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  Gisors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Gisors is a commune and the chief-town of a canton of the Eure département, in the Haute-Normandie région, in France.
Gisors is located in the Vexin normand region of Normandy at the confluence of the Epte, Troesne and Révillon rivers.
Gisors castle, built in the 11th century, according to legend hides the treasure of the Knights Templar.
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 Jean de Gisors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Jean de Gisors was a Norman lord of the fortress of Gisors in Normandy - where meetings were traditionally convened between English and French kings and where, in 1188, a curious squabble did occur that involved the cutting of an elm.
In the decade between 1170 and 1180 Jean de Gisors purchased the manor of Buckland, Hampshire from the de Porte family.
According to the "Prieuré" documents Jean de Gisors was the eleventh grand master of the Priory of Sion, assuming his position after the "Cutting of the elm" and the separation from the Knights Templar in 1188.
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 Jean de Gisors -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
According to the "Prieuré" documents Jean de Gisors was the eleventh grand master of the (additional info and facts about Priory of Sion) Priory of Sion, assuming his position after the "cutting of the elm" and the separation from the (additional info and facts about Knights Templar) Knights Templar in 1188.
He also possessed property in England, in (A former Anglo-Saxon kingdom in southern England on the English Channel; was captured by Wessex in the 9th century) Sussex, and the manor of Titchfield in (A county of southern England on the English Channel) Hampshire.
No independent record of this meeting survives, but Becket was at Gisors in 1169 and would likely have had some contact with the lord of the fortress.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/je/jean_de_gisors.htm   (190 words)

  
 Priory of Sion
The first independent Grand Master or Nautonnier of the Priory of Sion was Jean de Gisors, a Norman nobleman about whom little is known historically beyond his possession of Gisors and various estates in England.
Puzzlingly, however, Jean de Gisors is listed as John II the only explanation given in the Priory documents being that the title John I is symbolically reserved for Christ.
Godfroi de Bouillon, the alleged founder of the Priory of Sion, is said to have been of Merovingian descent himself (although this claim is much disputed by historians and geneaologists).
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 Gisors : château fort   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Gisors was the constant prey of conflicts between the French king and the duke of Normandy.
The castle of Gisors was built by Robert de Bellême for William Rufus in 1096-1097.
As a key fortification, the castle was also a royal residence as evidenced by the outbuildings and chapel dedicated by Henri II to saint Thomas Becket whose Romanesque chevet is built into the wall of the enclosure wall at the top of the motte.
www.mondes-normands.caen.fr /angleterre/Patrimoine_architectural/Normandie/Vexin/gisors/0707Gisors   (380 words)

  
 Battle of Trafalgar: Nelson's Navy
In 1140 AD the Bishop of Winchester Henry de Bois, who was brother to King Stephen, is driven ashore by a fierce storm and finds safe haven in a small fishing village to the west of the harbour, and declares it “God’s Port” (Gosport).
One of the first constructions ordered by de Gisors was the Chapel of St. Thomas, which he had dedicated to Sir Thomas Beckett who had spent much of his life in their families home town of Gisors in Normandy.
However the patronage of Jean de Gisors was not to last, as after his support for an unsuccessful rebellion in Normandy he paid the price by forfeiting all his lands, including Portsmouth, to King Richard I (the Lionhearted) of England.
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 Dragon Key Press Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
A struggle is said to have ensued, in which Richard Coeur de Lion, Henry’s eldest son and heir, participated, attempting to protect the tree and spilling considerable blood in the process.
After the Cutting of the Elm, the Order de Sion selected a new Grand Master, Jean de Gisors, changed their name to “Prieuré de Sion”, and adopted an odd nickname, “Ormus”, again with the “M” written as the sign for Virgo, and with the other four letters written inside of the symbol.
Guillame de Gisors was also close friends with Guillame Pidaye, who participated in King Philippe’s raid, indicating that he may have been acting as a double-agent, facilitating the raid on the one hand, and tipping off select Templars in time to escape on the other.
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 Portsmouth Info - Bored Net - Boredom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Although there have been settlements in the area since before Roman times, mostly being offshoots of Portchester, Portsmouth is commonly regarded as having been founded in 1180 by John of Gisors (Jean de Gisors).
While in the primary manor of Portsea there was a small church prior to 1166 (now St Mary's at Kingston) Portsmouth's first real church came into being in 1181 when John of Gisors granted an acre of land to Augustinian monks at the Southwick Priory to build a chapel dedicated to Thomas a Becket.
As a crescent and an eight-point star (as appear on the city coat of arms) were to be found on both the seals of King Richard and William de Longchamps it is commonly thought that this may have been the source of them, although there is no known documentary evidence for this.
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 PRIORY OF SION: THE FACTS, THE THEORIES, THE MYSTERY
There is no evidence that Jean de Gisors was there or the Templars, but it seems hard to see why either would be uninvolved with a struggle that occurred in their physical and moral backyards.
Gisors also has a weird "parallel legend" to RlC: whereas RlC's daemon guardian must be defeated at noon (probably on the summer solstice), Gisor's "treasure" is guarded by a daemon who can only be passed at midnight on December 24th (the winter solstice).
In 1446, the cornerstone for Rosslyn Chapel was laid.
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 The Truth About the Marriage between Jesus and Mary Magdalene   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
This led to his alleged descendant, Gottfried of Bouillon to found the Priuré de Sion in 1099, and the purpose of this order was to extend the esoteric doctrines of St. John and defend the Merovingian Dynasty.
Also Henri de Lénoncourt couldn't have died in May 29, 1978 when he was eighty five years old, for the simple reason that he was born in January 5, 1872, so if he died in 1978 he would have had 106 years.
And, as de Sède points out correctly, this group was not at all different in structure and rules to other pseudo-chivalry organizations that were fashionable, and are still fashionable, in Europe (de Sède 86-88).
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 Jazz Pianists / Pianos for Town1 weddings, corporate, parties
Towns, cities and regions have an influence on the style of music, whether it is the 'English Countryside' feel of Vaughan Williams, the strength of Elgar's Victorian Malvern, or the skirl of Northumbrian Pipe tune.
Jean De Gisors was a merchant who owned a fleet of ships.
It was a sheltered place for ships to land and De Gisors decided it was an ideal place to start a town.
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 The History Of Portsmouth 1164AD - 1417AD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The first references to Jean de Gisors occur in a document drawn up between 1164 and 1177.
It was during this period that he purchased the manor of Buckland from its previous owners, the de Port family.
It was one of the Domesday manors on Portsea Island and it seems to have embraced the southwestern part of the island, including the area we know today as Old Portsmouth, where he established his settlement.
www.portsmouth-guide.co.uk /local/history/nonjava/history3.htm   (236 words)

