Mission Statement/History

Character, Courage, and Servants. The Knights Of The Templar's is a multitude of denominational and non-denominational Christians that was founded by like minded Christians who want to serve our Liege the Lord Jesus Christ, and our communities. Through courageous volunteering we will help individuals and spread the word of God.

We are the only Legitimate American Knights Templar Order  under  The Regent  Dr. Nicholas  Haimovici Haister OSMTJ International. We here in the USA are non-Mason and we do not except Masons into our Order.

Are you passionate about what you're doing? would you like to learn more about the History of the Templar's? Would you like to volunteer to help your community?  The present social, cultural, religious and geographical structures have compelled us to be transformed from a warring to a spiritual organization promoting intelligence, morality, ecumenism, the respect of the singularities of other human beings, charitability and the service of mankind.  We need to build up and raise  up a new breed of Daniels to speak the words of our Lord Jesus  Christ amid this modern Christ less society, with the confusing and troubled nations of this world through new age way of thinking, cults of every description. The  giants of alcohol, pornography, child abuse, violence and sexual misconduct, as well as on television, movies. This relentless attacks on society and Christians. These attacks need to be fought off and Gods word needs to be spread and take root in every aspect of life. We as true Templars  need to overtake the enemies of  society. Would you like to be anointed as a leader, a Templar  Knight?

We can help you immerse yourself in His word be dedicated to hit this hard hearted society of Godless people and turn them to God.

Chronological Order of the Templars written by Prof. Dr Nicholas Haimovici Haistier. The leader of OSMTJ International

• The year 637 Caliph Omar I (581-644) Conquers Palestine (Jerusalem) from the Byzantines. Followed by the conquest of Syria, Egypt, and Mesopotamia.
• 642 The Arabians occupy Alexandria and set the famous Library on fire.
• 688 Calif Abd - al - Malik ordered the construction of a sanctuary in Jerusalem: the Dome of the Rock, which was finished in 692. It is the most ancient monument of Islam.
• 711 The Muslim Omayyad start occupying the Iberian Peninsula. The occupation is completed by 718/719 and will come to its end in 1492
• 909 - 1171 The dynasty of the Fatimides takes possession of Jerusalem. Caliph Al Hakim razed to the ground the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and destroyed the Christian Properties.
• 1047 Jerusalem is first named Al-Qods by the Muslim.
• 1049 Some merchants of Amalfi founded hospice or a hospital in Jerusalem, dedicated to St John the Baptist, to welcome and treat sick pilgrims. An Amalfitan Hospitaler Congregation is born.
• 1054 The "Grand Schism" between the  "Latin Church (Rome) and the "Orient Church (Constantinople) erupts.
• 1063 First Crusade in Spain, where the term "Cruzada" is used for the first time.
• 1071 The Seljuk Turks, led by the Sultan Alp Arslan annihilate the Bzantine army in Mantzikert. The Roman empire IV Diogenes is taken prisioner. All Byzantine Anatolia is lost.
• 1076 (1073?) The Seljuk Turks seize Jerusalem
• 1085 Alfonso VI Castillo takes Toledo from the Arabs.
• 1091 Roberto II Guiscardo, with his Normans, complete the occupation of Muslim Sicily.
• 1095 On March 1, in Piacenza, Pope Urban II (1088 - 1099) convenes his first great Council to which contribute, among others, the ambassadors of the Emperor of Constantinople, Alexius I Comnenus, who described the difficult situation of Byzantium with respect to the Seljuk Turks and call for intervention of the Christian West. From 18 to 28 November another Council is held in Clermont, France, where Pope Urban orders the 1st Crusade.
• 1096-1099 1st Crusade
• 1096 Departure in Spring of the Crociata del Poveri ("Crusade of Poor people") led by Pierre I' Hermite and Gautier Sans Avoirl. After having massacred Jews in Germany and Hungry, these "Crusaders" are annihilated by the Turks in Asia Minor, led by the Sultan of Nicaea, Qilig Arslan.
• 1097 Start of the 1st Crusade. Nicaea is conquered and Qilig Arslan. is defeated.
• 1098 On March 10, the city of Edessa is conquered, of Which Lord Baldwin of Flanders is proclaimed Count. On June 3, the Crusaders conquer Antioch.
• 1099 On July 15 Jerusalem is conquered by the Crusaders with a general massacre of Muslim fighters and residents. The Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem is established, with Goffredo di Bouillon II "Lawyer (or defender) of the Holy Sepulchre". On August 12th the Crusaders defeat Fatimides in Ascalona. After the arrival of the Crusaders and the conquest of Jerusalem many Knights who came with Goffredo di Boullon  joined the Hospital Confraternity, which became a religious congregation, governed by the rule of St. Augustine. the same Goffredo makes a large donation to the hospital that will be used to establish branches in Italy and France. At the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, a Christian association is established, first by the latin Patriarch and later by the Franciscan Custidians of the Holy Land, to correspond to the pilgrims' request for Knights to be established in Jerusalem. thus, the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre is born.
• 1100 After the death of Goffredo di Bouillon, his brother Baldwin of Edessa is crowned 2nd King of Jerusalem, with the name of Baldwin I He was very modest: his choice concerning his leading position was to be "Protector" more than "King of Jerusalem"!
• 1102 The Crusaders take possession of Caesarea.
• 1103 The Crusaders conquer Acre and Byblos
• 1108 Gerado de Sasso (or de Saxo or de Tune) is the first Master of the Order of Hospitalers. 
• 1109 The Crusaders conquer Tripoli and Beirut. Foundation of Tripoli County.
• 1112 St. Bernard (1090 - 1153) nephew of the Master of the Order of the Temple, Andre de Montbard, enters the monastery of Citeaux.

