The bodies of many famous Kings of England have disappeared over the centuries and never been found again
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Category: Templar History
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Edward I – the king who defeated Braveheart – could never be regarded as a particularly sentimental man but when it came to his wife, he was a clearly a very devoted husband. Eleanor of Castile was the great great…
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Category: Templar History
Tags: castile, Charing Cross, cross, death, Edward I, eleanor, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Henry II, king, knights, Medieval, queen, Templar, war
The relationship between the Jews and the Knights Templar was complex with the knights protecting Jewish people
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Category: Templar History
Tags: alheira, anti-semitism, blood libel, Edward I, england, hugh of lincoln, jew, jewish, jews, Knight Templar, Koppin, law, lending, Lincoln, medieval, middle ages, money, Murphy, Oliver Cromwell, persecution, pogrom, return, Rex Deus, sausage, sephardic, Templar, templars, tomar, Torah, usury, Wallace, zion
The Knights Templar were rounded up in Yorkshire a year after the rest of Europe but after resisting the Pope, the English county came into line
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Category: Templar History
Tags: arrest, Edward I, Edward II, execution, Knightfall, knights, Leeds, Newsam, religion, Scotland, Templar, Temple, torture, Yorkshire
King Henry II used the Knights Templar to subdue the troublesome principality of Wales
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Category: Templar History
Tags: church, Edward I, garway, goth, Henry II, knight, knights, molay, Templar, wales, Welsh
