>AFTER LEONARDO'S DEATH< >king francois 1st's son king henri 2nd married catherine de medici who brought italian civilization to france and produced three >future french kings< ******************** +ON MARCH, 13th 1564 THE KING (charles 9th, then age 14) +OF FRANCE WENT TO TROYES NEAR MAGNY FOUCHARD 1st stop on a tour of his +K I N G D O M ************* >several thousand people were in the entourage that included catherine +de MEDICIS+ (mother of the king) ******************* >CATHERINE WROTE 413 LETTERS ABOUT THIS 28 MONTH TRIP +the verloing degruys and (NOBLES FETED) >related families stars of the troyes visit. ****************** +TROYES WAS SPECIAL+ ********************** >(GREAT 16C. TRADE FAIRS)< >a peace treaty was signed with english queen elizabeth (shopping attractive). >SIMILAR AGREEMENTS >continued other stops< *********************** >THE KING MET WITH HIS LOCAL (political fences mended) >JUDGES AND OUR FAMOUS de BOSSANCOURT >were given much pressure< ***************************** >THE de BOSSANCOURT HAD COME FROM GENEVA NEAR GRUYERE >to intermarry with the jaucourt before the 16th century when they inherited the splendid **************************** +CHATEAU BOSSANCOURT+ it is still on its aube river site.... i have a photo. ******************** ( THE JAUCOURT HAD BEEN IN >residence since the 13th C.) **************************** +THE de BOSSANCOURT WERE VERY ARISTOCRATIC AND TWICE WERE >intermarried with the +VALENTIN deVERLOING deGRUY+ (debossancourt blood strong) ****************************** +counts of gruyere blood plus+ >THE deVERLOING BLOOD ALONE WAS ATTRACTIVE TO THE de BOSSANCOURT >as descended from both MEROVINGIAN & PLANTAGENET >KINGS< +KING OF THE FRANKS+ +(king dagobert ruled 632-639, a >french genealogical treasure) ****************************** >his grandson the legendary +KING DAGOBERT II+ >last merovingian king) *********************** +RELIGOUS LEGEND PERSISTS+ >(this bloodline crucial to those devoted to the jesus and >magdeline blood myth) *********************** +JEANNE d' ALBRET+ +queen of navarre and ancestor of +ELIZABETH SABINE de MONTAUT deMONTBERAUD deGRUY >joined the royal party on a boat >AT MACON< +ANTOINE deBOURBON+ >(her husband had just died) *************************** +GOOD OMEN+ >(the king was enthralled by >(GRUE=GRUY)< >the flamingos of camargue) **************************** +EMMANANUEL-PHILIBERT+ >famous gruyere relative< +DUKE OF THE HOUSE OF SAVOY+ (king charles ancestors) *********************** >VISITED THE ROYAL COURT AT LYON FOR SOME FEASTING (marguerite of savoy was sister in law to queen catherine demedici) ******************* +AMAZINGLY COUNT MICHAEL de GRUYERE WAS THERE BECAUSE (he died in 1576) +KING CHARLES GRANTED HIM FUNDS OWED FOR HIS PRE- VIOUS MILITARY SERVICE. ************************** >catherine de medici was a strong advocate of count michael and tried to help him get gruyere castle back honoring him (one of fifty) +"CHEVALIER DU ROI"+ (knight of the king) ****************** >HIS RELATED deGRUY BRANCH >EXPANDING AT< +MAGNY-FOUCHARD+ >he was at the devirgy castle +(BURGUNDY MARECHAL)+ thalemy in burgundy >when he died< ************** gene ray, san diego, california (google) eugenerayart.com