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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".

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

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



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