rue State in the State, the Order of the knights of the Temple, by its

material richnesses and its spiritual power, very quickly attracted themselves the jealousy and the desire of king de France Beautiful Philippe IV the, anxious one to fill the hopelessly empty royal cases. The more so as far from fearing the papal lightnings, the French monarch never hesitated to be opposed to the church, reason of State obliges: The destruction of the Command was inescapable.
No country in the world as much precipitated the Command of the Temple to its loss only the kingdom of France.
A contrario, as of the official suppression of the Command, certain advised monarchs did not hesitate to accomodate the rescapés monks, in order to integrate them in other religious congregations, and even in order to create being personally intended a new Monastic order recognized by the Church and them.

ince 1305 was held with the head of the church Clément V, born Bertrand de Got.

This French pontiff, entirely under the influence of Philippe IV the Beautiful one, was in particular the first pope to be resided in Avignon.
Since 1298, Jacques de Molay (1243/1314) was the large Master of the Command of the Temple. Burning defender of its institution, it refused in particular in Boniface VIII the fusion of the Command of the Temple with that of the Hospital ones.
Friday October 13 1307, all Templiers were stopped without really offering resistance bus forts of their innocence. During years which followed, a number of templiers, reconsidered their consents torn off by torture, were condemned by provincial councils like sharp relaps and flarings. In 1310: 54 Templiers are burned in Paris.

n 1311, the suppression of the Command was acquired temporarily with the council

from Vienna. But it will be final only by the bubble Vox Clamantis of April 03 1312. At the time of this council the reform of the commands beggars and the judgment of spiritual Franciscains were also marked.
May 02 1312, Clement V, by bubble AD providam Christi Vicarii, allotted the whole of the goods of the Temple to the Command of the Hospital ones. It is nevertheless significant to note, that Philippe IV the Beautiful one accepted this decision only after having grassement made use in the cases of the destroyed Command.
Condemned on March 19 1314 to the life sentence, Jacques de Molay retracted. At once, this one was condemned to death. He will perish on roughing-hew it island with the Jews in company of 37 Templiers knights and Geoffroy de Charnay, tutor of Normandy.

Torment of Templiers
Work of Boccace, XVe century

The curse

" I defer you all both, Pape and king de France,

to appear soon before the celestial court.

You Clement in the forty days!

You, Philippe before the end of the year!"

he legend lays out that Jacques de Molay, the large last main of the Command

of Templiers, this curse would have uttered whereas its body was already the prey of the flames on roughing-hew it island with the Jews in PARIS on March 19 1314.

Forty two days later, Bertrand de Got says Clément V, pope having dissolves the Command of the Temple into 1312, succumbs to a sudden disease.

At the beginning of November 1314, Philippe the Beautiful one is seriously wounded while it is devoted apparently to a shooting party as a recluse in the forest of Maxence Saint. The extent of the wounds and the suffering are right of the king Philippe IV who dies in Fontainebleau on November 29.

ll was known as on Templiers, including worst.

Since the death of king de France and the pope, consecutive with that of Jacques de Molay, the myth made only grow, especially starting from XVIIIe century at the time of the constitution of brotherhoods like the Freemasons. One also speaks about curse and dissimulated treasures. Still today, many which is those always seek and which asserts the heritage of Templiers.