The second time was when he was elected Grand Master at the general chapter meeting held in Margat in January 1193.

He was certainly present during the summer of 1202 at the side of the papal legate Soffredo Gaetani during the first trip to Antioch.

On 23 March 1203, the second voyage of Soffredo Gaetani to Antioch took place, but without Geoffroy de Donjon.

For a long time they had benefited from the kindness of the Hospitaller order, but the Teutonics wanted to acquire their independence.

The Grand Masters of the Hospitallers and Templars attended the solemn ceremony, obliged by the circumstances, on 5 March 1198, curbing their pride and in the silence of their reprobation.