Following Orders

[Richard de Graeme]

Must be a likeness from his younger headier days or perhaps after usage of the formula of the Greeks.

[Sir William Marcus]

From some new sources, ole Raynald of Châtillon may not be as bad as we'd like to lable him

One must tell me or where one can acquire these new sources?

[Sir Samuel]

Greetings again my esteemed friends,
A Special Thank You to Sir William for such an introduction. I will start by saying I am feeling much better today. I too take this as an Honor to be welcomed by those of this thread, as I have also began placing My history on one of the other website forums at modern chivalry http://modernchivalry.org/knights/view/Sir%20Samuel
I will continue more on that later as time allows. If I were to Place all my history here it would take a while to read. SO unless you plan to print it off and read as you....well you know.... Ok so I will keep it simple. I take upon myself the Persona of a Knight of St. John due to the fact well My Sire was a Knight of St. John and my now Senechal is a Templar. Tho I have kept to my sires ways and follow the Hospitilar way.  I am also currently working on my degrees of Freemasonry under the order of St. Johns of Jeruselum. SO to that I will place a photo if I can here to see. Other than the one my Brother Sir William has placed below.

I again look forward to getting time to meet all and hope to be of service to any that may need whatever it is I could offer.
Fair thee well one and all.

[SirMichael]

Greetings my Brothers and Sisters!

I am eternally grateful to The Confessor/Mongal Princess Femme Falchion to get my image and my Princess Emma's on the board.

My home faire is the Great Lakes Medieval Faire, in Geneva Ohio. I have been going for several years. The Princess was only 3 when she first started to attend. She is 9 now. It is one thing which we both do. I am divorced and live in Mentor, OH and Emma is with my Ex at Ft. Bragg in Fayetteville NC. I get Emma for a week at X-mas, Easter and 7 weeks in the summer. The GLMF is usually staring on the weekend after 4th of July. When Emma was 6, she told me that a Princess needs a knight, so I created Sir Michael to escort her.

Some more info on me. I chose the Jerusalem Knights since they were the police of the city of Jerusalem. I am a retired Major in the Army Reserves and my branch was Military Police. I held many commands so I chose a Knight Commander. I currently am the Deputy Chief of a Police Department in Ohio. So I found it fitting to chose that order since I am a war monger at heart anyways. I sort of adapted my credo Of the People...for the People, because the MP motto is Of the Troops...for the Troops. I have studied much about the civil war and other current wars but I am now focusing on the cursades.

I think you all are so nice and I am thrilled to be a part of your board when Warrior Monk asked me to join it. Be it known, that I stand ready to come to the aid of any of our fellow knights should they require help.

Sir Marcus, Thank Thee for they words of wisdom. I will not give up on my quest to use photo bucket. After all, God wills it!!!!!

To the rest of my Brothers....Have a great day morrow.

Mother Confessor, once again many Thanks. You truly are royal!!!!



Sir Michael

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Brother(Frere)Michael,

Wonderful to see your presentation as one of the Knights of Jerusalem. Although technically not a Military Order (Knights of Jerusalem) of the Crusading period, I believe we can assist you in representing the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, a prestigious chivalric order of Knighthood that traces its roots to Duke Godfrey of Bouillon, principal leader of the First Crusade. And sharing much the same emblem you wear proudly in your photo.

The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem can trace its origins to Godfrey de Bouillon of the first Crusade, who gathered around him a group of knights who were entrusted with the protection of the religious Chapter of Canons who were present at the Holy Sepulchre of Christ. For twenty years, these knights, and those who came to join their number, protected the Christian presence at the Holy Sepulchre, taking as their banner the red Jerusalem cross popularized by the crusading knights. By 1113, Pope Paschal II officially recognized their existence and purpose. It was not until 1122 that Pope Callistus II issued a bulla establishing them as a lay religious community with specific responsibilities of guarding the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre and the city of Jerusalem in defense of Christianity against Muslim attack.

The Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem was established, and the knights of the Holy Sepulchre played an integral role in advancing peace in the territory. The Muslim attacks, however, did not cease, and defense of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre—which was built by the earliest knights of the Order and still stands today, covering both the site of the crucifixion of Christ and His burial place—became impossible.

The earliest band of knights fled to the city of Acre, to the fortress of St. John, where they were received by other groups of besieged crusaders. They remained there from 1245 until the great fortress fell to the Muslims in 1291, ending the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. A diaspora ("a scattering of seeds" is any movement of a population sharing common ethnic identity) then took place among the Christians in Palestine. Many of the knights of the Holy Sepulchre remained in the Mediterranean basin; others fled as far as France and Spain. The works of the Order continued as far away as Poland, where knights had settled and later their descendants continued in the spirit of the defense of Christianity.

The activity of the Order, indeed its identity, in Palestine shifted from the knights, who returned to their own countries, to the religious Order of Friars Minor, which had custody of the monastery of Mt. Zion. This group of Franciscans preserved the mission of the crusading knights of the Holy Sepulchre, mindful of the original bulla of appointment that entrusted the basilica, as well as the faithful, to the Order's protection.

In 1330, Pope John XXII named the prior of the Franciscan house Custodian of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre. The custodian served as deputy to the pontiff, who reserved unto himself the governing authority of the Order, and yet, the custodians, in all effect, were responsible for all aspects of the Order's growth and governance, including the calling, of new knights.



