Consulta em sangreality.weebly.com

Desposyni"Desposyni" is from meaning "of or belongingto the Master or the Lord."

The term Desposyni [des-po-zee-knee] is applied to purported descendants of Jesus and his surrounding family, all of whom were of the House of David. Clearly this is an explosive claim in certain circles because it directly threatens the Roman Church’s claim of rule through an Apostolic Succession rather than through inheritance via the House of David. Furthermore it indicates that there were heirs to Jesus’ claim to be the King of the Jews, a claim that has been supported by a number of more-adventuresome scholars recently. And the concept that Jesus had a wife/consort and children gives a very different picture, one of a human and one who could well be spiritually a son of God but certainly not physically.

Desposyni - ebionite.org/library.htm

Martin, Malachi. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Church. New York: Bantam, 1983. 30-31.

"A meeting between Silvester and the Jewish Christian (sic) leaders took place in 318....The vital interview was not, as far as we know, recorded, but the issues were very well known, and it is probable the Joses, the oldest of the Christian Jews (sic), spoke on behalf of the desposyni and the rest.

That most hallowed name, desposyni, had been respected by all believers in the first century and a half of Christian history. The word literally meant, in Greek, "belonging to the Lord." It was reserved uniquely for Jesus´ blood relatives. Every part of the ancient Jewish Christian church had always been governed by a desposynos, and each of them carried one of the names traditional in Jesus´ family---Zachary, Joseph, John, James, Joses, Simeon, Matthias, and so on. But no one was ever called Jesus.

Neither Silvester nor any of the thirty-two popes before him, nor those succeeding him, ever emphasized that there were at least three well-known and authentic lines of legitimate blood descent from Jesus´ own family. One from Joachim and Anna, Jesus´ maternal grandparents. One from Elizabeth, first cousin of Jesus´ mother, Mary, and Elizabeth´s husband, Zachary. And one from Cleophas and his wife, who also was a first cousin of Mary.

There were, of course, numerous blood descendants of Joseph, Mary´s husband, but only those persons in bloodline with Jesus through his mother qualified as desposyni...."

This passage, of course, reflects the Catholic view that Miryam and Yosef had no children. So while Martin exposes the Catholic church, he still promotes its mythology and the myth of some continuity between Paulistic religon and Messianic Yahwism. The desposyni were soon to be dispossessed by Silvester who had his authority from Emperor so much responsible for Christianity as it is today, Constantine.

"Ever since the Emperor Hadrian had conquered Jerusalem in the year 135, all Jews, and that included Jewish Christians, had been forbidden to enter Jerusalem under pain of instant death...."

Gentile Christians then had Jerusalem, that is Aelia Capitolina, as their own.

"They therefore asked Silvester to revoke his confirmation of Greek Christian bishops in Jerusalem, in Antioch, in Ephesus, in Alexandria, and to name instead desposynos bishops...."

Rome fully ruled these areas and Silvester was given authority in religious enforcement.

"Silvester curtly and decisively dismissed the claims of the Jewish Christians. He told them that the mother church was now in Rome, with the bones of the Apostle Peter, and he insisted that they accept Greek bishops to lead them.

It was the last known discussion between the Jewish Christians of the old mother church and the non-Jewish Christians of the new mother church. By his adaptation, Silvester, backed by Constantine, had decided that the message of Jesus was to be couched in Western terms by Western minds on an imperial model.

The Jewish Christians had no place in such a church structure. They managed to survive until the first decades of the fifth century. Then, one by one, they disappear.... But most of them die---by the sword (Roman garrisons hunted them as outlaws), by starvation (they were deprived of their small farms and could not or would not adapt themselves to life in the big cities), by the attrition of zero birthrate....The desposyni have ceased to exist. Everywhere, the Roman pope commands respect and exercises authority."

Constantine and his lackey, Silvester, were justly rewarded for their evil.

"...within twenty years of Silvester´s death, the Roman legions were defending Constantinople, which Constantine had only finished building. The mortar was still wet....Constantine´s dynasty lasted sixty years, during most of which time he was busy repelling Goths, Franks, and Alemanni from the borders of the empire. (All the effort he put into building Constantinople didn´t help much.) After his death in 337, his three sons succeeded him. The last of these, Constantius, died in 361. By the time of Emperor Gratian´s death (383), the Balkans had been ceded to the Goths. By 405, the Romans had evacuated Britain. Soon Spain fell to the Vandals. In August of 410, Rome itself was plundered by the Goths under Alaric."

The sweetest part of this justice is that many of these "barbarians" were Arian Christians! Arians denied the divinity of "Christ."

Josephus lists 14 Men named Jesus in his Antiquity, and War of the Jews, (I have this in case anyone wants info). They are almost all priests-some of who had been ´deprived´ (as Jo says) of the priesthood.The title was revoked and given to someone else-usually priests son. They are: Jesus, son of Phabet, (D for deprived), Jesus of Ananus, Jesus(Jason), Jesus, son of Sapphias the governor of Tiberius, Jesus, brother of Onias (D), Jesus, son of Gamliel(this Jesus was high priest) Jesus, son of Damneus, made high priest, Jesus, son of Gamala, Jesus, son of Nun, became the successor of Moses (Joshua), Jesus, son of Saphat, ringleader of ´robbers´, Jesus , son of Thebutus (priest) , Jesus, son of Josedek, and Jesus Christ.

