III. Araoon. — In this province, which abounded

in castles, several belonged to ihe Templars; and the bailiwick of Majorca, where they were also settled.
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D, UDil Miiater,
THE TEMPLARS. 947
Was under tbe jurisdiction of the great-prior of Aragon.
It is to be observed that most of the castles pos- sessed by the order in Spain and Portugal were on the borders of the Moorish territory. Some of these had been given to the Templars as the inveterate foes of the infidels ; others had been conquered by them from the Moors.
France, where the possessions of the order were so considerable, was divided into four provinces, naipely —