
Originally posted on Historical Vault21: 1119-1136 Hugh de Payen: One of the nine founding knights of the Order was the first master of the Order of the Temple, Hugh was a vassal of the Count of Champagne from Payns, northwest of Troyes in France. Hugh settled in the kingdom of Jerusalem sometime after 1113, and…
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