The early Christian Church for well over a hundred years was led by "The Desposyni" (Which means, "Belonging To The Lord") -- The Descendants Of King David

Who were The Desposyni?

Sextus Julius Africanus´s reference to the Desposyni is preserved in Eusebius of Caesarea´s Ecclesiastical History:

For the relatives of our Lord according to the flesh, whether with the desire of boasting or simply wishing to state the fact, in either case truly, have handed down the following account... But as there had been kept in the archives up to that time the genealogies of the Hebrews as well as of those who traced their lineage back to proselytes, such as Achior the Ammonite and Ruth the Moabitess, and to those who were mingled with the Israelites and came out of Egypt with them, Herod, inasmuch as the lineage of the Israelites contributed nothing to his advantage, and since he was goaded with the consciousness of his own ignoble extraction, burned all the genealogical records, thinking that he might appear of noble origin if no one else were able, from the public registers, to trace back his lineage to the patriarchs or proselytes and to those mingled with them, who were called Georae. A few of the careful, however, having obtained private records of their own, either by remembering the names or by getting them in some other way from the registers, pride themselves on preserving the memory of their noble extraction. Among these are those already mentioned, called Desposyni, on account of their connection with the family of the Saviour. Coming from Nazara and Cochaba, villages of Judea, into other parts of the world, they drew the aforesaid genealogy from memory and from the book of daily records as faithfully as possible. Whether then the case stand thus or not no one could find a clearer explanation, according to my own opinion and that of every candid person. And let this suffice us, for, although we can urge no testimony in its support, we have nothing better or truer to offer. In any case the Gospel states the truth." And at the end of the same epistle he adds these words: "Matthan, who was descended from Solomon, begat Jacob. And when Matthan was dead, Melchi, who was descended from Nathan begat Eli by the same woman. Eli and Jacob were thus uterine brothers. Eli having died childless, Jacob raised up seed to him, begetting Joseph, his own son by nature, but by law the son of Eli. Thus Joseph was the son of both." Eusebius of Caesarea, Historia Ecclesiae, 1:7:11, 1:7:13-14

This was written in the early third century, and it corresponds EXACTLY with The King Milesius Legends of "Milesius and Scota" (Niul and Scota) when it says "And to those who were mingled with The Israelites and came out of Egypt with them"...

Eusebius has also preserved an extract from a work by Hegesippus (c.110-c.180), who wrote five books (now lost except for some quotations by Eusebius) of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church. The extract refers to the period from the reign of Domitian (81-96) to that of Trajan (98-117), includes the statement that two Desposyni brought before Domitian later became leaders of the churches:[9]

There still survived of the kindred of the Lord the grandsons of Judas, who according to the flesh was called his brother. These were informed against, as belonging to the family of David, and Evocatus brought them before Domitian Caesar: for that emperor dreaded the advent of Christ, as Herod had done. So he asked them whether they were of the family of David; and they confessed they were. Next he asked them what property they had, or how much money they possessed. They both replied that they had only 9000 denaria between them, each of them owning half that sum; but even this they said they did not possess in cash, but as the estimated value of some land, consisting of thirty-nine plethra only, out of which they had to pay the dues, and that they supported themselves by their own labour. And then they began to hold out their hands, exhibiting, as proof of their manual labour, the roughness of their skin, and the corns raised on their hands by constant work. Being then asked concerning Christ and His kingdom, what was its nature, and when and where it was to appear, they returned answer that it was not of this world, nor of the earth, but belonging to the sphere of heaven and angels, and would make its appearance at the end of time, when He shall come in glory, and judge living and dead, and render to every one according to the course of his life. Thereupon Domitian passed no condemnation upon them, but treated them with contempt, as too mean for notice, and let them go free. At the same time he issued a command, and put a stop to the persecution against the Church. When they were released they became leaders of the churches, as was natural in the case of those who were at once martyrs and of the kindred of the Lord. And, after the establishment of peace to the Church, their lives were prolonged to the reign of Trajan. Eusebius of Caesarea, Historia Ecclesiae, 3:20

A meeting between Sylvester (Pope Sylvester I) and the Jewish Christian leaders took place in 318....The vital interview was not, as far as we know, recorded, but the issues were very well known, and it is probable the Joses, the oldest of the Christian Jews, spoke on behalf of the Desposyni and the rest. ...That most hallowed name, desposyni, had been respected by all believers in the first century and a half of Christian history. The word literally meant, in Greek, "belonging to the Lord." It was reserved uniquely for Jesus´ blood relatives. Every part of the ancient Jewish Christian church had always been governed by a desposynos, and each of them carried one of the names traditional in Jesus´ family---Zachary, Joseph, John, James, Joses, Simeon, Matthias, and so on. But no one was ever called Jesus. Neither Sylvester nor any of the thirty-two popes before him, nor those succeeding him, ever emphasized that there were at least three well-known and authentic lines of legitimate blood descent from Jesus´ own family..." ...The Desposyni demanded that Sylvester, who now had Roman patronage, revoke his confirmation of the authority of the Greek Christian bishops at Jerusalem, in Antioch, in Ephesus, and in Alexandria, and to name desposynos bishops to take their place. They asked that the practice of sending cash to Jerusalem as the mother church be resumed... These blood relatives of Christ demanded the reintroduction of the Law, which included the Sabbath and the Holy Day system of Feasts and New Moons of the Bible. Sylvester dismissed their claims and said that, from now on, the mother church was in Rome and he insisted they accept the Greek bishops to lead them. ...This was the last known dialogue with the Sabbath-keeping church in the east led by the disciples who were descended from blood relatives of Jesus the Messiah. - Irish Priest Malachi Martin

