Most notable among their surviving ruins are Safed, the desert fortress Kerak, and a stronghold at Athlit called the Pilgrims' Castle.
Most notable among their surviving ruins are Safed, the desert fortress Kerak, and a stronghold at Athlit called the Pilgrims' Castle. After the fall of Ptolemais, Nicholas IV attempted to enlist them as part of a mercenary alliance, but they opposed his efforts, just as they had done with James I of Aragon's attempts at the Second Council of [*] Lyons. Their downfall began when William of Plaisians and others appeared at a hearing in Poitiers and accused them of treason and heresy, prompting Clement V to call together the Council of Vienne, which ordered their suppression. The burning of the last grand master, Jacques de Molay, sealed the fate of, FTP, which wealthy religious order of knights that was persecuted by Philip IV?
Most notable among their surviving ruins are Safed, the desert fortress Kerak, and a stronghold at Athlit called the Pilgrims' Castle.
Knights {Templar}