1114 The canons of the Holy Sepulchre decide to follow the rule of St. Augustine

1115 On June 25, St Bernard, with a group of monks, founded the Abbey of Clairvaux, between Troyes and Langres.

1118 Baldwin I dies, he is succeeded by Baldwin II 3rd King of Jerusalem.

1119 On the 27th day of June the Emir of Diyabakir, El Ghazi, annihilates the army of the Franks led by Ruggiero di Salerno who falls at the battle at Atareb. The massacre is such that the Franks will call that place "The Blood Field" (agger sanquinis).

Chronological Order of the Templars written by Prof. Dr Nicholas Haimovici Haistier. The leader of OSMTJ International

• 1119 Huges de Payns (or de Payens, in Champagne 1070-1136) and Godfrey de Saint-Omer 9Picardy), with seven other campanions, from a religious community "Milites pauperes commilitonum Christi templique Salomonici" (Milice of the poor companions of Christ and the Temple of Jerusalem") for the protection of pilgrims. The Knights pronounce their vows in the presence of the latin Patriarch of jerusalem, Warmond de Picauigany, and accept the rule of St Augustine, with the guidance of the canons of the Church of Holy Sepulchre. The exact date of the constitution of the "Militia of Christ" is not known; it is presumed between 1119 and 1120. It is the moment to specify a fact which holds of the religious history. This is to understand why the Knights approached the "Canons of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. They had wanted to devote themselves to religious life without abandoning their chivalric ideals. They could not become MONKS practicing asceticism and live a life from the realities of the world, because they were withdrawing from life out of the monastery. On the other hand, the Canons give the possibility of a commutarian life (later also a military one) solemly celebrating the Divine Office in consecrated church, although the original rule of the Temple contains many elements borrowed from the Benedictine Rule, the basic conception remains that of the regular canons.
• 1119 First known as "The Poor [Knights] Companions of Christ", they will later be called "The Knights of the Temple (Militia Temples)". In their profession of vows "they must protect the streets and roads to the maximum of their ability against ambushes of thieves and bandits, especially for the salvation of pilgrims" (William of Tyre). Baldwin II, King of Jerusalem, gives them a part of his palace (the Mosque of ElAqsa), built on the remains of the Temple of King Solomon. (N.B. Misunderstandings concerning the number of the first Knights are due to the fact that certain authors confuse Knights with riders, sergeants and servants! They add their number to the 9 Knights arriving to the sum of 30 Knights (?) who, following their mistaken addition, constituted the Order! We have to follow the historical documents speaking about 9 Knights first forming the "Milici of Christ and in 1129 the Order of the Temple".)
• 1120 (Saint) Bernard Abbot of Clairvaux wrote the "Delaudae novae militiae. Liber ad Militum Templi a few months after the council of Troyes. It is a comment on the "Rules of the Templars".  we have to precise that the last was written by Huges de Payns and his companions - and not by Bernard of Clairvaux, presented, commented, completed and approved by the "Council of Troyes", establishing the Rules of the current, practical life of the Knights Templars. The comment of Abbot Bernard showed the the ideal Order should be like and completed the Rule with a high spirituality!
• 1123 First council of Lateran.
• 1124 The crusaders conquer Tyre
• 1125 Count Hugues de Champagne, important French personality, enters the "Milites Christ", (later Order of the Temple"0 with his entire country.
• 1126 Hugues de Paynes returns to France with a small escort of Knights to recruit new members and seek support and help from Bernardo di Clairvaux, Abbot od the Cistercians (1115 - 1153), obtaining the Pope's recognition and granting a Rule.
• 1128 Hugues de Paynes visits England and Scotland, seeking help and support for his Order. He was received by Pope Honorius II, bringing him a message from the Patriarch of Jerusalem. He writes the "Letter to the Knights of Christ", premise to the request to create a new Order. Pope Honorius II called the Council of Troyes in December 1128.
