Pierre de Mirmande: Difference between revisions

The first mention of Pierre de Mirmande is in a charter dating from May 1163 when he entered the Order at the Saint John's commandery of [[Le Puy-en-Velay]].<ref name=":1">{{harvnb|Chassaing|1888|pp= 12 13}}</ref> We find him as a brother in 1184 in [[Saint-Jean-d'Acre]] under the magisterium of [[Roger de Moulins]]. According to acts of January 1193 and September 1199, he was Châtelain of the [[Crac des Chevaliers|Krac des Chevaliers]]<ref name=":2">{{harvnb|Delaville Le RouxRoulx|1904|p= 432}}</ref> under the magisterium of [[Geoffroy de Donjon]], elected around January 1193.

On 4 March 1202, De Mirmande was the Grand Commander of the Order,<ref name=":3">{{harvnb|Delaville Le RouxRoulx|1895|p= 75}}</ref> still under the magisterium of de Donjon who disappeared after the summer of 1202.<ref name=":4">{{harvnb|Delaville Le RouxRoulx|1904|p= 130}}</ref> The new grand master would be [[Fernando Afonso of Portugal]], elected between the fall of 1202 and 1203. De Mirmande became the Grand Master ''ad interim'' and directed the Order in the East in his absence. Fernando Afonso joined his post during the year 1203.<ref name=":5">{{harvnb|Delaville Le RouxRoulx|1904|pp= 130 131}}</ref>