The Fall of the Knights Templar - Betrayed by the Crown

Added: 2026-05-26

[00:00:00]Founded after the first Crusade, the Knights Templar became the guardians of Christian [music] pilgrims and symbols of holy warfare.

[00:00:12]HOLD THE LINE FOR JERUSALEM.

[00:00:15]GOD DAMN THE ORDER.

[00:00:21]TIME, THE TEMPLARS BUILT IMMENSE wealth controlling fortresses, trade routes, and powerful financial networks.

[00:00:33]The Templars have grown too powerful.

[00:00:37]Then, they [music] must be destroyed.

[00:00:43]Royal agents across France arrested hundreds of Templars in coordinated secrecy.

[00:00:50]Confess your crimes.

[00:00:53]We, we are innocent before God.

[00:01:00]Under torture, many confessed [music] to heresy, to forbidden rituals, accusations historians believe were politically motivated. The king demands the order's end.

[00:01:13]>> [music] >> Then history will judge us all.

[00:01:20]>> [music] >> In 13 In 1312, the Knights Templar were officially dissolved under pressure from the French crown.

[00:01:31]God knows who is guilty and who is innocent.

[00:01:41]With the death of their final leader, one of medieval Europe's most powerful orders vanished into legend.

[00:01:52]>> [music] >> Their empire fell, but the mystery never died.