{"slug": "grand-master-order", "label": "Grand Master (order)", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Master_%28order%29", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [1128, 1568], "span_label": ["1128 CE", "1568 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "kingdom-of-england", "label": "Kingdom of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-scotland", "label": "Kingdom of Scotland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "knights-templar", "label": "Knights Templar", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bernard-of-clairvaux", "label": "Bernard of Clairvaux", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "knights-hospitaller", "label": "Knights Hospitaller", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "almoravid-dynasty", "label": "Almoravid dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "frederick-iii-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1128, "year_label": "1128 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Honorius II recognizes and confirms the Order of the Knights Templar. The French abbot Bernard of Clairvaux codifies the rule of the Order. Hugues de Payens, French Grand Master of the Order, visits both England and Scotland, where he raises men and money for the Order.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348046025#Religion", "title": "1128", "revid": 1348046025, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1135, "year_label": "1135 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Fernando Afonso, Portuguese Grand Master (d. 1207)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369184463#Births", "title": "1135", "revid": 1369184463, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1147, "year_label": "1147 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Garnier de Nablus, Syrian Grand Master (d. 1192)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362163362#Births", "title": "1147", "revid": 1362163362, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1160, "year_label": "1160 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "A large Portuguese offensive begins in the Alentejo region, against the Almoravids. The city of Tomar is founded by Gualdim Pais, Grand Master of the Knights Templar.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371224699#Europe", "title": "1160", "revid": 1371224699, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1207, "year_label": "1207 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 1", "text": "March 1 – Fernando Afonso, Portuguese Grand Master", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348494398#Deaths", "title": "1207", "revid": 1348494398, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1247, "year_label": "1247 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 9", "text": "May 9 – Richard de Bures, French knight and Grand Master", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362480331#Deaths", "title": "1247", "revid": 1362480331, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1469, "year_label": "1469 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 1", "text": "January 1 – Pope Paul II issues a papal bull establishing the military order of the Knights of Saint George at the request of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, and invests Johann Siebenhirter as the order's first Grand Master.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365666063#January–March", "title": "1469", "revid": 1365666063, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1568, "year_label": "1568 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 21", "text": "August 21 – Jean Parisot de Valette, 49th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (b. 1495)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362476556#Deaths", "title": "1568", "revid": 1362476556, "section": "Deaths"}}]}