Philip IV of France
Where each worldview places it
The bankrupt king who, owing massive debts to the Templars and wanting their treasure for his wars with Edward I, "laid the conspiracy for the suppression of the Order". He controlled his own pope, Clement V[1].
- Aliases
- Philip the FairPhilippe le BelKing Philip
- Controls / directs
- Answers to / controlled by
- cursed by Jacques de Molay[3]
- Lineage
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- Dates
- 1305
- 1306
- 1307
- 1314 (died)[3]
- Places
- FranceParis
- Key events
- 1306: takes refuge in the Paris Temple and sees its wealth
- 1307-09-12: sealed orders[3]
- Members / notable people
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- Author's claims
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