Were the Templars connected to the Khazarian Mafia?
Based on the history that I have read, the Khazarians had infiltrated the Czar's administration and knew their time was up…why they fled to Western Europe.
The Khazarians knew the value of having spies…so I find it surprising that if the Templars were part of the Khazarians…that they could have caught unaware by Philip IV.
"Yet they still held enormous power and great amounts of wealth. Pope Clement sought to merge the Knights Templar with the Knights Hospitaller another powerful order at the time. Neither group found such a merger ideal. And despite the loss of the Holy Land, the Templars were still a part of of everyday life in the Middle Ages. Their houses, churches and farms dotted the countryside throughout Europe. It provided employment for thousands of people. They started an international banking system that allowed nobles to deposit funds and valuables for safekeeping. And in what ultimately led to their downfall, they occasionally helped finance wars.
Philip IV borrowed enormous sums of money to finance a war with England. A poor king and an even worse military commander, Philip was easily defeated. He saw a way of both currying favor with the Pope and eliminating his huge debt. On that fateful day of Friday, October 13, 1307 he ordered all Templars arrested and their property seized. The Grandmaster of the order, Jacques DeMolay was thrown in prison along with several other high-ranking members of the order.'
Lest We Should Forget Friday the 13th & The Knights Templar
https://www.theknightstemplar.org/friday/