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Guillaume de Beaujeu
Coat of arms of Guillaume de Beaujeu
21st Grand Master of the Knights Templar
In office
1273–1291
Preceded byThomas Bérard
Succeeded byThibaud Gaudin
Personal details
Bornc. 1230
Kingdom of France
Died1291 (aged 60-61)
Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem
Military service
Allegiance Knights Templar
Years of service1253–1291
Battles/wars

Guillaume de Beaujeu, aka William of Beaujeu (c. 1230 – 1291) was the 21st Grand Master of the Knights Templar, from 1273 until his death during the siege of Acre in 1291. He was the last Grand Master to preside in Palestine.

Biography

Guillaume was born around 1230, to be the youngest son of Guichard II of Beaujeu, Seigneur of Montpensier and Catherine, daughter of Guillaume VIII son of Dalfi d'Alvernha.[1][2][3]

He joined the Knights Templar in 1253,[4][5] where he probably participated in the Seventh Crusade.[6] He later went to the Kingdom of Jerusalem by 1260 or 1261, then he was captured during an ambush in the region of Tiberias,[4][5] but released shortly after along with John II of Beirut and John de Embriaco.[7] He was also part of the War of Saint Sabas, which deeply divided the nobility of the Crusader States and military orders.[8] Hence, Baibars, Mamluk Sultan of Egypt, took the opportunity to conquer many Christian fortresses including Beaufort Castle, and destroy the Principality of Antioch.[9]

In 1271, he became commander of the Templars in Tripoli.[10] Later on, he was appointed as Grand Master of the Knights Templar to succeed Thomas Bérard in 1273.[4] During his tenure the new Mamluk Sultan, Qalawun, easily conquered Latakia, after an earthquake in March 1286, which was the only remaining port in the Principality of Antioch,[11][12] followed by the County of Tripoli in 1289, which had ignored Beaujeu's warnings.[13] In 1290, Qalawun marched on Acre, the capital of the remnant of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, but died in November before launching the attack. His son Al-Ashraf Khalil, however, decided to continue the campaign. Beaujeu led the defence of the city.[14]

At one point during the siege, he dropped his sword and walked away from the walls. His knights remonstrated. Beaujeu replied: "Je ne m'enfuis pas; je suis mort. Voici le coup." ("I'm not running away; I am dead. Here is the blow.") He raised his arm to show the mortal wound he had received - an arrow had penetrated his mail under his armpit so that only the fletches were visible. Beaujeu died of his wound and the city fell to the Mamluks, signalling the end of Crusader occupation of the Holy Land.[14][15]

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See also

References

  1. ^ Barber 2012, p. 169.
  2. ^ Murray 2006, p. 1278.
  3. ^ Demurger 2008, p. 59.
  4. ^ a b c Barber 2012, p. 170.
  5. ^ a b Demurger 2008, p. 60.
  6. ^ Barber 2012, pp. 169–170.
  7. ^ Shagrir, Kedar & Balard 2018, p. 38.
  8. ^ Richard 1996, pp. 403–433.
  9. ^ Runciman 1994, p. 271.
  10. ^ Claverie 2005, p. 117.
  11. ^ Irwin 1986, p. 75.
  12. ^ Runciman 1994, p. 337.
  13. ^ Barber 2012, pp. 175–176.
  14. ^ a b Barber 2012, p. 177.
  15. ^ Demurger 2008, p. 78.

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Preceded byThomas Bérard Grand Master of the Knights Templar 1273–1291 Succeeded byThibaud Gaudin


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