The Desposyni are the relatives of Jesus Christ. It is believed that Christ’s relatives became followers of his teach-ings and later the leaders of the early Christian church into the third-century. In the New Testament there are several mentions of his “brethren.” Some of these brethren are mentioned by name – primarily James, Joseph, Simon, and Jude. But the nature of the term brethren has been the subject of theological debate since the earliest times of the Bible. In the Semitic languages brethren may be used loosely, suggesting not just the blood relatives, but also step-relatives, distant and near relatives, and perhaps even acquaintances.

It is believed that Jesus had one or more sisters. Perhaps the most important alleged member of Jesus’s immediate family was “the brother of the Lord” James – known often as Saint James the Just. He was the first Bishop of Jerusa-lem and the author of the Epistle of James in the New Tes-tament. With the publication of the Da Vinci Code in 2003 there was a renewed interest and debate into the bloodline of Jesus Christ.

See: Hanson, Ph.D., and Kenneth. Blood Kin of Jesus: James and the Lost Jewish Church. Beltsville, MD: Council Oak Books, 2009.

Bloodline Descendancy of Desposyni from Yeshua’s family

There was an authentic line of legitimate blood descendancy fromJesus’ own family.They retain true spiritual authority.

It was recognized but never emphasized by ” Pope” Silvester , nor the 32 bishops before him or those that followed, that there were at least three lines.The Desposyni, Jewish relatives and followers of Yeshua’s House of David, had been respected by all believers and followers in the 1st century and a half after Yeshua had left his brother James as head of all the church as Bishop in Jerusalem when He went to prepare for us our home that He would bring back with Him on His return.All the desposyni had carried traditional names from the family of Yeshua; John (Yohanan), James=Jacob (Ya’akov), Joses, Zachary, Joseph, Simeon, Matthias…etc.Now there were at least three well known and authentic bloodlines from Yeshua’s own family that qualified His relatives as Desposyni. One, from Yeshua’s maternal grandparents, Joachim and Anna.Another from Yeshua’s cousins, Elizabeth and Zachary, parents of His cousin John the Baptist and 1st cousins to his mother, Mary (Miriam).The other were also 1st cousins to His mother Mary, Cleophas and his wife.

According to Malachi Martin (pg. 31, The decline and fall of the Roman Church) , Peter and Paul broke with the Desposyni and the Jerusalem Church in 49 AD at the first council over disagreement over gentile convert’s requirements of circumcision , dietary laws, and adhering to Mosaic Law. Consider that Martin was a Paulist priest and that he was taught in a Paulist seminary. He was either blinded by this indoctrination or willingly promoted half truths. Now this is a good thing for we will now be able to look at the source and see that he was in error in different areas. I’m going to give him the benefit of the doubt as to his complicity.Paul of course was admonished by James and the elders, who included the original Apostles who lived with and were taught by Yeshua , when he went to Jerusalem(Acts 21;17-26). They made him participate in a ritual purification. They told him to stop instructing them to turn away from Mosaic Law. “They” were not the gentiles but the “Jews” who lived amongst the gentiles.Remember that this book of Acts was written by a gentile supposedly named Luke.He was definitely a gentile but whether it was actually Luke is up in the air.That is why Acts is directed and written in the context towards Gentiles, using words that James would have not used, primarily the word “Jew”.

Here is where James admonishes Paul for instructing the “Jews” to turn away from the Mosaic Law, circumcision and the traditions and customs. Remember that it was Yeshua that instructed us in His words that the “Law” would not pass away, meaning it was valid forever…

“Brother, you see how many thousands of believers there are from amongst the Jews and they are all zealous observers of the law. And they have been informed that you teach all the Jews living amongst the gentiles to turn away from Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or to observe their customary practices.”

This was not about gentile converts. This was about the Jews living amongst the gentiles. The circumcision wasn’t about adult gentile converts but Jewish children.This wasn’t about gentiles following the customs of the Jews. It was about Jews living in accordance to their own customs.

So what did James indicate to the gentiles . He indicates that specifically. And it didn’t have anything to do with circumcision or traditions. It was implied that they adhere to Mosaic Law which only included the perfect Ten Commandments. Here is what James said to Paul( not Peter) concerning the gentiles…

“As for the gentiles who have come to believe we have sent them our decision that they should abstain from meat sacrificed to idols, from blood , from the meat of strangled animals and from unlawful marriages,”

Peter was never admonished except by Yeshua. Peter didn’t separate himself from the Desposyni along with Paul. Peter was a Jew. Peter lived with Yeshua. Peter was married. Peter was taught by Yeshua. He adhered to the mosaic Law and to Palestinian Judaic custom. He loved Yeshua and those that Yeshua loved.

