessor	Office	successor
Garmond of Picquigny	Patriarch of Jerusalem 1128–1130	Wilhelm von Mesen