Esquieu de Floyran (Floyrac or Foyrac) was a prior of Montfaucon in the Abbey of Saint Martial in Limoges.[1]
Native from Béziers, he spoke falsely and disloyally against the order of the Temple,[2] and so became a traitor with Guillaume Robert, Bernard Pelet and Gérard de Boyzol.[3] He then was imprisoned.[4]
In 1308 he wrote a letter to the king of Aragon James II reminding him that when he visited him in Lerida in early 1305 he had given information about the order.[5] Ponsard de Gizy, commanderie de Payns, mentioned him on 27 November 1309 as one of the detonators of the Trials of the Knights Templar.[6]
References edit
- ^ Demurger 2008a, p. 431.
- ^ Nicholson, Helen; Crawford, Paul F.; Burgtorf, Jochen (23 March 2016). The Debate on the Trial of the Templars (1307–1314). Routledge. p. 97. ISBN 9781317036319.
- ^ Nicholson, Helen (23 May 2016). On the Margins of Crusading: The Military Orders, the Papacy and the Christian World. Routledge. p. 64. ISBN 9781317085751.
- ^ Demurger, Alain (2008b). Los Templarios Deben Morir. Ediciones Robinbook. p. 188. ISBN 9788479279899.
- ^ Demurger, Alain (2009). The Last Templar: The Tragedy of Jacques de Molay. Translated by Nevill, Antonia. Profile Books. p. 157. ISBN 9781846682247.
- ^ Demurger 2008a, p. 430.
Bibliography edit
- Demurger, Alain (2008a) [2005]. Les Templiers, une chevalerie chrétienne au Moyen Âge. Paris: Éditions du Seuil. p. 664. ISBN 978-2-7578-1122-1.