
107: The Knights Templar, Part I
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The Templars and the King's Decision
The Templars inherited a giant pool of wealth. But they are also not, they're not rulers. It's supposed to be the divine right of kings. And so this was a huge problem and also just a logistical problem because- Right, how do you manage this huge kingdom? With Saudi dudes or whatever it was)? So all the advisors in Castile when their king, Alfonso was dead, were like, we don't want these foreign guys running our country, or running our kingdom. They made him recant his vows of poverty and chastity. They forced him to marry this girl. As soon as they had a kid, Alfonso's brother abdicated, made that
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