+JEAN de BOSSANCOURT+ >brought much royal prestige into the debossancourt & related ***************************** (french old regime nobility) >deGRUY, deVERLOING, le PERRY le ROY, de SAINT SIMON, de VILLENEUVE, DAGOBERT etc, etc +F A M I L I E S+ ************* when he married +GERTRUDE de PAMPELUNE+ >IN 1566< ******** +deGENOUILLY dePAMPELUNE+ >is a very old aristocratic french family WITH THEIR OWN GENOUILLY +C A S T L E+ >situated in the very center of +F R A N C E+ (there is a genouilly wine) ************************* +PAMPELUNE = PAMPLONA+ >this family is descended from the +KINGS OF PAMPLONA+ which became the +KINGS OF NAVARRE+ ********************* >which ties them to jeanne de albret +AND THE FRENCH KINGS+ +FRANCOIS I+ , (count de gruyere) >HENRI II & HENRI IV< >(also the montaut demonberaud) ********************************* +MARQUIS ETIENNE de PAMPLUNE+ +de GENOUILLY+ *************** >WAS THE CHIEF OF THE MOUNTED CHEVALIER FOR FRENCH KINGS >LOUIS 15th and 16th< ********************* +MARIE ANTOINETTE+ >he was also close to the french queen >AT TIMES HER CHIEF ECUYER< >there are letters extant relating to >THEIR FRIENDSHIP< ****************** +JACQUIET de PAMPLUNE+ 1771-1835 >was a leading lawyer and political (DIJON & COLMAR) >personage during the period following the revolution. ************************* >HE BECAME A FAMOUS JUDGE AND WAS AWARDED THE +LEGION OF HONOR+. ********************* >(less honorable was a french ADMIRAL PAMPELUNE >who invaded and took over >viet nam in the 19th C)<. ********************** +OVERVIEW+ >THE VERLOIN-deGRUY / le ROY / le PERRY / SAINT SIMON / & de PAMPELUNE etc ****************** >synergetic families posessed great strength at the ********************** +FRENCH COURT+ (louis 14th loved all this) ************************ >THE AURA OF THE VALENTINOIS, +L U X E M B O U R G+ (leading french general) >AND THE DAGOBERT ROYAL ESSENCE SPICING THE +G U M B O+ ************* gene ray, san diego, california