Editing Templar leader

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A '''Templar leader''' is a member of the [[Templars|Templar Order]] who heads one of the organization's regional branches, also known as a [[Templar Rite]].<ref name="Encyclopedia">''[[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]''</ref>

Although the leader of a Templar Rite typically holds the rank of [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]],<ref name="Encyclopedia"/> there have been known instances where the leader instead only held the rank of [[Master Templar]],<ref name="AC3L">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref><ref name="ACFilm">[[Assassin's Creed (film)|''Assassin's Creed'' (film)]]</ref> usually because they operated on behalf of another Rite's Grand Master.<ref name="AC3L"/><ref name="ACRG">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''</ref>

By the 21st century, the Grand Masters no longer held the highest rank among the Templar Order. They were instead answerable to the [[Guardians (Templars)|Guardians]], who in turn answered to the [[General of the Cross]].<ref name="ACURM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: 10. Reconnaissance Memo]]</ref>

==Known Templar leaders==
''Leaders who are known to also have attained the rank of Grand Master/Grand Magister are marked with an asterisk. (*)''
===Order of the Ancients===
====Byzantine Empire====
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Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Isaac]]<ref name="TGC">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Golden City]]''</ref><br>until 867
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====China====
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ACD Li Linfu.jpg|[[Li Linfu]]<ref name="ACD">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]''</ref><br>[[Golden Turtles]]<br>until 753
AC Dynasty - Yang Guozhong.png|[[Yang Guozhong]]<ref name="ACD"/><br>[[Golden Turtles]]<br>753 – 756
ACD An Lushan.jpg|[[An Lushan]]<ref name="ACD"/><br>[[Yeluohe]]<br>755 – 757
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====Egypt====
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Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Smenkhkare]]<ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref><br>1334 BCE
ACO Flavius.jpg|[[Flavius Metellus]]<ref name="ACO"/><br>until 47 BCE
ACO Gaius Julius Rufio.png|[[Gaius Julius Rufio]]<ref name="The Hidden Ones">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – ''[[The Hidden Ones (DLC)|The Hidden Ones]]''</ref><br>38 BCE
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====England====
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ACII-WalterCrane-ArthurPullstheSwordfromStone.jpg|[[Arthur Pendragon]]<br>5th–6th centuries
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Æthelwulf, King of Wessex]]*<ref name="ACV"/><br>until 858
ACV BB - Æthelred.jpg|[[Æthelred I, King of Wessex]]*<ref name="ACV"/><br>865 – 871
ACV Menu Render Aelfred.png|[[Alfred the Great]]*<ref name="ACV"/><br>871 – c. 873
ACV Menu Render Fulke.png|[[Fulke]]<br>[[Wardens of Relics]]<br>? - c. 875
ACV Menu Render Gorm.png|[[Gorm Kjotvesson]]<br>[[Wardens of War]]<br>? - c. 875
ACV Menu Render Derby.png|[[Derby]]<br>[[Wardens of Law]]<br>? - c. 876
ACV Menu Render Tatfrid.png|[[Tatfrid]]<br>[[Wardens of Wealth]]<br>? - c. 874
ACV Menu Render Blaeswith.png|[[Blaeswith]]<br>[[Wardens of Faith]]<br>? - c. 877
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====Holy Roman Empire====
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Charlemagne.png|[[Charlemagne]]*<ref name="ACV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''</ref><br>c. 800 – c. 814
Wiki_noimage.jpg|[[Louis II of Italy]]*<ref name="ACV"/><br>c. 860s
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====Abbasid Caliphate====
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ACMirage DB Qabiha.png|[[Qabiha]]<ref name="ACMir">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]''</ref><br>c. 860s
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====Persia====
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ACOD Pactyas.jpg|[[Pactyas]]<ref name="LegacyHunted">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – ''[[Legacy of the First Blade: Hunted]]''</ref><br>[[Order of Hunters]]<br>until c. 429 BCE
ACOD LotFB Phila 1.JPG|[[Phila]]<ref name="LegacyShadow">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – ''[[Legacy of the First Blade: Shadow Heritage]]''</ref><br>[[Order of the Storm]]<br>until 420s BCE
ACOD Older Amorges render.png|[[Amorges]]<ref name="LegacyBloodline">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – ''[[Legacy of the First Blade: Bloodline]]''</ref><br>[[Order of Dominion]]<br>until 420s BCE
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====Rome====
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ACO Julius Caesar render.png|[[Julius Caesar]]<ref name="ACO"/><br>c. 47 BCE – 44 BCE
ACOC Augustus.png|[[Augustus]]<ref name="ACOC">[[Assassin's Creed: Origins (comic)|''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' comic]]</ref><br>44 BCE – 14 CE
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===Templar Order===
====Knights Templar====
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Hugh de Payns.jpg|[[Hugues de Payens]]*<ref name="Encyclopedia"/><br>1119 – 1136
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Gerard de Ridefort]]*<ref name="Encyclopedia"/><br>1185 – 1189
ACAC-Basilisk Render.png|[[Basilisk]]<ref name="ACAC">''[[Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles]]''</ref><br>1189 – 1190 {{c|''de facto''}}
AC1 Robert render.png|[[Robert de Sablé]]*<ref name="AC1">''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref><br>1190 – 1191
