WATCH PART 2 HERE: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0n2Qz8kV4dU.html As this video seems to be getting attention, I just wanted to thank you all again for watching! I really appreciate your kind comments. If you have any suggestions, please let me know! Also, I included a portrait of 'Baldwin II' instead of 'Baldwin I' when talking about the Order of the Holy Sepulchre. Apologies.
The moral of the Templers story is........don't loan huge sums of money to the King of France and expect to be paid back. One day you're a Christian knight with huge amounts of money . The next day they're hanging you by your balls from the ceiling.
@@yopoxikeweapescai9066: In german town Bad ( Bath) Mergentheim, Teutonic Knights had their formal headquarters after 1525 to end of HRE in 103/06. There in palace is a large museum about Teutonic Knights. According to this museum , the last man who had the right to call himself a Ritter ( knight) died 1971/73 in high age. In 1920s the Teutonic Knights Order changed its name into Teutonic Order, so in early 1920s last men got the rank Ritter.
The Knights Templar continued in Portugal. The then King of Portugal had their name changed to the Order of Christ, thus avoiding the persecution from the pope. “Nope, we totally don’t have Templars in these parts, move along”.
Huge note is that the Portuguese crown was the only one in Europe to literally say "Nah fudge off France". They not only welcomed Templar refugees and created their new order, they defyed both France and the Pope by refusing to persecute them
@@om-qg7ju He didn't really want to, but he was "forced" By the French King. Basically the French king owed a lot of money to a lot of people, and one of the entities he owed the most to were the templars. At the time he had a great influence over the Pope and convinced him to accept his accusations against the templars. They were accused of heresy, rape and everything really. The ones that were caught were tortured until they admitted the false claims to be true. This persecution was enforced by the French crown upon the whole of Europe. As far as I know, Portugal was the only kingdom to refuse, always working to convince the Pope to let them create a holy order, The Order of Christ. Once this order was established, all possessions of the templars in Portugal was given to them, and the templars in refuge joined the new Order.
A note on the *_Knights Templar_* . In Portugal, in recognition and reward for their vital services in the Reconquista, King D. Dinis, while abolishing the local chapter(s), had the members and assets be transfered to a new order created specifically for this purpose, the *_Order of Christ_* . Excelent video.
another note. "dissolved" by King Philip IV of France who instead of paying off his debt to them, just murdered them, then stole all their assets. Catholicism is such a outstanding organization.
@@desert7868 yeah, the Templars in central/western Europe by then were more bankers than a military order; France wasn't the only kingdom that owed then a lot, so did the Vatican. What an amazing coincidence...
The same in Castilla-León. The order army was the most powerful permanent army in christian Spain, so the king simply transferred the fortresses, knigths and whealts to the order of Alcantara. It happened the same in the kingdom of Aragon, where the destination was the order of Montesa. Those knigths were vital for the Reconquista, because they were highly motivated, trained and able warriors.
You missed one order, which is the „Livonian Brothers of the Sword“ they look similar to the Knights of Dobryn, but are a different German Order, who also later joined the Teutonic Knights.
Yeah, I kind of omited them due to them being a branch of the Teutons in later years as you said. Judging from the comments I wish I included them as a few people mentioned Livonians. Some of the Spanish orders got axed as well.
Great video! Maybe for the 2.0 version include what happened with the Knights Hospitaliers and how they are incredibly active to this day, even as a member of the UN (United Nations - Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta). When the Order split during the reformation the protestant arms became the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (Anglican arm and a Knightly order under the British crown to this day and a vast first aid organisation). Another part became the Bailiwick of Brandenburg of the Chivalric Order of Saint John of the Hospital at Jerusalem (Protestant arm), Commenderij Nederland van de Balije Brandenburg der Johanniter Orde (Dutch Reformed arm) and the Johanniterorden i Sverige (Lutheran arm). Equally interesting is that Napoleon dissolved the order after seizing their land (Malta). What survived and remained of the Order fled, in part, to Russia where Tsar Paul I, intrigued by the chivalric and religious nature of the order, offered them protection. He even went as far as becoming a Grand Master of a Russian priory of the order. The West hated this then, and hates it today, and you'll find various sites of the Catholic/Protestant Orders mentioned 'fake' or 'Quasi' Orders pretending to be Successors. The politics and strife lives on and is worth mentioning, I think!
I wonder how the Czars comprised their strong attachment to the Russian orthodox church and their old rivals in the Catholic church orders? I guess the Czars gave them limited protection under some restrictions in the Russian priory mentioned?
Most of the Orders of Saint John who are genuine descendants of the Hospitallers (e.g. the SMOM, Johanniterorden and Knights MVO of St John) recognise each other as valid successor orders, whether Catholic or Protestant (the SMOM - Catholic - and the Protestant Alliance of the Orders of St John of Jerusalem).
@@paulsmith5752 oh, interesting. I've been fascinated with them since I was 7 years old and I got a trivia book and it said they were by some metrics the smallest country on earth. Then the priest I served as an altar boy happened to know a good deal about the crusading orders in general.
