# Lucas de Beaumanoir — Ivanhoe character guide

> Lucas de Beaumanoir in Ivanhoe by Walter Scott.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Beaumanoir, Lucas Beaumanoir, the Grand Master

**First appearance:** 0027-xxiv

## Who they are

The Grand Master of the Templars, whose iron piety and unbending law make him the most feared judge in Christendom—and the most merciless enemy of anyone his order condemns.

## Relationships

### [Rebecca](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ivanhoe_se/characters/rebecca)

_rivalry_

Beaumanoir, as Grand Master of the Templars, condemns Rebecca as a sorceress and seeks her execution.

### [Rebecca](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ivanhoe_se/characters/rebecca)

_rivalry_

Beaumanoir, as Grand Master of the Templars, condemns Rebecca as a sorceress and seeks her execution.

### [Rebecca](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ivanhoe_se/characters/rebecca)

_rivalry_

Beaumanoir, as Grand Master of the Templars, condemns Rebecca as a sorceress and seeks her execution.

## In the story

### [Chapter XXXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ivanhoe_se/chapters/xxxv)

The Grand Master of the Templars, present at Templestowe; harsh, fanatical, and prejudiced against Jews; condemns Rebecca as a witch.

### [Chapter XXXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ivanhoe_se/chapters/xxxvi)

Grand Master of the Templars; condemns Rebecca as a sorceress and orders her trial.

### [The Trial of Rebecca](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ivanhoe_se/chapters/xxxvii)

The Grand Master presiding over the trial, determined to convict Rebecca.

### [Chapter XXXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ivanhoe_se/chapters/xxxviii)

Grand Master presiding over Rebecca's trial; grants her request for a champion.

### [Chapter XXXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ivanhoe_se/chapters/xxxix)

Beaumanoir is referenced as the bigoted Grand Master who imposed the trial on Bois-Guilbert.

### [XLIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ivanhoe_se/chapters/xliii)

Grand Master presiding over the trial; grants the combat and waits for a champion.

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