  
 Prieure de Sion
One of the biggest Illuminati kingpins, and leader (Grand Master) of the Prieure de Sion was Frenchman Claude Debussy (bn.1862).
Claude Debussy, a Merovingian, was Nautonnie (Navigator-helmsman) of the Prieure de Sion from 1885-1918.
Papus was one of the men who during his lifetime was part of the interlocking occult directorate of occult groups.
www.theforbiddenknowledge.com /hardtruth/prieure_de_sion.htm   (210 words)

  
 My Gosport History of Portsmouth both Naval and Civil
He owned a fleet of ships, and decided that the Camber, a small inlet just inside Portsmouth harbour would be an ideal place to berth ships too large to make their way down to Portchester Castle, which had been favoured since Roman times.
Jean was obviously a planner, and the sites for buildings were probably marked out by his servants following a grid plan that can be clearly seen in Old Portsmouth, as it can in other medieval towns such as Salisbury.
Jean started a market and attracted other merchants and artisans to join him in his new settlement.
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 The Insignificant Man - The Priory of Sion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
It was founded in 1090 (some sources give 1099) by Godfroi de Bouillon, a French nobleman who was one of the leaders of the First Crusade, and who was later offered — and declined — the title of King of Jerusalem.
The first independent Grand Master — or Nautonnier — of the Priory of Sion was Jean de Gisors, a Norman nobleman about whom little is known historically beyond his possession of Gisors and various estates in England.
Puzzlingly, however, Jean de Gisors is listed as John II — the only explanation given in the Priory documents being that the title ‘John I’ is ‘symbolically reserved for Christ’.
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 Founding of Portsmouth
One of the first buildings to be built by de Gisors was the Chapel of St Thomas (now the Anglican cathedral), which he had dedicated to Sir Thomas Becket who had spent much time in Jean de Gisors' home town of Gisors in Normandy.
Jean de Gisors had supported a unsuccessful rebelion in Normandy and payed the price of forfiting all of his lands, including Portsmouth to Richard.
The earliest mention of an official seal of the bailiffs appears on a deed in the Southwick Cartularlies in 1282.
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 The Grail Quest and The Destiny of Man - The Priory of Sion by Laura Knight-Jadczyk
It is to M. de Sede that we owe the rumor that it is "dangerous" to inquire too deeply into the matters connected with Rennes.
After Jerusalem fell to Godfroi de Bouillon in 1099, an abbey devoted to Notre Dame du Mont de Sion was built on the hill of Sion to the south of Jerusalem; it is referred to in later documents and figures in several views of the city.
De Sede has told us how mysterious the decorations of the church are, yet upon examination, they are found to be cheap plaster statues and reliefs supplied by the firm of Ane of Letouzey which supplied similar statues and reliefs to other churches in the area!
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 False Gospel in the Stars: Pisces
After 1188 [the Prieuré de] Sion is said to have chosen a grand master of its own, the first of them being Jean de Gisors.
It clearly seemed to be one of these three because Jean de Gisors in 1188 had purportedly taken the title of Jean II.
In 1118, nine Knights Crusaders in the East, among whom were Geoffroi de Saint-Omer and Hugues de Payens, consecrated themselves to religion, and took an oath between the hands of the Patriarch of Constantinople, a See always secretly or openly hostile to that of Rome from the time of Photius.
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 The Camarilla - Mortals Venue   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Godefroid de Bouillon, the young son of Eustace de Boulogne, fit the bill because the Society of Ormus believed him to be a descendant of the lost line of Merovingian kings, and therefore a direct descendant of the Davidian messianic lineage.
When Godefroid de Bouillon was to become King of Jerusalem, the leaders of the Crusader armies chose King Tafur as ‘the Mightiest One’ to perform the coronation.
Jean de Gisors was not a member of the Priory of Scions, and with his election the Order of Sion and the Knights Templar were no longer under the same leader.
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 OSMTH® - Knights Templar - SMOTJ®   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Jean Cocteau (1918-) - an associate of Jacques Maritain and Andre Malraux, he was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor (for his quiet work in the Resistance?).
De Gaulle, in the meantime, was able to maintain a serene Olympian aloofness from the apparently 'grass-roots' movement which swept him to power - as well as from the potentially awkward process of having personally to dismantle the organizational apparatus of that movement before it could be turned against him." Andre Malraux, who "by 1947...
L'Or de Rennes-le-Château (which Gerard de Sede produced in collaboration with Plantard) cited Eugene Stublein's Engraved Stones of the Languedoc as the source of the two drawings of the grave.
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 Celts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Templar Treasure at Gisors Jean Markale (Inner Traditions) When French King Philip the Fair ordered the arrest of the Knights Templars and the con fiscation of their property in 1307, the Templars were one of the most powerful forces ii Europe, answerable only to the Pope.
The Celts by Jean Markale (Inner Traditions) While historians have tended to accord the Celts a place of minor significance in comparison to the Romans, The Celts firmly aligns the Celtic peoples as the primary European precedent to the Greco-Roman hegemony, restoring this culture to its true importance in the development of European civilization.
The Pagan Mysteries of Halloween by Jean Markale (Inner Traditions) Though the name comes from the Christians' All Saints' Eve, Halloween can be traced back thousands of years to Samhain--the beginning of the "dark half" of the Celtic yearly calendar.
www.wordtrade.com /religion/worldreligions/celtsR.htm   (1627 words)