As a knight of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, I will compliment your brief description of our order. To this day we still defend Churches, especially of the Holy Land, where we are the main provider of funding for the parishes and Christian schools there. God bless.
There is something so valiant about The Order of St. Lazarus - a band of noble men, many of whom were gravely ill who fought with courage to protect and care for others.
Nowadays it is more usual for the church to apologise for the crusades. Back then, it was understood what was at stake. The crusades were a consequence of the advance of Islam, and the cruel and unjust treatment of Christians bb most Muslim states
Livonian brothers of the sword conquered Estonia and Lativa, later merged with Teutonic Order after being defeated in the battle of Saule, with its majority of the German knights were killed
clicked randomly not even paying attention to the channel maker. Good job, sir! I definitely was surprised when I looked down after finishing the video and saw that you are apparently still a newer channel. With production quality like this, I opine that, growth will coming to the channel a lot! Even only one random viewer, I personally greatly appreciate attention to production quality no matter how large or small the video maker!
thank you for your video, first time I see the full list of the crusader orders, and I think the most successful were the Spanish crusaders since the reconquest was a total success and the Islamic forces never tried to come back
@@loserinasuit7880 Be great if they were part-military and healed/supported the poor while being not a pushover. The catholic Church has been emasculated.
Very good video, straight to the point, information is expressed in a way to where it doesn't sound like a lecture and instead a fun video I want to watch.
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My primary school in Sompting, E Sussex, UK, had 4 football teams that us students were divided into, for PE. The teams were called Johnson, Hospitallers, Peverall, and Templars, (I am 58 now, so it is possible I am recalling the names not with complete accuracy). There was/is a church about 1 mile from the school that did belong to the actual Templars for a period of time.
Superb video! Very clear, concise and informative overview. Glad to have found your channel; please consider making one of the various Christian denominations? 🙂
@@st0ox not accidentally, most sci fi nerds are academically inclined, for the type of nerd you would need to be to create warhammer 40k, they are also probably, war history nerds too.
Love these videos! Never knew there were sooo many Military Orders during the Crusades! As an avid DM for D&D games, these videos are genuinely inspiring! Thank you!
There exists a cavalry regiment in the Spanish Army named after and with all the historical bagage of the Order of Alcántara. It was given Spain’s highest military decoration, known as Cruz Laureada de San Fernando, or Laureate Cross of Saint Ferdinand, for actions that took place on the Spanish invasion of Morroco in 1921.
the Iberian peninsula was the actual success story of the crusades, not the Holy Land. the two primary Iberian Christian kingdoms that emerged out of the Reconquista and the global maritime empires they created were really an extension of the crusades. in particular the Portuguese, as they then went on the offensive and took the crusading and fighting spirit head on into North Africa and the rest of the Islamic world outside the peninsula. from the inception of their Reconquista in 868 AD, to their final withdrawal from Morocco in 1769, the Portuguese and their empire battled Islam for 901 years. correct me if i'm wrong, but i can't think of any other European kingdom/ nation who battled Islam longer.
Traditional Catholic here. Loved the video! I just went to a Renaissance fair dressed as a canon regular of the Holy Sepulcher. Shame that they died out in the 1800s. Amazing to see them mentioned here
Hello!! Spanish person here, I come from a family wich looks like we served in some orders, it is such an honor and privilege to be able to wear such legacy, christ is king and my blood is here to serve
nice one here. I missed the order of the sword brethren, also a most germanic military order engaged in the northern crusade active in parts of todays lithuania. The order fell rival with it's former patron, the king of denmark. After their decline the remnants joined ranks with the teutonic order which then governed the land before owned by the sword brethren
Les chevaliers Hospitaliers, l'Ordre du Saint-Sepulcre, l'Ordre de Saint-Lazare, les illustres Templiers et, bien sur, la dynastie des Rois Chrétiens de Jérusalem... Tout cela a été créé par la France Chrétienne... Voir tout ce que nous avons pu accomplir, et constater où nous en sommes aujourd'hui...
I remember that the belts of the Spanish Army uniforms had an eagle with the cross of Santiago in the center. I believe that the shield and the cross are still valid as emblems of the Spanish army
One of the sites held by The Order of Saint Lazarus was at Burton Lazars in Leicestershire. The leprosy hospital was opened i the 12th century and the vilkag3e of Burton got the word Lazar appended to its name.
Really appreciate the effort you went too in highlighting these orders and History. I would mention though that understanding these orders and dissolution's is far more complex than first appears. A lot of these orders still exist to day or are revered in other similar organisations. For example the Templars actually continued to exist in Portugal, Eire & Scotland (for a while - before they became parts of other holy orders). The Order of Hospitallers - Now the Order of St John (Charitable ambulance service) and Knights of Malta still exist today, they even have a museum in Ldn worth visiting if you make it to the city. Additionally the Masons still have a sect for the Order of Acre - (Order of /Knights of St Thomas Becket') Also a lot of these orders have somewhat changed hands through the turmoil of the reformation, its an interesting history and worth while spending some time to look at. I would suggest you stay away from the Neuvo formations though, they are odd and have nothing to do with the actual ancestry and heritage of the actual orders themselves.
