Today the place where Jacques de Molay was put on the pyre is an island on the Seine river in Paris, nearby the famous Pont Neuf bridge. From the bridge one can clearly see a memorial sign on the island: At this site, Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Elder of the Knights of the Order, was burned on March 18, 1314.De Molay being said to remain challenged to death, he asked to be tied in such a way that he could still face Notre Dame and continue to hold his hands in a prayer position. It is said that on the burning fire, Molay repeatedly cursed Pope Clemens V and Philippe IV and his descendants.
Do not know whether the curse inspired or not, but both King Philipp IV and the Pope died immediately after that. Philippe IV suffered a brain stroke on a hunting trip at Pont-Sainte-Maxence (Forest of Halatte), and died a few weeks later, on November 29, 1314, at Fontainebleau, where he was born. Pope Clemens V died terribly again: According to one account, on the night of April 20, 1314, a thunderstorm struck, a lightning struck the roof of the church, hit his bed and burned. fierce, when the fire was put out, Clemens V also… went ash. After the death of Philippe IV, his three sons, one by one, ascended the throne of France, but all died and … died (without a son), and at the same time gave the King of England an excuse to claim redundancy. to the throne of France, leading to the famous Hundred Years War in history.
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