RRR:
241
RRH:
116
Other:
Albon, Cart. Temp., p. 1, no. 1
YEAR:
1126
INSTITUTION RECIPIENT:
Templars
text:
Jul. 1 1124 – Oct. 15 1126. [39] Baldwin, miseratione Iesu Christi rex Ierosolymorum, princeps Antiochie, asks for the intercesssion of Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux. The Templars, founded to defend the Latin East, desire papal recognition and a Rule. Baldwin is therefore sending two brother knights, Andreas and Gundemarus, to obtain papal recognition and assistance.
Transaction Type :
INSTITUTION NUMBER:
368
Sources:
Albon, Cart. Temp., p. 1, no. 1 (RRH no. 116)
Comments:
[39] The letter almost certainly dates from the second period of Baldwin’s regency of Antioch.
GRANTOR:
Baldwin II
RECEPIENT:
Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux
