Grand Master succession
Some of the information below follows research and published in "Templar Succession : Establishing Continuity 1307-Present" by Daniel J. Clausen (Grand Historian of the OSMTJ), published in October 2021. Copies are available on-line (Amazon).
However, because of many disputes since 1314 and continuing, we only recognise the recent Grand Masters, Admiral Sir Sidney Smith and General Antoine Zdrowjewski as being legitimate Grand Masters.
Old Order
1118-1136 Hugues de Payens
1136-1149 Robert de Craon
1149-1152 Everard des Barres
1152-1153 Bernard de Tremalai
1153-1156 Andrew de Montbard
1156-1169 Bertrand de Blanchefort
1169-1171 Philip de Naplous
1171-1179 Odon de St. Amand
1180-1184 Amaud de Toroge
1185-1189 Gerard de Ridefort
1191-1193 Robert de Sable
1194-1200 Gilbert Erail
1201-1209 Philippe de le Plessis
1210-1219 Guillaume de Chartres
1219-1232 Pierre de Montaigue
1232-1244 Armand de Perigord
1244-1247 Richard de Bures
1247-1250 Guillaume de Sonnac
1250-1256 Renaud de Vichiers
1256-1273 Thomas Berard
1273-1291 Guillaume de Beaujeau
1291-1293 Thibaud Gaudin
1294-1314 Jacques de Molay
According to the Larmenius Charter
(Academic scholars believe this document to be a fake!)
1314-1324 Jean Marc Larmenius
1324-1340 Theobald of Alexandria
1340-1349 Arnold de Braque
1349-1357 John de Claremont
1357-1381 Bertrand du Gueselin
1381-1392 John Arminiacus
1391-1419 Bernard Arminiacus
1419-1452 John Arminiacus
1451-1472 John de Croy
1472-1478 Bernard Imbault
1478-1497 Robert de Lenoncourt
1497-1516 Galeatius de Salazae
1516-1544 Phippe Chabot
1544-1574 Gaspard de Galtiaco Tavanensis
1574-1615 Charles de Valois
1651-1681 James Ruxellius de Granceio
1681-1705 Jacques Henri de Durfort, Duke of Duras
1705-1723 Phillippe II, Duke of Orleans
1724-1737 Louis-Augustus Bourbon
1737-1741 Louis-Henri Bourbon Conde
1741-1776 Louis-Francois Boubon Conti
1776-1792 Louis-Hercule Timoleon, Duke of Cosse Brissac
1792-1804 Claude-Mathieu Radix de Chavillon (Regent)
Ordre du Temple
1804 -1813 Bernard Raymond Fabre-Palaprat
1813 -1827 Charles Antoine Gabriel, Duke of Choiseul
Charles Louis de Peletier, Count of Aunay
1827 -1838 Bernard Raymond Fabre-Palaprat
1838 -1840 Admiral Sir (William) Sidney Smith
1840 -1850 Jean-Marie Raoul
1850 -1866 Narcisse Valleray (Regent)
1866 -1877 Dr A.G.M. Vernois (Regent)
1892 - 1894 Joséphin Péladan (Regent)
1894 -1932 Secretariat International des Templiers (KUMRIS)
Ordre Souverain et Militaire du Temple de Jérusalem (OSMTJ)
1932 - 1935 Council of Regency – Joseph
Vandenberg
1935 - 1935 Theodore Covias (Regent)
1935 - 1942 Emile-Clement Joseph Isaac Vandenberg (Regent)
1942 - 1970 Disputed Regency
1970 - 1989 General Antoine Zdrowjewski
1989 - 2020 Disputed Regency
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Disputed recent Grand Master
Antoine Campello Pinto de Sousa Fontes
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