+APOCALYPTIC DISCOVERY+ >another tie between king francois 1st, count michael de gruyere and our >VERLOIN/DUFOUCHARD deGRUY FAMILY IN NEW ORLEANS ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >but first lets establish that the first degruy kinsmen in +NEW ORLEANS+ (documented) were +THE DREUX BROTHERS+ (bachemin/degruy related) >WITH BIENVILLE IN 1718 ( bayou st. jean ) >IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THEY WERE FRENCH KING DESCENDED (king louis vi, 1084, 1108, 1137) >in perspective< >at the birth of new orleans FRENCH KING LOUIS XV (degruy colonial family king) (born 1715) >ETIENNE FRANCOIS de CHOISEUL COUNT de STAINVILLE/MONTEYNARD >force behind the french colonies< (degruyere counts descendent) (born 1719) and our own ANTOINE JEAN BAPTISTE VALENTIN VERLOIN deGRUY (degruyere counts descendent) (born 1719) >were obviously all very close in age +AND PROBABLY IN LIFE'S DRAMA+ daily at the palace ( MADAME dePOMPADOUR >could help us here) >they were probably all educated at THE MILITARY SCHOOL ATTACHED ( saint cyr ) >TO THE VERSAILLES PALACE >(as was some of the new orleans (deSTRAHAN/DREUX) >french colonial degruy relatives) (read grace king on this) +IMPORTANT NOTE+ >mathurin dreux who was w/ bienville at (ARRIVING IN 1718) >the founding of new orleans. (he laid out the vieux carre) had a brother +PIERRE DREUX+ (they developed gentilly together) >WHO BECAME A deGRUY ANCESTOR BY MARRYING ANNE CORBIN de BACHEMIN DAUGHTER OF (dufouchard line) +JEAN CORBIN deBACHEMIN+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +NEW ORLEANS SHOWCASE+ >the brothers & wives had a showcase plantation near bayou st. jean on >BAYOU ROAD<. +BACK IN FRANCE+ the history of the dreux family >IS A GLORIOUS REGAL CHRONICLE ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >beginning with the comte de dreux 5TH SON OF FRENCH KING LOUIS VI (1108-1113) >whose queen was adelaide of + S A V O Y + >louise of savoy, francois 1st >mother inherited castle... +CHATEAU FERE-EN-TARDENOIS+ (reims n. of magny fouchard) >was constructed as a fortified castle (1206 1260) BY ROBERT de DREUX GRANDSON (degruy ancestor) +OF FRENCH KING LOUIS VI+ +S Y N C H R O N I C I T Y+ >the history of this castle that is so PROFOUND FOR ALL deGRUY FAMILY MEMBERS >is that chateau fere-en-tardenois (google for information) >WAS THE PLAYGROUND OF ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >FRENCH KING FRANCOIS 1st and his blood brother +PRINCE MICHAEL de GRUYERE (last count of gruyere) >ANOTHER IMPORTANT REGAL TIE OF THE VERLOIN/DUFOUCHARD deGRUY FAMILY TO THEIR EUROPEAN HERITAGE ! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ to be continued.... gene ray, san diego, california