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Order of Mountjoy Orden de Monte Gaudio
The order emblem
Type	Catholic military order
Religious affiliation	Catholic

TheOrder of Mountjoy (Spanish:Orden de Monte Gaudio, also known as the Order of Trufac^{[citation needed]}) was amilitary order during thecrusades.

The order of Montjoie is mentioned in the 13th century as having been founded for the purpose of protecting Christian pilgrims inIberian Peninsula.^{[citation needed]} Established c. 1180, it was merged with theOrder of Calatrava in 1221.^{[citation needed]}

The order was founded by Galician countRodrigo Álvarez in thekingdom of Aragon, specifically in the castle ofAlfambra in 1174,^{[citation needed]} and then established in theHoly Land at the time of theThird Crusade.^{[dubious –discuss][1]}

Rodrigo was from the order of Santiago, and had already established the order inCastile andAragon before establishing it in thekingdom of Jerusalem in the tower ofAscalon. The headquarters of the order inJerusalem was situated onMontjoie, the hill where theoriginal crusaders had first seen Jerusalem, hence its name ("mountain of joy",mons gaudii inLatin,Mont de joie inFrench, contracted inMontjoie^{[dubious –discuss]}).^{[citation needed]}

The rule of the order was adapted from theCistercian rule, and was entirely aSpanish^{[citation needed]} order. The emblem of the order was a red and white cross.^{[citation needed]}

A number of knights from the order fought at theBattle of Hattin in 1187, but none of them survived.^{[citation needed]} Discontentment with the leadership of the masterFralmo in 1196 led to the establishment of a newOrder of Monfragüe in Castile while the Aragonese element of the order was merged with Templars. In 1221Ferdinand III of Castile joined the order of Monfragüe to theOrder of Calatrava. TheOrder of Montesa, established 1317, was inspired partly by the suggestion to re-establish Montjoie after the suppression of the Templars.

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