Bouchart1.png|[[Armand Bouchart]]*<ref name="ACBL">''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]''</ref><br>1191 – 1193
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Philippe du Plessis]]*<ref name="ACPL">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''</ref><br>1201 – 1208
ACU De Molay Render.png|[[Jacques de Molay]]*<ref name="Encyclopedia"/><br>1292 – 1314
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====Colonial Rite====
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AC3 Haytham Kenway render.png|[[Haytham Kenway]]*<ref name="AC3"/><br>1754 – 1781
AC3 Charles Lee.png|[[Charles Lee]]*<ref name="AC3"/><br>1781 – 1782
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====American Rite====
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Wiki noimage.jpg|[[William M. Tweed]]*<ref name="ACLD">''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants]]''</ref><br>c. 1863
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[American Grand Master]]*<ref name="ACURM"/><br>c. 2014
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====British Rite====
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ACV Alfred the Great render.png|Alfred the Great*<ref name="ACV"/><br>c. 878 – ?
Reginald Birch ACIII.png|[[Reginald Birch]]*<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref><br>c. 1735 – 1757
ACRogue Lawrence Washington render.png|[[Lawrence Washington]]<ref name="ACRG"/><br>[[United States|Thirteen Colonies]]<br>1738 – 1752
ACRogue James Wardrop render.png|[[James Wardrop]]<ref name="ACRG"/><br>Thirteen Colonies<br>1752 – 1754
ACBrahman - Francis Cotton render.png|[[Francis Cotton]]<ref name="ACBR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brahman]]''</ref><br>[[India]]<br>until 1839
ACCI William Sleeman.png|[[William Sleeman]]<ref name="ACCI">''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India]]''</ref><br>India<br>began 1839
ACS Crawford Starrick Render.png|[[Crawford Starrick]]*<ref name="ACS">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''</ref><br>until 1868
ACT Thaddeus Gift.png|[[Thaddeus Gift]]*<ref name="ACT">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – ''[[Assassin's Creed Templars Volume 1: Black Cross|Volume 1: Black Cross]]''</ref><br>until 1927
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====Byzantine Rite====
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Manuel Palaiologos.png|[[Manuel Palaiologos]]<ref name="ACR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref><br>until c. 1509
ACR Ahmet v.png|[[Ahmet]]*<ref name="ACR"/><br>c. 1509 – 1512
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====Shanghai Rite====
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ACCC Zhang Yong Render.png|[[Zhang Yong]]<ref name="ACCC">''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China]]''</ref><br>until 1532
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Sun Yat-sen]]*<ref name="ACT"/><br>until 1925
ACT Fessenden.jpg|[[Stirling Fessenden]]*<ref name="ACT"/><br>began 1925
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====Parisian Rite====
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Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Alexandre de Hautecourt]]<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Witches of the Moors]]'' – Chapter 21: Pierre de Lancre</ref><br>c. 1609
MadeleineDatabaseHD.png|[[Madeleine de L'Isle]]<ref name="ACRGWar">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters]]: Audition</ref><br>[[Louisiana Rite of the Templar Order|Louisiana Rite]]<br>1764 – 1777
ACU De La Serre Render.png|[[François de la Serre]]*<ref name="ACU">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''</ref><br>1768 – 1789
ACU Elise Render.png|[[Élise de la Serre]]<ref name="Unity novel">[[Assassin's Creed: Unity (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' novel]]</ref><br>Moderates<br>1789 – 1794
ACU François-Thomas Germain Render.png|[[François-Thomas Germain]]*<ref name="ACU"/><br>Radicals<br>1789 – 1794
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====Roman Rite====
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ACB Rodrigo render.png|[[Rodrigo Borgia]]*<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref><ref name="ACB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref><br>1476 – 1500 {{c|''de facto''}}<br>1500 – 1503 {{c|''de jure''}}
ACB Cesare render.png|[[Cesare Borgia]]*<ref name="ACB"/><br>1500 – 1503 {{c|''de facto''}}<br>1503 – 1507 {{c|''de jure''}}
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====West Indies Rite====
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AC4 Laureano Torres render.png|[[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]]*<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref><br>c. 1673 – 1722
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Caribbean Grand Master]]*<ref name="ACURM"/><br>c. 2014
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====Other Rites====
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Pope sylvester II.jpg|[[Sylvester II]]<ref name="Encyclopedia"/><br>c. 990s
ACM Torquemada.jpg|[[Tomás de Torquemada]]<ref name="ACFilm"/><br>[[Spanish Rite of the Templar Order|Spanish Rite]]<br>until 1498
ACM Alan Rikkin.jpg|[[Alan Rikkin]]*<ref name="ACMN">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Official Movie Novelization]]''</ref><br>until 2016
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Mexican Grand Master]]*<ref name="ACURM"/><br>[[Mexican Rite of the Templar Order|Mexican Rite]]<br>c. 2014
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==References==
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[[Category:Templar ranks]]