Sigismund
Initiate: pre-021 M31 (As Imperial Fist)
Elected: 021 M31 (2nd founding)
Perished: ?
Crusades: M31 Horus Heresy
Former 1st Captain of the Imperial Fists
First Emperor's Champion
First High Marshal of the Black Templars
Sigenandus
Initiate: ?
Elected: pre-288 M36 (p4 C:WH), pre-378 M36 (p19 C:BT 4th)
Perished: 522 M36 unconfirmed death (WD314)
Crusades: ~(288-378) M36 Wars of Apostasy
Ludoldus
Initiate: ?
Elected: ?
Perished: ?
Crusades: 645 M39 Jerulas (p43 C:BT-4th), 833 M41 Vinculus (p19 C:BT 4th)
At 1100 years old, Dante of the Blood Angels is the oldest *living* non-dread Space Marine. Ludoldus might *possibly* have more than doubled this age.
Kordhel
Initiate: ?
Elected: ?
Perished: pre-989 M41
Crusades:
989 M41 Sigilare Nebula
High Marshal Kordhel "...was slain by by a frenzied champion of the Ruinous Powers" possibly during the Sigilare Nebula Crusade.(p44 C:BT-4th)
Helbrecht
Initiate: post-833 M41 (Neophyte pre-833 M41)
Elected : 989 M41
Perished: Current High Marshal
Crusades:
833 M41 Vinculus
989 M41 Sigilare Nebula
989 M41 Ghoul Stars
998 M41 Armageddon
The Codex states that Helbrecht "...was elected... in 989.M41 following the final subjugation of the Xenarchs of the Sigilare Nebula.(p.44 C:BT-4th)" This happened after Kordhel "...was slain by a frenzied champion of the Ruinous Powers, the Marshals of the Black Templars gathered to choose a new leader.(p44 C:BT-4th)"