Why would Martin make this assertion that Peter and Paul both separated themselves from the Desposynic Jerusalem Church and then left and went to Rome “together”?Because Paul’s theology would never have took hold without the attachment of Peter’s name .This is just one of the reasons that the Paulist Roman Church needed to destroy all documentation of the original texts of the Gospels. Why they had to discredit many different true sources by lumping them together with truly heretical sources, theologies and doctrines. Why they, early on , destroyed the genealogical records of the Desposyni.For the Church was hijacked by Satanists. And their father.As Yeshua had boldly told them, “ You do the works of your father.” So they said to Him, “We are not illegitimate! We have one father, even God!”Yeshua said to them, “If God were your Father you would love me, for I came forth and am from God; for neither have I come on my own, He sent me. Why can you not understand what I say? For you cannot bear to hear my word. You belong to your father the devil and you willingly carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and held no truth for there is no truth in him. When he lies he speaks in nature for he is a liar and the father of lies.” John 8;41-44Satan had promised that he would come when Yeshua least expected and at the most opportune time. But he was a coward also. So he waited for the Master to leave to assault His children and lead them astray again through manipulation and ignorance. Enticing them, through their arrogant ego, with mammon, undue power and prestige.The Dragon could not mislead the Desposyni. They would not compromise and worship it, so it went to war against them.“When the Dragon saw that it had been thrown down to earth, it pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle, so that she could fly to her place in the desert, where, far from the serpent, she was taken care of for a year, two years, and a half-year.The serpent, however, spewed a torrent of water out of his mouth after the woman to sweep her away with the current.But the earth helped the woman and opened its mouth and swallowed the flood that the dragon spewed out of its mouth.Then the Dragon became angry with the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring, those who keep God’s commandments and bear witness to Yeshua (Savior God). It took its position on the sand of the sea.” Rev 12;13-18

"Now, all these myth-pictures represent a drama of the human psyche on the further side of consciousness, showing man as both the one to be redeemed and the redeemer. The first formulation is Christian, the second alchemical. In the first case man attributes the need of redemption to himself and leaves the work of redemption, the actual opus, to the autonomous divine figure; in the latter case man takes upon himself the duty of carrying out the redeeming opus, and attributes the state of suffering and consequent need of redemption to the anima mundi imprisoned in matter. In both cases redemption is a work. In Christianity it is the life and death of the God-man which, by a unique sacrifice, bring about the reconciliation of man, who craves redemption and is sunk in materiality, with God. The mystical effect of the God-man´s self-sacrifice extends, broadly speaking, to all men, though it is efficacious only for those who submit through faith or are chosen by divine grace; but in the Pauline acceptance it acts as an apocatastasis and extends also to non-human creation in general, which, in its imperfect state, awaits redemption like the merely natural man." Psychology and Alchemy (Part 3, Chapter 3.3).

The family of Jesus in the NT (although their relationship is not always given) are;Mary, his motherJoseph the carpenter, his (step) fatherJames, Joses/ph, Simon & Jude/as, the brothers of JesusMary and one or more other (unnamed), sisters of JesusMary/Salome, the sister of Mary the mother of JesusZebedee, the husband of SalomeJohn & James, the sons of ZebedeeAlphaeus/Clopas, the brother of Joseph the carpenterLevi, Simeon, James & Joses, the sons of Alphaeus/ClopasMary, the wife of ClopasJoseph of Arimathea, a great uncle of JesusSimon the Leper, a cousin of Joseph the carpenterMary, Martha & Lazarus, children of Simon the LeperElizabeth the Levite, a cousin to Mary, the wife of Joseph the carpenterZecharias the priest, husband of ElizabethJohn the Baptist, son of Zecharias & Elizabeth

According to Julius Africanus, c.220AD, Jesus’ human relations were called ‘Desposyni’, and came from Nazareth & Cochaba. Members of this family were still alive in his own time.

Eusebius, the Church Historian of the 4th Century, quotes Hegesippus (d.180AD) as saying that in the reign on Domitian, the emperor ordered the execution of all those in King David’s line. The grandsons of Jude, the brother of Jesus, were brought before him and admitted that they were descended from David, and also Christians.

They showed Domitian that they were farmers and that the Kingdom they awaited was not an earthly one. Domitian viewed them as being too simple to be a threat and released them. Because they were of Christ’s family and had borne testimony they were made leaders of the church, and they survived to the reign of Trajan, when another persecution occurred against Christians and the House of Judah. In this time Simeon the son Clopas and cousin to Jesus, was martyred at the age of 120. Later tradition gives these two grandnephews of Jesus the names James and Zoker.

Simeon, the son of Clopas, mentioned above and martyred in 107AD, was the second Bishop of Jerusalem, having succeeded James, the brother of Jesus, in 62AD. Eusebius tells us that the succeeding Bishops of Jerusalem, to the year 135AD, were all circumcised Hebrews, but then the emperor Hadrian expelled all Jews from Jerusalem and so gentile Christians took over the position. Later commentators have taken this to mean that all these Hebrew Bishops were of Jesus’s family, and the last Hebrew Bishop was Judah Kyriakos, traditionally said to have been of the family of the James and Zoker, descendants of Jude.

