*Ascended the throne in 1268
*King Philip was a poor Merovingian Monarch without access to his treasure. According to the authors of
   “Holy Blood”, “After the formal seperation in 1188, Sion did infact continue to exercise some clandestine
   control over Templar affairs. This might lead one to believe the Priory of Sion was behind king Philip.
   Realizing that the Templars were so wealthy and powerful that no Pope would dare attack them, King
   Philip devised a plan to put his own Pope on the throne, which meant eliminating the existing one.
   (bk-2,69)
*Between 1303 and 1305, Philip, along with his ministers, engineered the kidnapping and death of Pope
   Boniface VIII and quite possibly poisoned Pope Benedict XI.
*In 1305 the Archbishop of Bordaux ascended the Papal throne, taking the name Clement V. He was King
   Philip’s candidate, one with Merovingian blood. Soon afterwards, they set out together to crush the
   Templars.
*A list of charges were compiled, partly from the King’s spies (possibly Sion) who had infiltrated the
   order, partly from the confession of an alleged renegade Templar. Armed with this information, Philip
   could now make his move. (bk-1,75)
     The King issued sealed and secret orders, which were to be oped everywhere simultaneously and
   implemented at once.
*At dawn on Friday, Oct 13, 1307, all Templars in France were to be seized and placed under arrest by the
   Kings men, their preceptories placed under Royal sequestration, their goods confiscated. (bk-1,127)
     The Templar wealth was not found however by King Philip. Paris was the location of the Templar’s
   central bank for all of Europe. If any large amount of gold was to be had, it would have been from Paris.
   From here it is questionable what happened to the gold. (bk-2,71-72)

Proceed on to Charles of Valois (King Philip VI) of Northern France