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| - Jacques de Molay, auch Jacob de Molay und Jacobus von Molay (um 1244-1218 March 1307) war der letzte öffentlich anerkannte Großmeister des Templerordens. Nach seiner Hinrichtung flohen die Templer in den Untergrund und mussten von diesem Tag an versteckt operieren.
- Jacques Bernard de Molay (1244 – 1314) was the last publicly recognized Grand Master of the Knights Templar, and a Sage. Following his execution, the Templars were disbanded as an official knightly order, and were forced into operating as a secret organization.
- Little is known of his early years, but Jacques de Molay was probably born in Molay, Haute-Saône in the county of Burgundy, at the time a territory ruled by Otto III as part of the Holy Roman Empire, and in modern times in the area of Franche-Comté, northeastern France. His birth year is not certain, but judging by statements made during the later trials, was probably between 1240 and 1250. He was born as most Templar knights were, into a family of minor or middle nobility.
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