El linaje navarro de los Murieta y sus vínculos con la Orden del Temple [The Navarrese family line of Murieta and its links with the Knights Templar]

Abstract

The present work aims to provide a historical and genealogical reconstruction of the Navarrese lineage of the Murietas in the 12^th century, a group of nobles little known to medieval research. Prosopographic analysis of the members of the lineage has revealed relevant information of a socio-political and religious nature. In the political and military sphere, fidelity to the Pamplonese monarchy through the performance of certain landholder duties is worthy of note. In religious and spiritual aspects, their predilection for the Templars is evident, joining the militia as brothers and lay brothers and in several cases requesting burial on Templar property.