• 1129 At the Council of Troyes the "Order of the Temple", under the presidency of the Papal Legate Cardinal d'Albano, is recognized by the Church and the Rule, based on Benedictine - Cistercian model (St Bernard), is approved. Known as the "Latin Rule", it consists of 72 or 76 articles, according to the Latin or French version. The rule is translated into French of the era and will be known as the "Primitive Rule" or the "French Rule". The monk Jean Michel, secretary, wrote down the Rule.
• An Important Historical date concerning the beginning of the "Council of Troyes is controverted: certain authors write 1128 and others write 1129. Detailed research prove that the Council started on 30 December 1128 and finished hearings and made a decision in January 1129.
• 1129 The white Cistercian mantle is adopted by the professed knights as a symbol of loyalty and purity of their life. Pope Honorius II (1124 -1130) validates the recognition of the Order by the Church of Rome. Huges de Paynes is chosen as the First Master of the Temple ("Magister militum Templi"). It is from the end of this last year that Bernard of Clairvaux writes the "De laude novae militia", in which he sees the Templars as "a new type of Order in the Holy Places" and as having a "chivalrous and monastic life together". Defeat of Christians at the battle of Damascus, the first battle with participation of The Templar Knights. The order of St. Lazarus was founded in the same period, in connection with that of the Templars.
• 1131 The Templars were installed in Aragon during the reign of Alfonso I "II Guerriero". Foulques d'Anjou becomes 4th king of Jerusalem, succeeding Baldwin II. At the same time, his wife, Melisande of the House of Rethel, is crowned Queen of Jerusalem.
• 1135 Council of Pisa: Pope Innocent II presents the new Order to the entire Assemble. He dedicates to the Templars the days of feast and fast to be followed.
• 1135 (-1139?) The translation of the "Rule of the Order" in French ("langue d' oil") is realized. (The langue d' oil" is the French vernacular language spoken in Northern France, South Belgium and Anglo -Norman islands).
• 1136 (1137?) Death of Hugues de Payns, 1st Master of the Order. We have to detail certain data concerning the personality of Hugues de Paynes. Under his taciturn and reserved aspect, a great administrator and leader was hidden! He structured not only the "Order of the Temple" but assured also the Frankish present in Orient through setting up a professional Army! He convinced Baldwin II, King of Jerusalem to accept treaty with Abdul - Fewa resulting in the exchange of Damascus for Tyre. As a consequence of his frequent movements between Orient and Occident the exact place of his burial is unknown! Robert de Craon (Burgandy) is elected 2nd Master of the Order of the Temple.
• 1137 Raimondo di Puy, the 2nd Grand Master of Hospitalers, transforms Confraternity of Saint John of the Hospital "into the "Military Order of Saint John of Jerusalem' (or " of the Knights Hospitalers"). 
• 1139 With the Bull "Omne datum optimum", Pope Innocent II (1130 - 1143), gives the Order: apostolic protection; the right to have their own priests; it submits the Templars, only to the direct authority of the Pope and grants them exemptions and privileges that make the Order an autonomous structure, with the concrete possibility of securing a strong economic base to finance military activities in the Holy Land. Church against the enemies of the cross. (From a religious order they became a religious - fighting (warrior) one.)
• 1143 On 10 November, Foulques d'Anjou, 4th King of Jerusalem, died Baldwin III proclaimed 5th King of Jerusalem.
• 1144 Pope Celestin II (1143 - 1144), (issued fulminated) grants new privileges to the Order with the Bull "Milities Templi".  The Templars can now directly raise their funds. It is practically, an enforcement of the Bull "Omne datum optimum". The Emir of Mossul, Zinki (or Zengi or Zeugi), takes possession of the country of Edessa.
