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André de Montbard (5 November c. 1097 – 17 January 1156) was the fifth Grand Master of the
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and also one of the founders of the Order. The Montbard family came from the high nobility in
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, and André was an uncle of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, being a half-brother of Bernard's mother Aleth de Montbard. She had married
Tescelin Sorus Tescelin le Roux ( – 11 April 1117), or Tescelin de Fontaine, Tescelin le Saur, Tescelin Sorus, was a Burgundian knight, keeper of a castle on the road from Paris to Dijon, and father of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. His castle, which had been lar ...
, a knight, the father of Bernard. He entered the Order in 1129 and went to
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, where he quickly rose to the rank of
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, deputy and second-in-command to the Grand Master. After the Siege of Ascalon on 22 August 1153, André was elected Grand Master to replace
Bernard de Tremelay Bernard de Tramelay (died 16 August 1153) was the fourth Grand Master of the Knights Templar. He was born in the castle of Tramelay near Saint-Claude in the Jura. According to Du Cange, he succeeded a certain Hugues as Master of the Temple, a ...
, who had been killed during an assault on the city on 16 August. He died on 17 January 1156, in Jerusalem and was succeeded by Bertrand de Blanchefort.


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1090s births 1156 deaths Grand Masters of the Knights Templar 12th-century French people Medieval Knights Templar members {{Europe-mil-bio-stub