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Bio: Jacques de Molay was the 23rd and last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, leading the Order from 20 April 1292 until it was dissolved by order of Pope Clement V in 1307. Though little is known of his actual life and deeds except for his last years as Grand Master, he is the best known Templar, along with the Order's founder and first Grand Master, Hugues de Payens.

There were three persons cursed by Jacques de Molay at the time of his immolation: King Philip IV, his advisor Guillaume de Nogaret, and Pope Clement V. Here is what Jacques de Molay allegedly said:

"Pope Clement! Knight Guillaume de Nogaret! King Philip! I summon you to appear before the year is out before the tribunal of God! Cursed, you will be cursed and so will your families for 13 generations to come!"

Pope Clement V died 40 days after the execution.

Guillaume de Nogaret died a month after the Pope, apparently poisoned.

King Philip of France died before the year was out, on November 29, 1314, of a massive stroke - he was 46.

Philip IV's three sons all reigned and died young without descendants. The confusion surrounding their succession gave way to the Hundred Year War (hence the 13 generations).

Dungeon, Fire, and Sword: The Knights Templar in the Crusades by John J. Robinson: Excerpt

De Molay was convinced that no king had authority to sieze men or properties from the Templars, as they were only answerable to the pope himself. He made it known that he wished to plead the Templars case directly to the pope. King Philip of France did not see it that way. He was in serious debt to the Templars and had many greedy and evil reasons to bring them down. The suppression and torture of the Templars was most extensive and brutal in France. Phillip (by way of an archbishop he had installed) condemned most of the Templars who were set to testify in defense of the order to either life in prison, or death. The ones that weren't killed were so afraid that instead of putting up a defense, most of them only confirmed their confessions, in the hope that they would receive mercy.

When the time finally came, four Templar officers whose judgement and sentencing the pope had reserved to be decided himself stood on a huge platform built in front of the cathedral of Notre Dame, Where everyone from the clergy to the nobles to the commoners could see them. They were Jaques de Molay, Goeffrey de Charnay, the preceptor of Normandy; Geoffrey de Gonneville, preceptor of Poitou and Aquitaine; and Hugh de Peraud, a former treasurer who had always cooperated with King Philip's officers.

They were all in plain view of everyone as the charges against them were read, and the expectant crowd waited to hear the confessions for themselves, alot of them hiving a hard time believing these warrior monks were actually guilty of heresy. When the time came, de Molay siezed the moment, and his place in history as well. He said:

"I think it only right that at so solemn a moment, when my life has so little time to run, I should reveal the deception which has been practiced and speak up for the truth. Before heaven and earth and all of you here as my witnesses, I admit that I am guilty of the grossest iniquity. But the iniquity is that I have lied in admitting the disgusting charges laid against the Order. I declare, and I must declare, that the Order is innocent. It's purity and saintliness are beyond question. I have indeed confessed that the Order is guilty, but I have done so only to save myself from terrible tortures by saying what my enemies wished me to say. Other knights who have recanted their confessions have been led to the stake, yet the thought of dying is not so awful that I shall confess foul crimes which have never been committed. Life is offered to me, but at the price of infamy. At such a price, life is not worth having. I do not grieve that I must die if life can be bought only by piling one lie upon another."

Geoffrey de Charnay, no doubt inspired by his grand master, followed suit and retracted his confession, shouting out the innocence of the order. As you can imagine, the king was furious, and the two men were to be put to death immediately. They took the two knights to the island of du Palais, in the Seine river to be burned alive. They built the fires out of specially cured wood and charcoal, so that they would burn low and very hot. The two knights were literally roasted from the ground up. As he was burning, de Molay cursed Philip IV and pope Clement V to meet him within the year before the throne of God to answer for their crime. The pope died within a month, and King Philip followed, seven months later.

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