• 1145 Pope Eugene III (1145 - 1153) indicates the 2nd Crusade with the encylical "Quantum praedecessores". With Bull "Militia dei" he grants the Templars the right to have their own churches and chaplains and exempts them from jurisdiction of the bishops. The "Apostolic protection" is extended to the families of the Templars and to their servants and goods. Successive Popes will confirm these privileges, adding new ones.
• 1146 On March 31, St Bernard preaches the 2nd Crusade at Vezelay.
• 1147-1149 2nd crusade The King of France, Louis VII and the emporeror of Germany Corrado III direct it.
• 1147 Pope Eugene III grants the Templars the right to affix the patty vermillion/red cross on the left side of the mantle, thus wanting to indicate his willingness to shed his own blood and die for the Faith. We must remind that in the Bull "Omne datum optimum", Pope Innocent II mentions the red cross twice!  In October, the Portuguese conquered Lisbon and the Spanish Almeria. Calatrava is torn from the Moors by Alphonso VII and delivered to the Templars.
• 1148 - 1149 The German contingent is late, the siege of Damascus very long, the two monarchs, Louis VII of France and Conrad III of Germany, return to Europe after six months.
• 1149 On January 13, death of Robert de Craon (Burgandy), 2nd Grand Master of the Order of the Temple. He was not the powerful personality of his predecessor, but he was a smart strategist, a scholar, an aesthete, a man of prayer! He is to be considered the lawmaker of the Order. He speaks to his knights with softness, but also with the firmness of a commander of monks-soldiers! On March, Evrard des Barres former Preceptor of France, is elected 3rd Master of the Order. Consecration of the Holy Sepulchre.
• 1150 The Templars acquired their first castle at Gaza.
• 1152 Resignation of Evrard des Barres, 3rd Master of the Order. He retired in the Abbey of Clairvaux, whose Abbot was Bernard (Saint) Election of Bernard de Tramelay (1100- 1153), 4th Master of the Order
• 1153 On the 23rd of August, the 4th Master Bernard de Tramelay dies at war during the battle for Ascalon. A first confront for the honour between Templars and Hospitalers arises. Election of Andre' deMontbard as 5th Master of the Order. On August 20, Bernard of Clairvaux dies. The Templars own their first castle in Gaza. On August 22nd Ascalona falls into the hands of the Franks.
• 1154 Nur ed-Din seizes Damascus.
• 1156 On 17th January Master Andre' de Montbard abdicates and enters the Monastery of Clairvaux were Bernhard, his nephew, was the abbot. October 1156 election of Bertrand de Blanquefort as 6th Master of the Order.
• 1158 The Templars acquire their first castle in Gaza (Palestine). In Spain, threatened by a large army of Almohads, the Templars, aware of the impossibility of resisting, surrendered the City of Calatrava to the king of Castile, Sancho III, who not being able to defend it, in turn gave it to the Order of Citeaux (the cistercians). Friar Diego Velazquez founds a relgious and military order, to which all Catholic Spain and Occitania flock, and from which the Order of Knights of Catatrava will derive, which unexpectantly manages to save the city from the seige and will later play a relevant role in the Reconquista.
• 1160 The Templars participate in the military activities of Aragon, leon and Castillo in Reconquista. Gualdim Paid is the first Templar Master in Potugal, where he builds the castle of Tomar. The Templars play an important role in the expansion of the Kingdom of Portugal. in Spain, in order to defend the pilgrims who go to Santiago from the attacks of bandits, thirteen Knights constituted an ecclesiastical association, governed by the rule of St. Augustine.  Clerics engage in conventual life but Knights can contract marriage. The Order is headed by a Grand Master, assisted by 13 Knights. Thus was born the Order of the Knights of Santiago de la Espada, to Which Fernando II donates the city of Caceres, just regained. The Primitive Rule (or latin or French) is completed over the course of a century, by acts commonly called "Statutes of the Hiearchy or Retraits (1160-1165) these are added to the rule: they concern conventual life, define the hierarchail statutes, govern the chapters, the election of the master, determine the penalties and punishments for violations of the rule and statutes and the norms for admission to the Order.

