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  JERUSALEM WAS TAKEN BY THE TURKS- INITIATING THE CRUSADES OF THE MIDDLE AGES.
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  HUGH DE PAYENS WAS CHOSEN BY THE KNIGHTS AS THE FIRST MASTER OF THE ORDER
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  THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR WERE AWARDED THE WEALTHY MANOR OF CRESSING
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  THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR ORDER SUPPORTED THE SECOND CRUSADE AND ASSEMBLED AT @CRE
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  11 OCTOBER TEMPLAR SHIPS LEFT LAROCHELLE HEADING TO SCOTLAND WITH MUCH OF THEIR WEALTH