Three years ago I discovered the Templar Chapel of Fontenotte where the Rougemont family of Knights Templar worshipped.
Jon Presco
Copyright 2008
http://www.petit-patrimoine.com/fiche-petit-patrimoine.php?id_pp=21231_3
Dove seal ssed on the Seal of Etienne de Til-Chatel, lord of Pichanges, Preceptor of La Fontenotte. Representation of a dove, facing backwards and grasping an olive branch within its beak.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_Templar_Seal
This Templar Order came to own the Templar Seal of Etienne de Til-Chatel.
http://www.ordotempli.org/the_first_preceptor.htm
In this genealogy we see the Lords of Rougemont are also the Lords of
Til-Chatel, and Trichatel which is the same place.
Allow me to change the names.
“The First Preceptor of La Fontenotte
The fifth son of Guy II of Rougemont and Guillemette de Coublant,
Etienne de Rougemont was lord of Pichanges. In December 1265, having
recalled the donations made to the temple by Aimon IV and Guy II, he
gave to the Templars, with the agreement of his…
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