a reminder..... *********** +VALENTIN IS IMPORTANT ! (see the proof yourself) *********************** >YES, THE PROOF OF OUR GENEALOGICAL CONNECTION ******************************* +VALENTIN VERLOIN deGRUY+ to +THE COUNTS de GRUYERE+ **************************** >ON THE INTERNET< i discovered and disclosed on my rootsweb message of 6/30/08 ******************************* >PLEASE REREAD.... ***************** google: "THALEMY CASTLE" ( valentinois,156,000 listings) **************************** >the network of clues BUILDS.... ********* >BOTH GEOFFREY deCHARNEY AND HIS WIFE JEANNE de VIRGY HAD ( degruyere relatives) >GRANDFATHERS WHO WERE ( field marshalls ) >SENSCHALS OF COUNTIES (importantly) >CHAMPAGNE & BURGUNDY< (enormous power) >this history & tradition gives strength to our understanding why our de GRUYERE ANCESTORS ************************** >finally settled in champagne after LOSING THE GRUYERE CASTLE ******************************* +IT IS DOCUMENTED HISTORY+ >that michael the last count degruyere to occupy their castle in switzerland ************************************* >FOUGHT WITH THE ROYAL FRENCH FORCES OF HIS BELOVED KING FRANCOIS 1ST IN 1543 AND ***************************** (awarded: st michael collar >and order of the king ) >LATER AT LANDRECIES, SESIA & ST.DIZIER AGAINST THE ARMY OF THE EMPEROR CHARLES **************************** >it should be noted that king francois 1st last outings >HE DIED IN 1547< (only aged 53) ************* >WERE IN THE BURGUNDY & +CHAMPAGNE+ >REGION OF THE deGRUY. ************************* >( interestingly his old friendly rival english king henry 8th died that (SENT REPRESENATIVE) >year after serving as godfather to francois 1st's grandchild (LATER SPANISH QUEEN) ************************* +MICHAEL deGRUYERE+ >lived a much longer life then french king francois 1st ************************ >HE DIED IN THE deVIRGEY CASTLE< +T H A L E M Y+ ***************** >IN BURGUNDY IN MARCH 1576 (francois 1st also died in march) ******************************* >O V E R V I E W< *************** 1) CHAMPAGNE WAS THE HOTBED OF FRENCH PROGRESSIVE THOUGHT (troyes, magny fouchard etc) >hughes de payen, nobleman and vassel of a count dechampagne PROGENDERED FOUNDATION OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLER **************************** 2) VALENTIN VERLOIN deGRUY WERE DRAWN TO THIS FERVENT CAUSE (settling at magny fouchard) >deCHARNEY/ deVIRGY RELATIVES WERE POWERFUL SENESCHALS (connected to crusades/templer) ********************************* 3) +SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIVAUX+ was the chief spokesman for +CHRISTIANDOM OF THE AGE declared knights templer +"EPITOME AND APOTHESIS OF C H R I S T I A N V A L U E S" ***************************** 4) THE SHROUD OF TURIN HAD TO BE THE ULTIMATE RELIGOUS RELIC TO EMERGE FROM THIS INTENSITY OF HISTORICAL HUMAN +P A S S I O N+ ***************** ( apocalyptic knowledge ) +THE DEGRUY(ERE) WERE THERE+ faked or real, their decharney devirgy relatives knew the ACCURATE TRUTH >what did our louisiana >ancestors know ? ( 18TH CENTURY ) **************** gene ray, san diego, california (google) eugenerayart.com