templars

Famously, the Templar Grand Master was a notorious warmonger and militarily inept. He escaped as 1 of 3 from the slaughter of over 100 Hospitallers and Templars at the springs of Cresson in 1187. Before Hattin, he is purported to have been the last voice in the ear of the King of Jerusalem, Guy...

(I know this sounds ASB, and implausible, but it just entertaining) With a POD, 1300s, escaping persecution, the remnants of the Knight Templar's take their fleet and treasure from France, and sails to North America, landing in Modern day Newport Rhode Island (because Newport Tower) and create...

Would this lead to their survival? Or would the Muslims conquer the island much earlier?What would be their relationship with the Italian city states be?