Knight orders - Military orders

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List of the Military orders



Knights Templar
* Other names: Templars, Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, Order of the Temple
*Founde😛 1118 by Hugues de Payens and next 8 knights.
*Templars were one of the famous of the Christian military orders. Their original purpose was protection of the travelers to Holy Land.
*Templars were very successful and the order grew rapidly. Templars owned numerous castles and lands in various European countries, they provided first banking system in Europe, they were known for charity.
*Their success was probably reason of their end. Templars were banned in the beginning of the 14th century by Philip IV, king of France and by Clement V. Highly ranked templars were arested and executed. The templar Order was disbanded in 1312.
*Templar cross: red cross on white background.


Knights Hospitaller
*Other names: Hospitallers, Order of Hospitallers, Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Knights of Malta, Knights of St. John
*Founded by Blessed Gerard
*The name Hospitallers came because they cared of sick pilgrims to Holy land. After fall of Holy Land the Hospitallers moved to Rhodos and later to Malta.
*The Order of Knights of Saint John is in service till today and it has a protestant branches in England, Germany, Sweden.
*Cross of Hospitallers: white cross on black background / white cross on red background.


Teutonic Order
*Other names: Teutonic knights, German knights, Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem
*Founde😛 1190
*The Teutonic Order was founded in 1190 during the siege of Acre, when a hospital brotherhood was established to care for the many sick German crusaders. It was given a building after the conquest of the city, and in 1198 was turned into a military-monastic order on the model of the Hospitallers of Saint John and the Templars.
*Teutonic knights were on of the most powerful military order. They owned huge ares in northern and central Europe: Germany, Poland, Baltic states, cities and castles in Czech kingdom.
*Teutonic cross: black cross on white background.


Knights of Saint James
Calatrava Knights
Order of the Dragon
Order of Saint Michael of the Wing
Knights of the Cross with the Red Star
Livonian Brothers of the Sword
Militia of Jesus Christ
Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem