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Philip IV of France
Philip le Bel (English: Philip the Fair; April-June 1268 – 29 November 1314) was as Philip IV the King of France from 1285 until his death. He was the husband of Joan I of Navarre, by virtue of which he was, as Philip I, King of Navarre and Count of Champagne from 1284 to 1305.
In the early 14th century, Philip le Bel was unknowingly influenced by the Assassins[1] to make Pope Clement V turn against the Templars, ensuring that they were condemned heretics by the Church. Philip had Grand Master Jacques de Molay and sixty other Templars arrested, and the subsequent trials, confessions and executions spelled the end of the Order's public era.[2]