  
 Dragon Key Press Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
One was “the Ordre de la Rose-Croix Veritas”, or “the Order of the True Rose-Cross.” The other was “Ormus”, the name also given to a Gnostic mystic from Alexandria who founded, according to Masonic tradition, an “order of initiates” in the year 46 A.D., and who employed the Rose Cross as his symbol.
And Jean de Gisors, the first Grand Master of the Priory after the Cutting of the Elm, is named in a manuscript by Robert Denyau, the cure of Gisors, as having founded the Order of the Rose-Croix in 1188.
Also, the Jean Cocteau statutes have one-third as many people listed in each grade, with 243 members of a fourth grade that are considered part of an outer order, or laity, called the “Children of Saint Vincent.” They were created, say the statutes, in 1681 - a very important date to the Rennes-le-Chateau mystery.
www.dragonkeypress.com /articles/article_2004_10_26_5818.html   (8681 words)

  
 John XXIII   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
At the time of the "cutting of the elm" in 1188, the Ordre de Sion and the Order of the Temple (the Templars) were led by the same "grand master".
Whatever the answer, the last grand master that we have record of was Jean Cocteau, who appeared as grand master under the name Jean (John) XXIII, and was apparently grand master as late as 1959.
Freemasonry is the well known exoteric (known to the many) title and/or organization's name for the esoteric (known to the few) Prieure de Sion.
www.halexandria.org /dward223.htm   (822 words)

  
 Templar Treasure At Gisors by Jean Markale
When King Philip of France ordered the arrest of the powerful Knights Templar and the confiscation of their property in 1307, not a penny of their immense treasure was ever found.
Among other places, the hunt for this lost treasure has centered on the complex underground chambers and passages of the medieval city of Gisors on the French-Norman border.
Scholar Jean Markale goes back to original source documents for this investigation of the many mysteries of the Templars.
www.insight-books.com /KNGT/0892819723.html   (86 words)

  
 MYSTERY BABYLON: CATHOLIC OR JEWISH?
According to Gérard de Sède this band of monks was led by an individual called Ursus—a name the ‘Prieuré documents’ consistently associate with the Merovingian bloodline...
And in 1188 the Prieuré de Sion is said to have adopted a second subtitle in addition to Ormus.
According the Laurence Gardner’s Bloodline of the Holy Grail, the primary goal of the Prieuré de Sion was, and is, to reestablish the Merovingian bloodline as the royalty of Europe.
www.watch-unto-prayer.org /mystery-babylon-2.html   (13044 words)

  
 History of Portsmouth Cathedral
It was consecrated in two stages: chancel and nave by Bishop Toclyve of Winchester in 1188, and the two transept altars and churchyard on the 12th March 1196 by Godfrey de Lucy, Toclyve's successor.
The style of the architecture is known as "transitional", between Norman and Early English.
In 1194 Richard seized Portsmouth from de Gisors as punishment for the latter having sided with Prince John while Richard was held in captivity after the Third Crusade, and the King claimed Portsmouth for the Crown.
www.portsmouthcathedral.org.uk /history.htm   (279 words)

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