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3 unusual facts about Gerard de Ridefort


Gerard de Ridefort

This provoked a complaint from the city's defender, Conrad of Montferrat, in letters of 20 September 1188 to Baldwin of Exeter and Frederick Barbarossa: "...graver still, the Master of the Temple has made off with the King of England's alms".

He was elected Grand Master in late 1184 or early 1185, after the death of Arnold of Torroja in Verona.

Roger of Howden, Gesta Regis Henrici Secundi Benedicti Abbatis, ed.



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