(talisman as agent of paradise) >5 EUROPEAN KINGS WANTED TO BE ( access to the holy relics) >KING OF JERUSALEM... THE DUKE OF BRIENNE PREVAILED. >the french kings were fascinated with the MAGIC in champagne and burgundy....holy grail legends lighted their +eternal hopes+ +BOURBONS DRANK ONLY+ (louis xiv etc.) +C H A M P A G N E+ >as beer drinkers go wild at mardi gras in new orleans let us recall the french kings they revere >DRANK ONLY THE ELIXER +FROM CHAMPAGNE+ (a monk's alchemy) >+"LEGENDS OF THE HOLY GRAIL"+< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >we must remember it was the great +CHRETIEN de TROYES+ champagne poet of france >WHO WROTE THE LEGENDS OF +THE HOLY GRAIL+ >(sung daily by the allied knights of champagne and burgundy) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +HOLY SHROUD OF JESUS+ connection to +VALENTIN VERLOIN deGRUY+ >expanded data< +1)"ORDER OF THE COLLAR" : as we know was given by the dukes of SAVOY to the COUNTS OF GRUYERE (relatives of the savoy)... i have just discovered >THIS SAME RARE "ORDER" WAS GIVEN TO GEOFFROY de CHARNEY AND HUMBERT de VILLERSEXEL BOTH (marguerite de virgy's 1st and 2nd husbands) >WHO AT DIFFERENT TIMES +"OWNED" THE SHROUD+. >we recall that the devirgy were the family of the last count michael de gruyere's +M O T H E R+ >THE "ORDER" WAS GIVEN BY LOUIS deSAVOY WHO TRADED TWO (varenbon & mirabel) >CASTLES TO ACQUIRE THE +HOLY SHROUD+ 2) one of the families listed as members (large and powerful) >OF THE HOLY GRAIL/SHROUD P R O T E C T O R S ^^^^^^^^^^^^ >is that of the counts of gruyere early family by marriage... +"G R A N D S O N"+ (swiss power family) >notice the grandson castle/town near gruyere on the map of +S W I T Z E R L A N D+ >mrs reginald de koven writes about the degruy/grandson connection extensivly in her book +THE COUNTS OF GRUYERE+ (see degruy family site) +MILITARY POWER FAMILIES+ 3) in addition to the devirgy, decharney, deSAVOY/deGRUYERE and grandson connections new data reveals +BRIENNE, JOINVILLE, LUXEMBOURG+ +AND CHOISEUL+ >power families with historical degruy family association +TO BE DEEPLY INVOLVED+ (holy land connections) (south of magny fouchard) >IN SEPTEMBER OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO PHOTOGRAPH THE CHURCHES AT LIREY AND MONFORT WHERE (champagne/burgundy) >THE HOLY SHROUD WAS HELD decharney and devillersexel chevelier protectors. +OUR deGRUY(ERE) VISION+ >there are hundreds of books about (conferences weekly) >the holy shroud plus websites i (13 YR. OLD WEBSITE) >consult on a daily basis. >AT THIS POINT WE HAVE ACQUIRED A BETTER PERSPECTIVE OF THE PRE-TURIN HISTORY +by focusing+ >ON CHAMPAGNE/BURGUNDY (all degruy associated) >CRUSADE/TEMPLAR FAMILIES. >the holy shroud now called "of turin" shall be shown again in 2010, (not 2009) it will be interesting to see >IF ITS CHAMPAGNE/BURGUNDY ORIGINAL LOCUS HISTORY WILL (family history also) >WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE WORLD'S ATTENTION. gene ray, san diego, california