Pope Alexander III (1158 – 1181) recognizes the amended Rule. The motto “Non nobis, Domine, non nobis sed Nomini Tuo da gloriam” is written on the white-black flags of the Templars. The seal of the Order shows two knights on a horse. 

1169 - On January 2, death of the 6 Master of the Order, Bertrand de Blanquefort. He was a great administrator of the Order, negotiated a peace treaty with the Calif of Egypt, treaty which has not been agreed on by the Hospitalers who invaded Egypt. In January, election of Philippe de Milly (de th Napelouse), of Syrian origin, as 7 Master of the Order. He was fond of Arabian culture. 

1171 - In April, resignation of the 7 Master of the Order Philippe de Milly (de Napelouse) Election of Eudes (Odon) de Saint-Amand th as 8 Master of the Order. Prisoner of the Turks, he refused to be delivered for ransom. 

1173 - Templars' killing of the sender of the sect of the Assassins. 

1174 - Death of Amalric I, the 6 King of Jerusalem. 

 Baldwin IV becomes the 7 King of Jerusalem. 

1179 - On the 9 of October, death in captivity of the 8 Master of the Order, Eudes de Saint-Amand. He showed a  high degree of Templar spirit and ethics.

1180 - Election of Arnau de Torroja (de Torroge) as th 9 Master of the Order. 

1182 - The Patriarch of Jerusalem and the Masters of the Hospitalizes and Templars go to Europe to seek help against the Turks from the sovereigns of England and France, but without any result. Pope Lucius III (1181–1155) recognizes the new Rule of Hospitalers, written by Raimondo di Puy. 

1184 - On the 30 of September 9 Master of the Order Arnau de Torroja dies during a round trip in Europe, searching sustain for the Temple Order. He was obliged to sign a disastrous peace treaty with Saladin. 

1185 - Gérard de Ridefort, of Flamand origin, is th elected 10 Master of the Order. Baldwin V (Baldwin of Montferrat, also known as Baudouinet; August 1177 - August 1186) was crowned co-King of Jerusalem with his uncle, Baldwin IV in 1183 and once his uncle died, reigned alone from 1185 to 1186 under the regency of Count Raymond III of th Tripoli. Baldwin V is listed the 8 King of Jerusalem (the “boy” king). He was succeeded by his mother Sibylla and stepfather Guido. 

1186 (1187?) - Guido di Lusignano becomes the 10 King of Jerusalem. In August, th Sibylla from the House of Gâtinais-Anjou is crowed 9 Queen of Jerusalem. 

1187 - On October 2, Sultan Saladin of Kurd origin, reconquers Jerusalem. (Important remark: Historians kept the name “Kingdom of Jerusalem” for the entire Crusaders territories in the Holy Land, even after the fall of Jerusalem to the unfaithful!) 