According to an historian of Christianity in Persia, Bar Hebraeus (d.1286), other members of the Desposyni travelled to Persia and became Bishops of Seleucia-Ctesiphon.Abris (Abrosius), of the family of Joseph the carpenter, was already in Seleucia-Ctesiphon, but on a visit to Antioch was chosen by Simeon, the Bishop of Jerusalem, to succeed the recently deceased Mari as Bishop in Persia. He was Bishop for 17 years. He was succeeded by Abraham, of the family of Jacob (James) the brother of Jesus, and was also consecrated in Antioch. He was Bishop for 12 years. He was succeeded by Yokab, also of the family of Joseph the carpenter. Yakob was residing in Jerusalem, but was sent to Persia and was Bishop for 18 years.

Another attested member of the Desposyni appears on the South coast of Turkey. In the time of the emperor Decius there was a Christian called Conon, living as a gardener in Magydus, near present day Antalya. He was arrested, and taken to the local governor as a Christian. He was asked who he was, and he claimed to be a native of Nazareth and a kinsman of Jesus. Nails were knocked into his feet and he was forced to run before a chariot, resulting in his death, c.250AD.There is also a Welsh belief (10th Century or earlier) that the ancestor of the kings of Gwynedd, Beli Mawr, was married to Anna, the cousin of Mary the mother of Jesus.Finally, within some of the Arthurian romance cycles, there is the 13th Century belief that Joseph of Arimathea fathered a family line known as the Fisher Kings, who were guardians of the Holy Grail in Britain.

What madness deludes you? For in you, and not proceeding from you, he wills all this to be found, which you seek outside you and not within yourselves. Such is the vice of the common man, to despise everything his own, and always to lust after the strange.… The life, the light of men, shineth in us, albeit dimly, and as though in darkness. It is not to be sought as proceeding from us, though it is in us and not of us, but of Him to Whom it belongeth, Who hath deigned to make us his dwelling place.

… He hath implanted that light in us that we may see in its light the light of Him who dwelleth in light inaccessible, and that we may excel his other creatures. In this especially we are made like unto Him, that He hath given us a spark of His light.Thus the truth is to be sought not in ourselves, but in the image of God which is within us. ~Gerhard Dorn; Philosophia meditative.

Much of what we know about the Holy Grail comes from the Grail romances, which appeared out of the area of the Lorraine (formerly associated with the Merovingian dynasty) in the early twelfth century. In fact, Godfroi de Bouillon, our consummate leader of the first crusade, was according to medieval legend and folklore, descended from Lohengrin, the Knight of the Swan; and Lohengrin, in the Grail romances was the son of Perceval or Parzival, the chief protagonist of all the early Grail stories.

Initially the Grail romances rested heavily on a pagan foundation -- a ritual connected with the cycle of the seasons, the Death and Rebirth of the year. (Recall the spring equinox ritual the Cathars followed during the critical two week truce before capitulation from the Siege of Montsegur? -- and the subsequent escape of four parfaits with the "treasure" of the Templars?) In its most primordial origins the pagan rituals would appear to involve a vegetation cult, closely related in form to, if not directly derived from, those of Tammuz (aka Dumuzi -- the consort of Inanna), Attis, Adonis, and Osiris in the Middle East. However, during the mid to late twelfth century, the originally pagan foundation for the Grail romances underwent a curious and extremely important transformation. At that time, the Grail became specifically associated with Christianity.

In 1470, Sir Thomas Malory brought the question up again in his famous La Morte d´Arthur. In Malory´s time, the Holy Grail was alleged to be the cup of the Last Supper, in which Joseph of Arimathea later caught Jesus´ blood. According to some accounts, the Grail was brought by Mary Magdalen to France! As early as the fourth century legends described the Magdalen fleeing the Hold Land and being set ashore near Marseilles -- where, for that matter, her relics are still venerated. According to medieval legends she carried with her to Marseilles the Holy Grail. But the early legends say that the Magdalen did bring the Grail into France, but not in the form of a cup. The simple association of Grail and cup was, in fact, a relatively late development. Malory perpetuated this facile association, and it has been a truism ever since.

In Chretien de Troyes Le Roman de Perceval or Le Conte du Graal, written around 1188, the chief protagonist is named Perceval, who is described as the "Son of the Widow Lady". [As will be seen, the “Widow Lady” refers to Mary Magdalen!]

According to the romance, Perceval leaves his widowed mother and sallies forth to win his knighthood. During his travels he comes upon an enigmatic fisherman -- the famous "Fisher King" -- in whose castle Perceval is offered refuge for the night. That evening the Grail appears, carried by a damsel. Perceval does not know that he is expected to ask the question: "Whom does one serve with it." By not asking the correct question, Perceval awakes the next morning to discover the castle is empty and that his omission has caused a disastrous blight on the land. Later still he learns that he himself is one of the "Grail family" and that the mysterious Fisher King who was "sustained" by the Grail was in fact his own uncle. The poem ends, in part, apparently, due to Chretien´s mysterious death in 1188, and a fire at Troyes at the same time.

