The Fall of the Knights Templar: History Matters (Short Animated Documentary)

[Nick Moser]

King Philip had other reasons to mistrust the Templars, as the organization had declared its desire to form its own state, similar to how the Teutonic Knights had founded Prussia. The Templars' preferred location for this was in the Languedoc of southeastern France, but they had also made a plan for the island of Cyprus. In 1306, the Templars had supported a coup on that island, which had forced King Henry II of Cyprus to abdicate his throne in favor of his brother, Amalric of Tyre. This probably made Philip particularly uneasy, since just a few years earlier he had inherited land in the region of Champagne, France, which was the Templars' headquarters.

 

[Tolkien R.R.J]

The Modern Scholar: The Lost Warriors of God: The True History of the Knights Templar

Audible Audiobook – Original recording
Professor Thomas F. Madden


https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Schol...27WA248MYBG&psc=1&refRID=GRJ98SJC027WA248MYBG