1187 - Terrible defeat of Crusaders at the Battle of the Horns of Hattin on July 4, won by Saladin. More than 230 Templars captured in battle are killed. Jerusalem is lost after the Hattin disaster. Hospitalers and Templars are installed on the Island of Cyprus. The Templars develop their own naval strength. Only three bridgeheads remain to the Latins: Tiro -Tripoli, Tortosa and Krak dei Cavalieri, in Antioch. The Archbishop of Tyre preaches for a new Crusade, an invocation that is collected by Pope Gregory VIII (1187) who in December, before his death, indicates the III Crusade in Pisa.

 1187-1192 - 3rd Crusade. The leaders were Frederick Barbarossa of Germany, Philippe Auguste of France and Richard Lionheart of England.

 1188 - Frederick Barbarossa, who arrived by land, inflicts a serious defeat to the Sultan of Iconium, in Cilicia, but dies shortly after, on June 10, at the ford of the Salef river in Anatolia. 

1190 (4th October 1189?) - Death (execution as traitor) under the walls of St. John of Acre of the Temple Master, Gérard de Ridfort, largely responsible for the Hattin disaster. Prisoner of Saladin, he escaped twice, once giving away Gaza and later trying to negotiate a treaty between Saladin and Baldwin II, King of Jerusalem. To restore historical truth, it must be noticed that through these trials; the life of a great number of Christian fighters was saved! th After the contemporary death of the 9 King of Jerusalem, Guy de th Lusignan became 10 king. A German named Henry Walpole (Walpot?) organizes a first hospice with his partners in Jerusalem to welcome Germanspeaking pilgrims and create the “Teutonic Order”, adopting the Rule of St. Augustine. 

1191 - In October, Robert de Sable is elected 11 Master of the Order. He was victorious against Saladin. He bought the island of Cyprus from Richard Lionheart but the Greek inhabitants did surround them and were victorious for a moment. At the end, the Templars won and killed the Greeks on the day of Easter 1192. After that moment, the Templars left the island which was sold by King Richard of England who occupied Cyprus by tearing it from the Byzantines, which then Philip Augustus takes. He will give it to Guy de Lusignan; later the island became Templar property again. The “House of the Temple” built on the island of Cyprus is considered by some as the “Mother House of the Order”. The port city of St. John of Acre becomes the new headquarters of the Templars. In the military camp that besieged St. John of Acre, a group of pilgrims from Bremen (German City-State in which I lived for 12 years, some 750 years later) and Lübeck install a hospital to help German-speaking sick soldiers and pilgrims. In the hope of regaining Jerusalem soon and settling there, the hospital is called “Our Lady of the House of the Germans in Jerusalem”. Saladin is defeated at Arsuf but cannot regain Jerusalem and the two Kings return to the West. 

1192 - In April, Guy de Lusignan, 10 King of Jerusalem, dies. Conrad I, th (uncertain data) is elected 12 (?) King of Jerusalem, but dies a few weeks later. Isabelle I, from the House of Anjou Chateaudun, th daughter of King Amalric I and Maria Comnenus, becomes 11 Queen of Jerusalem.  Her husband, Henri de Champagne, is listed as the 13 King of Jerusalem for the period 1192 to 1197. The ancient Kingdom of Jerusalem has become the Kingdom of Acre. The Latins now depend on the sea for their supplies and on maritime communication with the West. A treaty made with Saladin allows free access for Christian pilgrims to Jerusalem. 

1193 - Death of the 11 Master of the Order Robert de Sablé on September 23. Baudoin V (the Little or Baudoinet) reigned over Jerusalem, the first time as regent under the co-regency of his parents. 

1194 - In February, Gilbert Hérail (Errail, Eral or Horal), former Preceptor of France, is elected 12 Master of the Order. He was proud and loyal! 

1195 - In Spain, under the strong pressure of the Moors, the Spanish Knights are forced to leave Calatrava. 

1198 - Amaury, from the House of Lusignan, married Queen Isabelle I and th is listed as 14 King of Jerusalem. The Hospital of the Germans is transformed into a religiousmilitary Order, the “Order of the Hospitalers” and the preceptor of the Hospital, Heinrich Walpot, becomes its first Master. 