Subsequent versions refer to the Grail as a stone, which provides its keeper with eternal life: "There never was a human so ill but that, if he one day sees that stone, he cannot die within the week that follows. And in looks he will not fade. His appearance will stay the same, be it maid or man, as on the day he saw the stone, the same as when the best years of his life began, and though he should see the stone for two hundred years, it will never change, save that his hair might perhaps turn gray. Such power does the stone give a man that flesh and bones are at once made young again. The stone is also called the Grail."

This has the appearances of The Philosopher’s Stone, the basis for Alchemy. One might also recall that it was Peter (the rock or stone) on which Jesus established his church. And in this version of the Grail romance, the Grail is specifically linked with the Crucifixion and the Magdalen. But don’t leap to any conclusions, just yet.

Throughout the various versions, one common factor seems to be the apparent crucial importance placed on lineage and genealogy, pedigree, heritage, and inheritance. Which raises another point. In many of the earliest manuscripts the Grail is called the Sangraal. In effect, instead of San Graal, it may be that the word should have been written Sang Raal -- or to employ the modern spelling, Sang Royal, i.e. Royal blood. The Grail is thus associate more with blood or bloodline than with a simple cup.

Another connection is the legends of King Arthur, who appears to have lived in the late fifth and/or early sixth century -- corresponding to the peak of Merovingian ascendancy in Gaul. In fact, the term Ursus -- "bear" -- applied to the Merovingian royal line, may have been borrowed in an attempt to confer a special dignity on a British chieftain, i.e. Arthur (whose name also means "bear"). The implication is that the Grail itself, the "blood royal", refers to the blood royal of the Merovingian dynasty -- a blood that was deemed to be sacred and invested with magical or miraculous properties.

Only it is not quite that simple. Consolidating all of these seemingly disjointed and sometimes conflicting stories, we come to a series of conclusions. One, Clearly the Grail is closely associated with Jesus, and may well relate to a bloodline or lineage. Two, the Grail romances are for the most part, set in Merovingian times, but none were composed until after Godfroi de Bouillon -- fictional scion of the Grail family and actual scion of the Merovingians -- was installed, in everything but name, as King of Jerusalem. Finally, the Magdalen figures prominently in that it was she who brought the Holy Grail -- the "Blood Royal" -- into France!

The royal blood -- the “blue bloods” -- may be less tied with a lineage, than with a blood type. As previously suggested, any strict adherence to a specific blood line is dependent upon the royalists not spreading their seed elsewhere -- or for the female side, in accepting seed from less than royal subjects. Basically, in-breeding would do little for the lineage, and new blood, while potentially genetically beneficial, would not carry the same power -- supposedly. But perhaps, it is not purely the blood of royal folk -- even when related by direct descent to Jesus Christ, King David, or other celebrated patriarch. There is, in fact, much to recommend the concept that it is the matrilineal line which is really the important line. It is possibly the mitochondria DNA that only the mother can pass to her daughter. And thus, with the patriarchal insistence on following the lines from father to son, the basic, true lineage of power might have been missed! Wouldn’t that have been a bummer for the male-chauvinist pigs!? There is also a possible final connection -- the one between the mothers, daughters, and the Star Fire of the Goddess, aka the Anunnaki females.http://www.halexandria.org/dward224.htm

