Knights Templar

The Knights Templar (or the Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, or simply the Templars) were a Christian military order of the Middle Ages. The knights of the order were among the best fighters in the Crusades. The order also set up a vast financial network (a precursor to modern banks), and built forts in the Holy Land and Europe. After two centuries, the order fell into decline and suspicion in Europe and was dissolved after the French monarch arrested members and seized their assets.

During their existence, the Knights Templar attacked Constantinople and looted several treasures, including a chalice later used as a False Grail at the Temple of the Sun.

When persecution of the order came in the early 1300s, some of the Knights Templar fled from France with some of their key treasures. In the late 1930's, Martin and Davies escorted some colleagues of Indiana Jones to Scotland, one of the sites rumored to be the resting place of the lost Templar treasure.

Appearances

 * Indiana Jones and the Tomb of the Templars