+IN NOVEMBER, 2007+ >i reported the following< ( internet available) ****************** +deGRUY- KNIGHTS TEMPLAR RESEARCH DISCOVERIES ************************ 1) CROSS OF LORRAINE association with knights templar / adopted by charles degaulle as 2nd W.W. standard. (the free french forces came >TOGETHER FINALLY< ******************** 2) KNIGHTS TEMPLAR origins & castles @ GRUYERE, CHAMPAGNE & LANGUEDOC note: new information adds to the importance of the languedoc. ****************************** A) CATHERS:, mountainous retreats in s.w. france & pyrenees hide +THE HOLY GRAIL+ >new information locates origins of our MONTAUT DE MONTBERAUD family in 2 villages in this MONTAINOUS REGION. ************************ ( one has to conclude that the count de montberaud and antoine jean baptiste valentin verloin de gruy ********************************** +WHO IMMIGRATED ON THE+ +SAME KING'S SHIP+ (winter 1738-39) **************** >SHARED THE TEMPLAR< >BROTHERHOOD< **************** B) COUNT PHILIPPE de BRESSE / SAVOY (of ray/debresse family history) >father of LOUISE de SAVOY ( mother of king francois 1st, count of +PROVENCE, brother of MARGUERITE +QUEEN OF NAVARRE+ ********************** ( this navarre / pyrenees mountain locus provides attachment to >TEMPLAR ORIENTATION< ************************* C) RENNES le CHATEAU: the amazing story of the country priest who discovered secrets in his >CATHER REGION< ***************** +THAT MADE HIM A WEALTHY MAN+ ( he constructed buildings with no explanation for his wealth ) ****************************** > SECRET / MYSTERY< >legend associates him to the +REDISCOVERY OF THE GRAIL+ (hidden by templar crusaders) ******** ********************** +NEW deGRUYERE DISCOVERY+ (current WWW research) ************************* > just last night I learned that- ****************************** +GUILLAUME de GRUYERE+ >the first count de gruyere, who was on the first crusade and constructed the ( for gruyere protection ) +T R E M E W A T C H T O W E R+ ( that our treme district owes ( NEW ORLEANS ) >its name to, amazingly ) *********************** >WAS NOT ONLY A KNIGHTS TEMPLAR BUT WAS CONNECTED WITH THE (humbert de rougemont) >ROUGEMOUNT FAMILY WHO (rouge= rose)mount) >INTERMARRIED WITH THE *************************** +deCHARNEY FAMILY+ ********************* +OWNERS OF THE TURIN SHROUD+ ( ancestors of gruyere counts via de virgey relatives ) *********************** >and sold it to the savoy dukes for +TWO ANCIENT CASTLES+ ************************* gene ray, san diego, california (google) eugenerayart.com