Succession of Grand Masters
Line of the Old Order
Hugues de Payens (1118-1136)
Robert de Craon (1136-1147)
Everard des Barres (1147-1149)
Bernard de Tremelay (1149-1153)
André de Montbard (1153-1156)
Bertrand de Blanchefort (1156-1169)
Philippe de Milly (1169-1171)
Odo de St Amand (1171-1179)
Arnold of Torroja (1181-1184)
Gérard de Ridefort (1185-1189)
Robert de Sablé (1191-1193)
Gilbert Horal (1193-1200)
Phillipe de Plessis (1201-1208)
Guillaume de Chartres (1209-1219)
Pedro de Montaigu (1218-1232)
Armand de Périgord (1232-1244)
Richard de Bures (1244/5-1247) (Disputed)[1]
Guillaume de Sonnac (1247-1250)
Renaud de Vichiers (1250-1256)
Thomas Bérard (1256-1273)
Guillaume de Beaujeu (1273-1291)
Thibaud Gaudin (1291-1292)
Jacques de Molay (1292-1314)
Line of Continuation (Larmenius Descent)
1313-1324 Jean-Marc Larmenius
1324-1340 Theobald of Alexandria
1340-1349 Arnaud de Braque, Lord of Chatillon sur Long (b. 1275-d. 1354)
1349-1356 Jean de Clermont-Nesles, Lord of Chantilly and de Beaumont (1297-09/19/1356)
1357-1381 Bertrand du Guesclin, Count of Longueville (1320-07/13/1380)
1381-1392 Jean III d’Armagnac, Count of Armagnac (1359-07/25/1391)
1392-1419 Bernard VII d’Armagnac, Count of Armagnac (1360-06/12/1418)
1419-1451 Jean IV d’Armagnac, Count of Armagnac (10/15/1396-11/05/1450)
1451-1472 Jean de Croy, Count of Chimay (1395-03/25/1473)
1472-1478R Bernard Imbault
1478-1497 Robert de Lenoncourt, Archbishop of Reims (1478-09/25/1532)
1497-1516 Galeas de Salazar, Lord of Lias (1449-02/09/1522)
1516-1544 Admiral Philippe Chabot, Count of Carny and de Buzancais (1492-06/01/1543)
1544-1574 Gaspard de Saulx, Lord of Tavennes (03/1509-06/19/1573)
1574-1615 Henri Montmorency, Duke of Montmorency and Count of Damville (06/15/1534-04/02/1614)
1615-1651 Charles de Valois, Duke of Angouleme (04/28/1573-09/24/1650)
1651-1681 Jacques Rouxel de Medavi, Count of Grancey (07/07/1603-11/20/1680)
1681-1705 Jacques Henri Durfort, Duke of Duras (10/09/1625-10/12/1704)
1705-1723 Philippe II de Bourbon, Duke of Orleans (08/02/1674-12/02/1723)
1724-1736 Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, Duke of Maine (03/31/1670-05/14/1736)
1737-1740 Louis-Henri de Bourbon, Prince of Conde (08/18/1692-01/27/1740)
1741-1776 Louis-Francois de Bourbon, Prince of Conti (08/13/1717-08/02/1776)
1776-1792 Louis-Hercule-Timoleon de Cosse-Brissac, Duke of Brissac (02/14/1734-09/09/1792)
1792-1804R Claude Mathieu Radix de Chevillon, Lord of Chevillon and de La Ferte-Loupiere (01/24/1728-1804)
1804-1813 Dr. Bernard Raymond Fabre-Palaprat (05/29/1773-02/18/1838)
1813-1838(L1) Claude Antoine Gabriel, Duke of Choiseul-Stainville (08/26/1760-12/01/1838)
1838-1839(L1) Charles Fortune Jules, Count of Guiges de Moreton de Chabrillan (11/30/1796-02/13/1883)
1813-1827(L2) Charles-Louis-David Le Peletier, Count of Aunay (10/26/1750-09/08/1831)
1827-1838(L2) Dr. Bernard Raymond Fabre-Palaprat (05/29/1773-02/18/1838)
1838-1840(L2) Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith (06/21/1764-05/26/1840)
1840-1850 Jean Marie Raoul (08/27/1766-02/03/1850)
1850-1857R Narcisse Rene Valleray (1791-01/09/1862)
1857-1866 George V Frederick Alexander Charles Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, Cumberland, and Teviotdate, Earl of Armagh (05/27/1819-06/12/1878)
1866-1871R Dr. Angel Gabriel Maxime Vernois (01/04/1809-02/09/1877)
1871-1891R Felix Marie Joseph Champion de Villeneuve (11/06/1817-09/02/1891)
1892-1894R Josephin Peladan (03/28/1858-06/27/1918)
1894-1932 Secretariat International des Templiers elu par le Couvent-General (KVMRIS)
1932-1935 Council of Regency – Joseph Vandenberg
1935-1935R Theodore Covias
1935-1942R Emile Clement Joseph Isaac Vandenberg (08/07/1895-04/11/1943)
1942-1960 Antoine Campello Pinto de Sousa Fontes
1960-1970R Dom Fernando Campello Pinto Pereire de Sousa Fontes
1970-1989 General Antoni Zdrojewski
1989-1994 Georges Lamirand
1994-2020R Dr. Nicolas Haimovici Hastier
2020-Today BG. Ronald S. Mangum, PhD, JD