The DesposyniThe term Desposyni is applied to purported descendants of Jesus and his surroundingfamily, all of whom were of the House of David. Clearly this is an explosiveclaim in certain circles because it directly threatens the Roman Church’s claim of rulethrough an Apostolic Succession rather than through inheritance via the House ofDavid. Furthernore it indicates that there were heirs to Jesus’ claim to be the King of theJews, a claim that has been supported by a number of more-adventursome scholarsrecently. And the concept that Jesus had a wife/consort and children gives a very differentpicture, one of a human and one who could well be spiritually a son of God butcertainly not physically.Desposyni and descendants from Abraham Line 1Abraham = Sarai (Sarah) (Princess) bint Haran
Isaac ibn Abraham = Rebekah bint Betheuel
Jacob ibn Isaac (King of goshen) = Leah bint Laban
Judah (Judas) ibn Jacob = Tamar
Perez (Phares) 1738? BCE of Israel
Hezron (Esron) of IsraelRam, (Aram) (Prince) of IsraelAminadab (Amminadab) of IsraelNashon (Naasson) (the Israelite)Salmon (Salma) (the Israelite) = Rahab (Rachab)Boaz = Ruth of MoabObed the EphrathiteJesse ben ObedDavid, King of Judah and Israel = 9th wife of David of Judah and Israel (or Bathsheba)Nathan ha-DavidMattatha (Mathatha Mattathan)ha- DavidMenna (Menam/Menon) ha-DavidMelea ha-DavidEliakim ha-DavidJonan (Jonam) ha-DavidJoseph ben Jonan ha-DavidJudah (Judas/Jude) ben Joseph ha-DavidSimeon ben Judah ha-DavidLevi ben Simeon ha-DavidMatthat/Mathat ben Levi ha-DavidJorim ha-DavidEliazer (Eliezer) ben Jorim ha-DavidJesus (Jose, Joshua) ben Eleazer ha-DavidEr (Her) ben Jesus ha-DavidEmadam (Helmadan Elmodam) ha-DavidCosam ha-DavidSeemingly Unrelated Threads 8Addi ben Cosam ha-DavidMelchi (Melki) ha-DavidNeri (Neriah) ha-David = Tamar (of Davidic dynasty)Salathial (Shealtiel) ha-DavidZorobabel ha-David (aka Sheshbazzar (Zerubbabel) = Esther ha-DavidRhesaJoanna (m)JudaJosephSemeiMattathias
MaathNaageEsli
NaumAmosMattathias II (Tobias), Temple Governor = YalpathJoseph, Temple GovernorJannaMelchi, Head of the SanhedrinLeviMatthanJacob Heli = GadatJoseph = MaryJesus (Yehoshua) = Mary MagdaleneJosue del GraalAminadab = EurgenCatheloys (Castellors)ManaelTiturelFrimutelBoaz (Anfortas)FrotmundPharamond, 1st King of all the Franks = Argotta of the Sicambri, Princess of the EastFranksClodion “the Long-haired” of Tournai, King of the Salic Franks = Basina I of ThuringiaMerovee = SiegseMerovee/Meroveus “The Young,” (436 CE - 481 CE), King of the Salian Franks = Meira?Childeric I, King of the Salian Franks = Basina II Andovera, Queen of ThuringiaClovis I “the Great,” King of the Franks (abt 467 CE - 511 CE) = Clotilde, daughter ofChilperic II, King of Burgundy...Seemingly Unrelated Threads 9A Variant of the Line from Abraham to David for the DesposyniAbraham (Abram/(Ibrahim) = Sarah/Sarai bint Haran, PrincessIsaac ibn Abraham = Rebekah bint BethuelJacob (Israel) ibn isaac, King of Goshen = Leah bint LabanJuda (Judas) ibn Jacob = TamurPerezHezronAramAmminadabNashonSalmonBoazObed the Ephrathite = Ruth of MoabJesse ben Obed = Abala (Habalith)David, King of Judah and Israel = 9th wife of David or Bathsheba...Seemingly Unrelated Threads 10A Variant of the End of the Line from Abraham to Clovis and His Wife Clotilde...Argotta of the Sicambri, Princess of the East Franks = Pharamond, 1st King of all theFranksFredemundusNascien I of Septimania, Prince of SeptimaniaCeledoin of SeptimaniaNascien II of the Septimanian MidiChilperic II, King of BurgundyClotilde, daughter of Chilperic II, King of Burgundy = Clovis I “the Great,” King of theFranks (abt 467 CE - 511 CE...Seemingly Unrelated Threads 11The Desposyni and Descendants of Abraham Line 2Historians differ on whether this line is valid or not. It depends on whether onethinks that Joseph of Arimathea was really the second son of Joseph and Mary and thuscarried the title for the second son in the House of David “ha-Rama-theo.” In any case,there is reasonable conjecture that Joseph ha-Rama-theo was a wealthy tin merchantwho would have visited tin mines in Wales. People in this group traveled more extensivelythan was once believed....Jacob Heli = GadatJoseph = MaryJoseph ha-Rama-Theo = AnnaAnna (Enygeus) ben Joseph = Bran the Blessed of Siluria, Archdruid of SiluriaBeli Ealim/HeliAvallach/Abalech/EvelakeEugein (Iougen, Owain)Brotjgieom (Brithwein, Brychwn)Duvun (Dwfnn, Dwfwn)Onwedd/Onmum/Onum/OmwyddAnguerit (Enewerydd/Anweryd)Angoulooyb/Angolait/AmguloiGur Dumn/Gorddwfn/Gordwfn)Dumn (Dwfn/Dyfn)Guiocein/GwrgainCein (Cain/Kain)Tegid Pies Rudawg/TacitPatern Pesrut (Padarn Pesrud)Octern (Edern, Edeyrn)Cunedda Wledig of ManauEinan Yrth (Enniaun Girt)Cadwallan Llaw Hir “the Longhanded”Maelgwyn Gwynned, Regulus of GwynnedRhun, Regulus of GwynnedBeli, Regulus of GwynnedIago (Jacob), Regulus of GwynnedCadfan, King of Gwynned = AchaCadwallon II of GwynnedCadwaladr the Blessed, King of Gwynedd 654-664 = Agatha?Edwar/Idwal, King of GwynnedRhodri Molwynog, King of GwynnedCynan Dindaethwy = Matilda of FlintEskyll = Merwyn verch GwiardRhodri Mawr ferch Merwyn = Angharad, daughter of MeruigAnarawdSeemingly Unrelated Threads 12Idwal Foel, the Bald = Avendreg of PowysMeyric, son of IdwalIdwal, son of Meyric
