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'''Guillaume de Nogaret''' (1265 – 11 April 1313) was a [[France|French]] jurist who became the councillor and keeper of the seal to King [[Philip IV of France]], and the [[Mentor]] of the [[French Assassins|French Brotherhood]] of [[Assassins]].
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'''Guillaume de Nogaret''' (c. 1260 – 1313) was a [[France|French]] jurist who became the councillor and keeper of the seal to King [[Philip IV of France]]. He was also, secretly, one of the [[Mentor]]s of the [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins|French Brotherhood]] of [[Assassins]].


== Biography ==
==Biography==
De Nogaret was the mastermind behind the [[Persecution of the Templars|fall]] of the [[Templars|Knights Templar]] in 1307.<ref name="AncestralVengeance">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Ancestral Vengeance]]</ref> His plans came into fruition after fatally poisoning Pope [[Benedict XI]], his personal rival, who had excommunicated him.<ref>{{WP|Pope Benedict XI}}</ref> Benedict was replaced by [[Clement V]], who unknowingly served the Assassins. De Nogaret also managed to convince King Philip<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Database: Journal of Thomas de Carneillon, October 12, 1307]]</ref> to brand the Templars as heretics and arrest their [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]], [[Jacques de Molay]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Database: Persecution of the Templars under Philip the Fair]]</ref>


=== Origins ===
Along with [[William of Paris]] and [[Philippe de Marigny]], de Nogaret tortured de Molay and forced a confession to heresy out of him. The Templar and several of his closest men were subsequently burned at the stake, which marked the public disbanding of the Order, driving the Templars into becoming a clandestine organization once again, operating in secrecy.<ref name="AncestralVengeance"/>
The Nogaret family ran a small ancestral property in Nogaret, near Saint-Félix-de-Caraman (now Saint-Félix-Lauragais), from where it took its name.


Little is known about the youth of de Nogaret, except he studied law at the University of Montpellier, and there became professor of Roman law in 1287. In those years, Guillaume's career is divided between teaching law at Montpellier, and legal advisory services for various clients.
De Nogaret died in [[Paris]] in 1313,<ref>{{WP|Guillaume de Nogarate}}</ref> and was succeeded as Mentor of the French Brotherhood by the [[Master Assassin]] [[Thomas de Carneillon]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Database: Thomas de Carneillon]]</ref>


At some point in his life, he secretly joined the Assassins.
===Legacy===
During the [[French Revolution]], one of de Nogaret's distant descendants, [[Paul Teragon]], used a reversible anagram of the family name to hide his identity from those who would potentially seek vengeance for the Templars against his family. When his friend, [[Bertrand Grimany]], a descendant of Marigny also using a false name, revealed his own ancestry to a [[Paris]]ian newspaper, both he and Teragon were murdered by [[Anne de Molay]], a descendant of Jacques de Molay.<ref name="AncestralVengeance" />


=== The rise to power ===
==Appearances==
Committed to serving the king in [[Paris]] at the end of 1295, Nogaret performed various tasks on behalf of the king. 
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' {{Mo}}


It is from this period that also dates his participation in religious affairs behind the scenes first and then to light when, in March 1303, he made ​​a famous speech known by the crimes of Pope Boniface VIII. Sent to [[Rome]] , he will write a report discrediting the pope.
==References==
 
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=== War against the popes ===
Subsequently, in 1303, he tried twice to accuse the Pope of heresy by the King of France, to get what he needed.
 
A month later, Boniface died in Rome, still completing the objective of the Assassin. Thus, the successor to the papal throne, [[Benedict XI]] , was installed. Nogaret was sent by the king as an ambassador to the Pope but the latter refused to receive him. He reconciled only with the king of France and some members of the Colonna family, but he always kept Nogaret and Sciarra Colonna, the main instigators of the attack against former Pope.
 
A few months after the beginning of the reign of Pope Benedict, Nogaret had him poisoned in Perugia , [[Italy]], where it was established.
 
 
 
=== The suppression of the Knights Templar ===
In September 1307, a few days after the issuance by the Royal Chancery of the arrest of the [[Templars]] he had written himself, Nogaret obtained the post of the Seal Guard. He prepared for the arrest of the Templars, the destruction of the [[Temple (Paris)|Temple]] and the confiscation of their property, with the help of [[Master assassin]] [[Thomas de Carneillon]].
 
In this context, he launched a smear campaign to prepare public opinion. On Friday, October 13, 1307, at dawn, he arrested, imprisoned and tortured  several Templars, including their [[Grand Master]] Jacques de Molay. Then he orchestrates their trials by joining testimony under horrific torture and false testimony, fulfilling the plans of the Brotherhood to release [[Europe]] from the Templar's influence.
 
==Reference==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''
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Latest revision as of 20:45, 2 May 2026

Guillaume de Nogaret (c. 1260 – 1313) was a French jurist who became the councillor and keeper of the seal to King Philip IV of France. He was also, secretly, one of the Mentors of the French Brotherhood of Assassins.

Biography[edit | edit source]

De Nogaret was the mastermind behind the fall of the Knights Templar in 1307.[1] His plans came into fruition after fatally poisoning Pope Benedict XI, his personal rival, who had excommunicated him.[2] Benedict was replaced by Clement V, who unknowingly served the Assassins. De Nogaret also managed to convince King Philip[3] to brand the Templars as heretics and arrest their Grand Master, Jacques de Molay.[4]

Along with William of Paris and Philippe de Marigny, de Nogaret tortured de Molay and forced a confession to heresy out of him. The Templar and several of his closest men were subsequently burned at the stake, which marked the public disbanding of the Order, driving the Templars into becoming a clandestine organization once again, operating in secrecy.[1]

De Nogaret died in Paris in 1313,[5] and was succeeded as Mentor of the French Brotherhood by the Master Assassin Thomas de Carneillon.[6]

Legacy[edit | edit source]

During the French Revolution, one of de Nogaret's distant descendants, Paul Teragon, used a reversible anagram of the family name to hide his identity from those who would potentially seek vengeance for the Templars against his family. When his friend, Bertrand Grimany, a descendant of Marigny also using a false name, revealed his own ancestry to a Parisian newspaper, both he and Teragon were murdered by Anne de Molay, a descendant of Jacques de Molay.[1]

Appearances[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Assassin's Creed: Unity – Ancestral Vengeance
  2. ↑ Pope Benedict XI on Wikipedia
  3. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Unity – Database: Journal of Thomas de Carneillon, October 12, 1307
  4. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Unity – Database: Persecution of the Templars under Philip the Fair
  5. ↑ Guillaume de Nogarate on Wikipedia
  6. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Unity – Database: Thomas de Carneillon
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