+PRINCE MICHAEL de GRUYERE+ in 1533 was like his cousin ("blood brother") +FRENCH KING FRANCOIS 1st+ about 40 years old >michael would become count of gruyere 6 years later in 1539 >IN MARCH OF 1533 KING FRANCOIS after having spent christmas & 3 months @ the louvre palace IN PARIS SET OUT W/ HIS (prince michael etc.) >COURT ON A LONG FIELD TRIP LARGELY IN THE LORRAINE / +(the valois)+ +CHAMPAGNE REGION+. +THE ELEGENT CAMPERS+ >to have an idea of the magnitude of this lengthy extended field trip. (3 thousand men) >IT TOOK 12,000 HORSES TO MAKE THIS REGAL TOURING POSSIBLE. (not counting >"ladies"<) >it took him 3 months of slow & ceremonial travel just to get +TO THE CITY OF LYON+ (the nobles of each region would come out to pay their respects.) +OUR PERSPECTIVE+ >it is valuable for gruyerens to note that among the many castles and towns visited by our regal troup +GUISE WAS AN EARLY STOP+ the duke deguise was the (MILITARY/BLOOD) >close friend/ assoc. of prince +MICHAEL deGRUYERE+ >who upon a revealing search was also surrounded by many other relatives in this champagne/lorraine region. +OUR VERLOIN deGRUY+ >16th century< +A N C E S T O R S+ (in this region) +de VERLOING / deVILLENEUVE+ >daniel deverloing married to jeanne de villeneuve during this period of time ( @ MAGNY FOUCHARD ) ( nicolas de villeneuve had been sr. de magny fouchard earlier.) +de AULNAY / de RICHEBOURG+ >mathelin de aulnay, ecuyer, seigneur de +14 GENERATIONS REMOVED+ >morambert, de frampas & de chalette (HAUTE MARNE REGION) >married antoinette de richebourg. >THE de AULNAY'S WERE FAMOUS NOBLES WITH A CASTLE & (yellow rooster on a blue field/shield) >IMPRESSIVE BLAZON. +ROBERT DELAUNAY+ >robert de launay became one the great artists of the modern movement in (wife SONIA DELAUNAY also) >paris during the early days of the +2 O T H + C E N T U R Y+ >true 20th century visionaries< +THE WORK OF ROBERT AND SONIA+ +DELAUNAY WAS IN THE LEAD+ +OF THE 20 C. MODERN ART+ >a picasso contemporary< >but even more >avant< >to be continued..... gene ray, san diego, califorhia