Geoffroy Morin (died 1189) was Marshal of the Knights Templar during the mastership of

Gerard of Ridefort Gérard de Ridefort, also called Gerard de Ridefort (died 4 October 1189), was Grand Master of the Knights Templar from the end of 1184 and until his death in 1189. Early life Gerard de Ridefort is thought probably to have been of Flemish origi ...

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Geoffroy was probably from

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in the

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. The date of his departure for the Holy Land and his entry into the Order of the Temple are unknown. From 1187, he was appointed as Commander of the Order in Tyre. Then he was appointed Marshal of the Order by Gerard of Ridefort, probably in 1188 after the release of the Master of the Order, taken prisoner by the Muslims during the Battle of Hattin. In 1189, he took part in the

Siege of Acre Siege of Acre may refer to: * Siege of Acre (1104), following the First Crusade *Siege of Acre (1189–1191), during the Third Crusade * Siege of Acre (1263), Baibars laid siege to the Crusader city, but abandoned it to attack Nazareth. *Siege of A ...

, where he died alongside Gerard of Ridefort and eighteen other Templars. According to a contemporary poem, he died carrying the ''

Baucent ''Baucent'' (''bauceant, baussant'', etc.) was the name of the war flag (''vexillum belli'') used by the Knights Templar in the 12th and 13th centuries. 13th-century sources show it as a white gonfanon with a black chief (''argent a chief sabl ...

''.

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