Could you go into more detail about the individual orders? Perhaps their structure, finances, training/how you became one, do any still exist and if so how are they different if they are? I found this really interesting, thanks.
The Knights Hospitaller still exist, they split off into different groups called Orders based on their geographic location. The most important one is the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and weirdly enough, it's current Prince and Grand Master (leader) is actually a Canadian lawyer. Regardless, the Knights Hospitaller mainly focuses on charity now days.
Order of Santiago is also been here in the Philippines Ferdinand Magellan is part of the order although many Filipinos suffered by the hands of Spaniards they gave also Educational and Medical knowledge here but the most important one that they gave us are the Bible.
The Knights Templar did not end, the few who managed to escape the executions were protected by King Denis I of Portugal and became the Order of Christ, which centuries later played an important role on the explorations and discovery of the Americas
One thing you missed about the Hospitallers was that they would allow women to join the order and teach them as they would the men for the hospital side of the order.
Modern people are quite quick to forget that the crusades were defensive wars. Muslims slaughtered their way out of Arabia and into Persia, Judaea, Africa, and Iberia. The crusades were launched to reclaim the lands and protect the Christians being slaughtered and persecuted. They were largely successful until the mongol invasions and the rise of the ottomans reversed those fortunes. Africa was lost, and we only reclaimed Judaea for a short time, but Anatolia was mostly taken back for another 400 years, and Spain was saved from Muslim oppression.
Gotta love the "we only reclaimed..." What exactly did you reclaim personally? Also remind me, which SUCCESSFULL crusade reconquer anything in Africa? I must be missing something from my history knowledge, maybe you can help me ;) These were far from defensive measures from Christians - but well needed to stop expansion into Roman's Anatolian holdings and very succesfull, because they had the same recipe for succes as early Muslim conquests - well, minus plague that decimated their enemies. Fanatical soldiers who butchered anything in their sight -including other christians and each other from time to time :) They were just as savage as muslims at the time, if not more.
well, christians also slaughtered millions of "pagans" in their wars of conquest in the British Isles, Saxony, Poland, Scandinavia, the Baltics and Russia throughout the middle ages and muslims were also remarkably more capable of peaceful coexistence with different faiths than christians in deeply multicultural and multiethnic places such as Egypt, West Africa and Persia
The Hospitallers were actually founded in 1070 in Akkon, before the Crusades. They originally were about providing for the sick but later imitated the example of the Templars and became knights as well.
The German Order/Teutonic Order is still active. Why no mention of the Knights of the Military Order of the Red Cross and Red Star? Another Crusader Order based in Praha.
My ancestor was actually a Grandmaster in the Order of Christ, a sort of offshoot Knights Templar who kept going. He was before Henry the Navigators time, and his son was a crewman and friend to the Prince who himself became Grandmaster. Order of Christ still exists as a recognition of outstanding state service to Portugal. Its sort of the Portuguese Medal of Honor.
i enjoyed the breakdown and precision. However, you failed to include the Order of Christ of Portugal ( from former Knights templar organization and members in Portugal after the order issued by French king and Pope)
No wonder that the Templars are surrounded by so many stories and part of video games like Assassin's Creed when they are surrounded by so much mystery.
We need Christian soldiers again asap and to not become corrupt but to remain true to protecting Christianity and Christians, before that re-legion of pieces gets more powerful. We need everyone to return to their churches and faith. If it weren't for Christian soldiers there would be no Christians, Jews, Hindus, atheists or anything other than islamic by about 400 years ago. We definitely need a mass return to faith and Christian activity in unison.
Great video. When talking about the Teutonic Knights, you should have mentioned the Livonian Sword Brothers as well (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livonian_Brothers_of_the_Sword)
On a visit to Vienna we were taken to a very old church where the knights would pray before leaving to protect our Christian brothers from the Muslim persecutors, to pray myself in this church was an honour.
Every Order formed in Spain during the Reconquista still exists, the only thing that changed is that after the Reconquista, the King of Spain Fernando the II of Aragon, known as the Catholic King, was appointed as the Grand Master of every order. That tradition persists nowadays, being the Grand Master of every order our king Felipe VI of Spain.
There exists an order named The Order of Christ in Portugal, it was formed out of all of the Templars that fled to Portugal, as its king was a supporter of the order. It is very important to world history, as most of the Spanish and Portuguese explorers who went to America and Africa were part of the Order. Even Colon married into the order while he was in Portugal. Another important member was the father of Miguel de Cervantes, the author of El Quijote de la Mancha. Arguably one of the most important books in world history.
You missed the fact that many of the knights of St Lazarus were inflicted with leprosy. Most of those knights came out of other orders. But if leprosy was discovered they were transferred to Lazarus order. Their green cross instilled fear towards their enemies. They knew the knights fought till the end cause they had nothing to lose and also the fear of being infected with leprosy had a psychological impact.
I probably would’ve been a hospital night because the banner is the same as the Cornish banner where I’m from. Its banner is exactly the same as the banner of Saint Piran.
