+FOREST d' ORIENT+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ >study your largescale michelin map (MICHELIN 313:F-3 to H-4) >of champagne and you will find +MAGNY FOUCHARD THE+ +VERLOIN deGRUY CHATEAU+ (perry etc.) AND OTHER deGRUY RELATED (bossancourt etc.) >CHATEAUX RINGED THE HUGE (24,711 acres) +KNIGHTS TEMPLAR OWNED+ (knights d'orient) +FOREST d' ORIENT+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ >FRENCH REGIONAL PARK< +i discovered this corroboration to my earlier conclusion of this TEMPLAR FOREST LOCATION (east of troyes) >BY READING DATA IN THE LATEST MICHELIN "GREEN" GUIDE TO (2007) +ALCASCE LORRAINE+ +CHAMPAGNE+ (page 193) >i also invested in the burgundy/ jura michelin green guide and shall report discoveries. >THESE GUIDES SHALL BE EXTREMLY VALUABLE TO OUR deGRUY PILGRIMAGE/RESEARCH IN SEPTEMBER. >the forest d'orient was once part of a vast ancient french forest +"THE FOREST"+ >stretching from st. dizier in the northeast to pays d'othe in the southwest. >THE 2 TEMPLAR / HOLY SHROUD RELIGOUS/MILITARY/POLITICAL (vendeuvre/brienne) >POWER CASTLES ARE STILL ON THE PARK RING. >i have recently written much about the counts of brienne (king of jerusalem) and luxumbourg (crusades driven) +TEMPLAR / SHROUD TIE+ (with the degruy regional >associated families) +LOS ANGELES FIELD TRIP+ >our field trip to los angeles was as always an enriching experience... +A HIGH POINT WAS A LECTURE ON ABRAHAM LINCOLN THAT BROUGHT >the memory of john ray, my great grandfather, a lincoln friend and (SKILLED ORATORS) >louisiana legislator who voted (1 of 7 legislators) to free the slaves in louisiana. >(IT IS A MIRICLE THAT JOHN RAY (catherine debresse spouse) WAS NOT ALSO ASSASINATED) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +GRIMALDI / deGRUY CONNECTION+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >i found a book in los angeles with a history of the grimaldi family that +CONTAINS THE GRIMALDI+ +FAMILY TREE+ >filled with fascinating degruy +family ties and relationships+ 1)VILLENEUVE: 1501, blanche grimaldi married honore de villeneuve, baron de tourettes. 2) SAVOY: 1494, antoinette de savoy married jean ll, prince of monaco. their daughter marie, married +RENAUD de VILLENEUVE+ >baron de vence< 3) GENNES=GENES=GENOA, 1599 marie claude grimaldi became a carmelite nun in genoa. (remember) +CHARLOTTE de GENNES, 1550+ >princess of genoa married our JEAN II de PAMPLUME >prince of pamploma >seigneur de pothemont. 4) BAUX there were several grimaldi marriages w/ the children of the +COUNTS des BAUX+ >(albert, the present monaco prince is also the count des baux as well as the valentinois) +OUR VILLENEUVE WERE INTER+ +MARRIED W/ des BAUX+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 5) VALENTINOIS/SAINT SIMON : 1749 charles maurice grimaldi, count de VALENTINOIS chevalier de monaco +married marie de saint simon+ +important to us+ >THIS MARRIAGE WAS A DOUBLE+ +ATTRACTION TO THE VERLOIN+ (earlier verloin/st.simon) +deGRUY & RELATED FAMILIES+ +STILL LEFT IN EUROPE+. >there are more fascinating connections to come that illustrate the amazing relations of european nobility +our+ >PAMPLUME/GENNES >PAMPLUME/AULNAY >PAMPLUME/BOSSANCOURT and >VERLOING/SAINT SIMON >VERLOING/DAGOBERT >VERLOING/VILLENEUVE >VERLOING/PERRY >alone account for a +TRANSCENDENT SYNERGY+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ gene ray, san diego, california