Succession of Grand Masters
An unbroken line — from Hugues de Payens in 1118 to Grand Master General Ronald S. Mangum today.
Line of the Old Order
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1118-1136
1136-1147
1147-1149
1149-1153
1153-1156
1156-1169
1169-1171
1171-1179
1181-1184
1185-1189
1191-1193
1193-1200
1201-1208
1209-1219
1218-1232
1232-1244
Richard de Bures (1244/5-1247) (Disputed) [1]
1247-1250
1250-1256
1256-1273
1273-1291
1291-1292
1292-1314
Line of Continuation
The Larmenius Descent — 1313 to the present day.
1313-1324
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)
01/24/1728-1804
1804-1813
Dr. Bernard Raymond Fabre-Palaprat (05/29/1773-02/18/1838)
08/26/1760-12/01/1838
1813-1838(L1) Claude Antoine Gabriel, Duke of Choiseul-Stainville
11/30/1796-02/13/1883
10/26/1750-09/08/1831
1813-1827(L2) Charles-Louis-David Le Peletier, Count of Aunay
05/29/1773-02/18/1838
1827-1838(L2) Dr. Bernard Raymond Fabre-Palaprat
06/21/1764-05/26/1840
1838-1840(L2) Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith
1840-1850
Jean Marie Raoul (08/27/1766-02/03/1850)
1791-01/09/1862
1850-1857R Narcisse Rene Valleray
1857-1866
01/04/1809-02/09/1877
1866-1871R Dr. Angel Gabriel Maxime Vernois
11/06/1817-09/02/1891
1871-1891R Felix Marie Joseph Champion de Villeneuve
03/28/1858-06/27/1918
1892-1894R Josephin Peladan
1894-1932
Secretariat International des Templiers elu par le Couvent-General (KVMRIS)
1932-1935
Council of Regency – Joseph Vandenberg
1935-1935R Theodore Covias
08/07/1895-04/11/1943
1935-1942R Emile Clement Joseph Isaac Vandenberg
1942-1960
Antoine Campello Pinto de Sousa Fontes
1970-1989
General Antoni Zdrojewski
1989-1994
1994-2020R Dr. Nicolas Haimovici Hastier
2020-Today BG. Ronald S. Mangum, PhD, JD