Templar Knights: History & Legends — Start Here
The Knights Templar existed for less than two centuries — founded in Jerusalem around 1119, destroyed by arrests that began on Friday, October 13, 1307 — yet no medieval order has left a longer shadow. Warrior monks, bankers to kings, guardians of pilgrims: the real history is stranger than most of the legends built on top of it.
If you arrived here from one of our designs, these guides are the best place to start:
- How the Knights Templar were founded in 1119 — nine knights, one temple, and a revolutionary idea.
- Friday the 13th and the fall of the Templars — what really happened in October 1307.
- Templar sergeant vs. knight — how the order was actually organized.
- Were the Templars Freemasons? — untangling the most persistent legend.
- The Templars in Assassin’s Creed vs. real history.
You can browse every article in our History & Lore archive.
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