Hugues de Montlaur

Hugues de Montlaur (died 1244) was Marshal of the Knights Templar during the mastership of Armand de Périgord.[1]

Hugues was probably from the south of the Kingdom of France, or from the north of Spain. He was mentioned for the first time in a charter in 1216 of the abbey of Clairecombe. In another charter a few years later, he appeared as a Templar, which suggested that his departure for the Holy Land and his entry into the order took place during the Fifth Crusade.[2]

In 1234, he was Master of the Order in Provence. He then participated in 1235 in the siege and capture of the castle of Montcada, and then in 1238 in the conquest of Valencia.[3]

Then from 1242, he bore the title of Marshal of the Order of the Temple. In this capacity, he was part of a coalition of Templars, Hospitallers and Teutonics, allied with the forces of the As-Salih Ismail, Emir of Damascus, which faced the army of the Sultan of Egypt, As-Salih Ayyub and his Khwarezmian mercenaries at the Battle of La Forbie. The coalition of Syrian Christians and Muslims was defeated, leaving over 30,000 dead on the battlefield.[4] A few knights of the Templars and Hospitallers managed to take refuge in Acre, which was still under their control. However, Armand de Périgord, Hugues de Montlaur and lots of dignitaries were all killed.[3]

References
  1. Barthélemy, Louis (1882). Inventaire chronologique et analytique des chartes de la maison de Baux (in French).
  2. Féraud, J. J. M. (1861). Histoire, Geographie, Et Statistique de Departement Des Basses-Alpes. -- (in French). Vial.
  3. Burgtorf 2008, pp. 564–566.
  4. Claverie, Pierre-Vincent (2013-03-28). Honorius III et l'Orient (1216-1227): Étude et publication de sources inédites des Archives vaticanes (ASV) (in French). BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-24561-7.

Sources
  • Burgtorf, Jochen (2008). The Central Convent of Hospitallers and Templars : History, Organization, and Personnel (1099/1120-1310). Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-16660-8.
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