Bertrand de Blanchefort

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Bertrand de Blanchefort (or Blanquefort) was the sixth Grand Master of the Knights Templar, from 1156 until his death in 1169. He is known as a great reformer of the order.

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From the 1960s onwards it has erroneusly been asserted that Bertrand de Blanchefort was related to a family of the same name located near Rennes-le-Château[1][2] This erroneus assertion was first discredited in France in 1984.[3]


  1. ^ Gérard de Sède, L’Or de Rennes, later published as Le Trèsor Maudit de Rennes-le-Château(1967).
  3. ^ Bordes, Richard (1984). Les Mérovingiens à Rennes-le-Château, mythes ou réalités. Réponse à Messieurs Plantard, Lincoln, Vazart et Cie. Le Casteillas: Editions Philippe Schrauben. 
Religious titles
Preceded by
André de Montbard
Grand Master of the Knights Templar
Succeeded by
Philippe de Milly