Wait. Theres an error in detail there. Adam Weishaupt was not a member of the Freemasons; he started The Illuminati, for which he tried to recruit Freemasons. When he was forced to flee from Bavaria over the accusations of his treason, he eventually took shelter with the grandfather of Queen Victorias husband Albert, (Francis, duke of Saxe-coburg Gita). Who was also a member of the Illuminati.
Freemasons == Illuminati
With the specific note that The Illuminati eventually infiltrated and corrupted the Freemasons with Albert Pike. .
Couldnt allow.those masonic freedom fighters to free any more people from the tyranny of monarchies, could they?