Tag: Knights Templar

18th March 1314: Execution of Jacques de Molay, last Grand Master of the Knights Templar

The Knights Templar was formally abolished by Pope Clement V, but Molay’s execution secured his place as one of the Order’s most famous members.

On the 18th March 1314 Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, was executed on the orders of King Philip IV.