In 1489, Pope Innocent VIII desired to suppress the Order and decreed that it was to be merged with the Order of St. John (Malta). For seven years, the two lived all uneasy, yet peaceful, union. In 1496, Innocent's successor, Pope Alexander VI, recognized the folly of this uneasy merger and restored the Holy Sepulchre to independent status. Alexander VI decreed that the Order of the Holy Sepulchre would no longer be governed by the office of custodian and further decreed that the senior post of the Order would henceforth be raised to the rank of Grand Master, reserving this title for himself and his successors of the See of Peter.

The darkest period of the Order's history began shortly after the pontificate of Alexander VI, when little is recorded of its work or activity. Throughout this prolonged era, with the blessing of the Holy See, the Franciscans of the Holy Land continued to welcome into the Order, under the emblem of the red Jerusalem cross, men of great faith and strength of character always willing to defend the faith, even to the shedding of their blood, and to death when necessary.


I see that you're a veteran too, so you are doubly welcome from my state in the Outremer, as I am a retired Infantryman, now in the employ of my former family as a CIED specialist. As you might have noticed, the majority of the Brothers on this thread all hold the responsibility of escorting a Princess in their lives, and we wouldn't have it any other way.

Sister Hatchet, Mother Confessor to the Central Asian Nomadic Hordes appears to have you well taken care of in the photo arena. Please feel free to share more as time progresses.

That should be enough input for me tonight. Pax vobiscum.

Non Nobis Domine Non Nobis Sed Nomini Tuo Da Gloriam.

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

One must tell me or where one can acquire these new sources?

Excuse me Brother, I was thinking of the wrong man for some reason. I had de Ridefort in mind, when I read this, thus the following support:

Most of the contemporary accounts of the era between the Springs of Cresson and the Battle of Hattin were written from folks with ties to the Balian court. These folks would have had plenty of reason to "make light" of the failures of De Ridefort, due to the friction between the participating factions and the future leadership of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
No enter an account written by an English knight in the year of 1191, four short years after the events in question.

The Itinerarium Regis Richadri, that contradicts the "legend" of Gerard rushing headlong into the enemy. It reports that the Templars were caught by surprise and fell victim to a Muslim attack at Cresson. This could explain why he and a few others made it out after the fight.....


Although in Reynald's case, keeping with the concept of routing or destroying Islamic/Muslim control over the Holy Land, you can say put put forth 110%. Especially with the sacking of the Holy Cities.

[Sir William Marcus]

May 2010

Just a little visual as to what is coming!

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Now that's a different look for Robin Hood!

And what is that!? A "Narnia" type helm?

[Sir Samuel]

Greetings to all,
I would have to agree there seems to be a constant flow of us military in this group. I am a retired 1st sgt with the USMC. I was in the 2nd marine 2nd recon batallion 3rd div as a team leader. my job mainly consisted of search and destroy. Hmmmm you think thats why I am so interested in warring and protecting my homeland and those that reside in it? I never seem to be amazed of the quality of people our Military branches place back into society. And yet we seem to all still hold true to our beliefs and continue to uphold those beliefs no matter what situation we are in. I salute you all who have pledged your lives to the protection of our people and to all those oppressed the world over.

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Frere Samuel,

Thank you for your service as well. You knew Gunny Highway....lol!
I spent time throughout the gambit of "Gun Fighters" from 2d Ranger Bn, 82d ABN, 1st Inf & 1st Armored Divs. Wouldn't change anything if I had to do it again.

"Hmmmm you think thats why I am so interested in warring and protecting my homeland and those that reside in it? I never seem to be amazed of the quality of people our Military branches place back into society. And yet we seem to all still hold true to our beliefs and continue to uphold those beliefs no matter what situation we are in. I salute you all who have pledged your lives to the protection of our people and to all those oppressed the world over."

Some things don't change, it's in our blood.

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Find out your Crusading Role Model!!!

Do not scroll down until you are finished. You will be amazed!

   

Who is your Crusading Role Model. Don't scroll down yet. Do the math below, Then scroll down to find your Hero.

It's CRAZY how accurate this is!    No peeking!
   
   
1) Pick your favorite number between 1-9
2) Multiply by 3 then
3) Add 3
4) Then again Multiply by 3 (We'll wait while you get the calculator....)
5) You'll get a 2 or 3 digit number....
6) Add the digits together
   




Now Scroll down

   

   

   
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With that number, see who your ROLE MODEL is from the list below:
1. Richard the Lionheart
2. Guy of Lusignan
3. Hugh de Payens
4. King Baldwin IV  
5. Bohemond
6. Frederic Barbarossa
7. Gerard de Ridefort
8. Saladin
9. Raynald of Châtillon

   

I know, I know....He just has that effect on people. One day, you too can be like him. Why are you crying???

P.S. Stop picking different numbers!!! HE IS YOUR IDOL ... JUST DEAL WITH IT!!!!!!

[Just Jesse]

MINE WAS SPOT ON!!! I LOVE REYNALD, and brenden glesson ,but what movie is that with russel crowe???

[Sir William Marcus]

Trickery it is!

what movie is that with russel crowe???

Robin Hood, to be released in May 2010

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Trickery it is!

From this reply, I can only assume that you ended up on #9......

[Just Jesse]

OH I CANT WAIT!!!! finally my frend will be able to dawn his armor b the time that movie is out!!! This is a good excuse for me to ge back into the swing of things!!! To tell you the truth, if it wouldnt had been to hard to find a MR double wrap belt from KOH, i mite not have given up on the Templar ....