Английская Википедия:Guillaume de Beaujeu

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Guillaume de Beaujeu, aka William of Beaujeu (Шаблон:Circa 1230 – 1291) was the 21st Grand Master of the Knights Templar, from 1273 until his death during the siege of Acre in 1291. He was the last Grand Master to preside in Palestine.

Biography

Guillaume was born around 1230, to be the youngest son of Guichard II of Beaujeu, Seigneur of Montpensier and Catherine, daughter of Guillaume VIII son of Dalfi d'Alvernha.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

He joined the Knights Templar in 1253,Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn where he probably participated in the Seventh Crusade.Шаблон:Sfn He later went to the Kingdom of Jerusalem by 1260 or 1261, then he was captured during an ambush in the region of Tiberias,Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn but released shortly after along with John II of Beirut and John de Embriaco.Шаблон:Sfn He was also part of the War of Saint Sabas, which deeply divided the nobility of the Crusader States and military orders.Шаблон:Sfn Hence, Baibars, Mamluk Sultan of Egypt, took the opportunity to conquer many Christian fortresses including Beaufort Castle, and destroy the Principality of Antioch.Шаблон:Sfn

In 1271, he became commander of the Templars in Tripoli.Шаблон:Sfn Later on, he was appointed as Grand Master of the Knights Templar to succeed Thomas Bérard in 1273.Шаблон:Sfn During his tenure the new Mamluk Sultan, Qalawun, easily conquered Latakia, after an earthquake in March 1286, which was the only remaining port in the Principality of Antioch,Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn followed by the County of Tripoli in 1289, which had ignored Beaujeu's warnings.Шаблон:Sfn In 1290, Qalawun marched on Acre, the capital of the remnant of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, but died in November before launching the attack. His son Al-Ashraf Khalil, however, decided to continue the campaign. Beaujeu led the defence of the city.Шаблон:Sfn

At one point during the siege, he dropped his sword and walked away from the walls. His knights remonstrated. Beaujeu replied: "Je ne m'enfuis pas; je suis mort. Voici le coup." ("I'm not running away; I am dead. Here is the blow.") He raised his arm to show the mortal wound he had received - an arrow had penetrated his mail under his armpit so that only the fletches were visible. Beaujeu died of his wound and the city fell to the Mamluks, signalling the end of Crusader occupation of the Holy Land.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

In fiction

• Guillaume de Beaujeu is one of the main characters of Robyn Young's book Crusade.

See also

• Grand Masters of the Knights Templar
• Templar of Tyre, William's assistant and chronicler

Bibliography

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External links

• A letter from Egyptian Sultan Al-Ashraf Khalil to William of Beaujeu

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