+BARBEREY-SAINT SULPICE+ >fortified chateau built in 1315 for marriage of french king louis x >(renaissance remodeling) (later noble owners) +CHOISEUL IN THE 16th CENTURY +le ROY IN THE 18th CENTURY +CHATEAU OF CLAUDE le ROY+ (advocate in the french parlement) +JACQUES le ROY+ >was advocate in the french parlement counseler to king louis xiv in nov 1714 & a member of the wedding party of +ANTOINE GASPARD deGRUYVERLOIN+ (chevalier of the order of st. louis >(BOURBON REGIMENT)< >& major in the king's regiment ) and +FRANCOISE HYACINTHE le COMTE+ (parents of our antoine) +VALENTIN le ROY+ >note: valentin le roy , advocate in >CHARGE d' AFFAIRES< >parlement was also secretary to +"SON ALTESSE ROYALE"+ (her royal highness) >"MADAME"< +THE DUCHESS de ORLEANS+ >king louis xiv sister in law >(who was in the wedding party) >note: the le ROY FAMILY is related to both the VERLOIN de GRUY and the CAVAROC FAMILIES providing much interest in both my paternal and maternal descendent families. +CHATEAU BARBEREY-SAINT SULPICE+ (as it is now known, can be found in google search) +14-17TH C. BRICK/STONE VERY+ +ELEGENT FRENCH CHATEAU+ (facing the river seine) >is located just outside troyes france on the old route between the degruy chateau magny fouchard & paris. >IT IS ONE OF THE VERY FEW CHATEAU IN THIS REGION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC< (marianne & i shall photograph it in september plus the others) >i found this wonderful chateau in >"CHATEAUX ET MANOIRS DE CHAMPAGNE" by philippe seydoux editions de la morande >TWO EXELLENT PHOTOGRAPHS (on pages 7 & 8) text in french, outlines the chateau's complex history which importently has the +CHOISEUL FAMILY IN RESIDENCE+ IN THE 16th CENTURY,(1596) (valuable for us) +CHARLES de CHOISEUL+ marshal of france >WAS LIEUTENANT GENERAL OF THE CHAMPAGNE REGION. >this associates the choiseul with the verloin degruy and the many other REGIONAL MILITARY FAMILIES of distinguished authority. +THE COUNT de BRIENNE+ >was army minister in the govt. of FRENCH KING LOUIS XVI (1770s & 1780s +GRUYERE/PARIS ROAD+ >increasingly one can see the verloin degruy comfort in the champagne region. gene ray, san diego, california