He claimed half the income of the clergy through taxation and, under his reign, the first Estates-General was summoned and the papal palace was moved to Avignon.
In 1302, the 10,000 knights he sent to suppress dissent in Flanders were defeated at the Battle of the Golden Spurs. Five years later, he had the members of the Knights Templar in France arrested and tortured into admitting heresy, perhaps to obtain control of the Templar banking system. He claimed half the income of the clergy through taxation and, under his reign, the first Estates-General was summoned and the papal palace was moved to Avignon. FTP name this King of France from 1285 to 1314, given his nickname for his handsome face.
In 1302, the 10,000 knights he sent to suppress dissent in Flanders were defeated at the Battle of the Golden Spurs.
{Philip the Fair} or {Philip IV}