1199 - The development of the network of Templar precepts (about nine thousand) in Europe allows the Order to become the greatest economic power, with a reputation of great reliability for the financial services rendered, which are honest and efficient. The Templar headquarters in London and Paris act as banks and treasuries for those governments as well as for the nobility class. The Templars become pioneers of international finance. Pope Innocent III (1098–1216) indicates the Fourth Crusade. 

1200 - Death of the 12 Master of the Order Gilbert Hérail in December. 

He was a proud and loyal Templar. 

1201 - Election of Philippe du Plessis for 13 Master of the Order in March. 

1202 -1204 - 4 Crusade, led by Bonifacio II del Monferrato and Baldwin IX of Flanders. 

1202 - Bishop Alberto of Apeldera founds the Order of the Livonian Brothers of the Sword, fighting against the pagans of the East. The Crusaders seized Zadar (Zara) in the Adriatic on behalf of Venice. 

1203-1204 - Siege and conquest of Constantinople. Foundation of the Latin Empire of the East (1204 – 1261) with Baldwin of Flanders as Emperor.  

1205 - Isabelle I, 15 Queen of Jerusalem, dies on April 5.

1208 - Pope Innocent III announces the I Crusade against the Qatari (or Albigensian) from France. 

1209 - Death of Philippe de Plessis, 13 Master of the Order. During his Magisterium, occurrence of the first and recurrent quarrels with the Hospitalers because of the possession of a property. The Pope Innocent III has to arbitrate the conflict: he decided to give the property to the Hospitalers. Hermann von Salza, perhaps the most brilliant of the Crusader leaders, becomes the 4 Master of the Order of Teutonic Knights. 

1210 - Election of Guillaume de Chartres as 14 Master of the Order. In Spain the Freires de San Julián del Pereiro conquer the city of Trujillo, which is ceded to them by King Alfonso VII. Since then they have been named Cavalieri di Trujillo. 

1212 - Spain: with the victory of Las Navas de Tolosa on the Moors, the Knights of Calatrava go to rescue. Shortly thereafter they will conquer Tarifa and their Master will die, covered with glory, under the walls of Granada. The Freires de San Julián del Pereiro receive the fortress of Alcántara (in the province of Cáceres) from the Knights of Calatrava. After this they will definitively take the name of the Order of the Knights of Alcántara. In December, Pope Innocent III published the encyclical “Ad th liberandam”, which calls for the 5 Crusade. 

1217-1221 - 5 Crusade, led by Jean de Brienne, King of Jerusalem, and Andrew II, King of Hungary. Considering that Jerusalem is too far from the sea for the resupplying of the armies, they conquered places and land in Egypt, hoping that they will succeed to exchange the conquered territories for the Kingdom of Jerusalem. This strategy ends in a disaster for the Crusaders. 

1218 - In Spain, S. Pedro Nolasco, with the support of Jaime I and the council of Raimundo de Peñafort, founded the Order of the “Knights of Nuestra Señora de la Merced”, whose Constitutions, inspired by the Rule of St. Augustine, are approved from the Pope. The purpose of the Order is to alleviate the conditions of Christians held captive by the Muslims and in danger of apostasy, organizing “redemption confraternities” to collect the money necessary to redeem prisoners.

1219 - In August, during the siege of Damietta, Guillaume de Chartres, th 14 Master of the Order, contracted the pest and died. Election of th Pierre De Montagu as 15 Master of the Order. Brilliant military campaign of the Teutonic Knights with the victorious siege of Damietta. The Master of the Order, Hermann von Salza, is elevated to the dignity of Prince of the Empire by Frederick II of Swabia. The Duke Corrado of Masovia founded the “Polish Order of the Knights of Dobrino" to fight against the pagn Slavs of Prussia.

• we are Not a military or political organization.
• We do not do military activities or dress in military gear.
• we do want to develop ourselves in Christs names as individuals for our family or loved ones and we want to help our community.
• we want no favor or recognition for what we do.