Iago, son of Idwal
Cynan, son of IagoGryffud/Griffith son of Cynan, Prince of North Wales = Ankaret/Angharat of Tegaing/Tegaingl, daughter of Owain ap EdwinOwain I Gwyned = Gladys (marriage outside church)Iorwerth = Marared (Margaret) ferch Madog of Powys, daughter of Madog ap Marredudd,ruler of PowysLlewellyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of Wales = Joan of England, daughter of King John I,Lacklandthree children: Marered/Margaret, Angharad, Helen. Marered = (1) Sir Walter deClifford and (2) John de Braose (Broiuze). Angharad = Maelgwyn Fychan, Lord ofCardigan in Ayron.Llewellyn ap Iorwerth also married Tangwystl Rhosone child, Gladys Dhu = Ralph de Mortimer d. 6 Aug 1246...Seemingly Unrelated Threads 13The Desposyni and Descendants of Abraham Line 3...See in bold in Line 1 and follow up to AbrahamJacob Heli = GadatJoseph = MaryJoseph ha-Rama-Theo = AnnaAnna (Enygeus) ben Joseph = Bran the Blessed of Siluria, Archdruid of SiluriaPenardun = Marius/Meruig/Meric, King of SiluriaCoel I of Camulod (Colchester), Prince of Siluria = N. N., daughter of Cylin, King ofSiluriaLieffer (Lucius) Mawr, King of Britain = Gladys “the Elder” verch Eurgen, daughter ofEurgen/Eugein ap MariusCadwalladr of BritainFrigg/Friga of Asaland = Odin/Wodin of Asgaard (Asia)Skjold Helithra, King of the DanesFridleif SkjoldsonFrodi FridleifssonFridleif FrodassonHavar FridleifssonFrodi Havarsson of DenmarkVermund Frodasson of DenmarkOlaf Vermundsson of DenmarkFrodi Olafsson of DenmarkFridleif Frodasson of DenmarkFrodi Fridleifsson of DenmarkHalfdan Frodasson of DenmarkHroar Halfdansson of DenmarkValdar Hrorasson = Hildis, Princess of the VandalsHarold ValdarssonHalfdan Haroldsson, King of SwedenIvar Halfdansson, King of LethraAud Ivarsdotter = Radbard Radbardsson, King of Garderidge (Russia)Randver RadbardssonSigurd Ranversson = Aldhild, GandolfdotterRagnar Sigurdsson, Danish King at Lethra = Aslaug, daughter of Sigurd FafnisbanBjorn Ragnarsson, Swedish King at UppsalaErik BjornssonEdmund ErikssonErik EdmundssonBjorn (Bijorn) “a Haugi” (the Old), King at UppsalaEric Segersall (the Victorous), King of Sweden and Denmark = Sigrid (Starrade) theProud, daughter of Skoglar TosteOlaf III “Skotkonung”, King of Sweden = Agnes of the Obotrites, daughter Mieceslas III,King of the ObotritesSeemingly Unrelated Threads 14Ingegerd, Princess of Sweden = Jaroslav I Wladimirowwitsch, Grand Prince of KievAnna Agnes Yaroslavna (Jaroslawna) = Henry I, King of France...Many other permutations of this line exist , incorporating alternate siblings of personsshown here.Seemingly Unrelated Threads 15Line From Abraham and King David through Egypt, through Ireland, into Wales andEnglandThis line is traced by various authors in “speculative history” and in oral tradition.In addition to providing a connection between Israel and Egypt in terms of belief systems,it shows a path for the transmission of knowledge through early Spain to Irelandand thence to Wales and into England.Abraham = Sarai (Sarah) (Princess) bint HaranIsaac ibn Abraham = Rebakah bint BetheuelJacob ibn Isaac (King of goshen) = Leah bint LabanJudah (Judas) ibn Jacob = TamarPerez (Phares) 1738? BCE of IsraelHezron (Esron) of IsraelRam, (Aram) (Prince) of IsraelAminadab (Amminadab) of IsraelNashon (Naasson) (the Israelite)Salmon (Salma) (the Israelite) = Rahab (Rachab)Boaz = Ruth of MoabObedJesseDavid, King of Judah, King of Israel = BathshebaSolomon ben DavidRoboam (Rehoboam) ha-David, King of Judea of IsraelAbia/Abijah ha David, King of Judea or Israel = MaacahAsa (Asaph) ha-David, King of Judea= Azubah, Queen of JudeaJehosapat/Josaphat, King of JudahJehoram (Joram) ha-David, King of JudahOzias (Ahaziah Ochozias) ha-David, King of JudahJoash ha-David, King of JudahAmaziah (Amasias) ha-David, King of JudahUzziah (Azariah), ha-David, King of JudahJoatham (Jotham) ha-David, King of JudahAhaz (Achaz) ha-David, King of Judah = Abijah of IsraelEzechias (Hezekiah) ha David, King of JudahManasses ha-David, King of JudahAmon ha-David, King of JudahJosias/Josiah ha-David = Hamutal (Hamnutal) bat Jeremiah mi-Libnah, daughter ofJeremiah “the Prophet”Zedekiah (Mattaniah) ha-David of JudahTamar (Tephi) of Judah = Heremon Mac Miled, 2nd Monarch of Ireland, aka Kirsehmon.His line can be traced back to Noah. His mother was Scota, Princess of Egypt.Irial (Iarel Eurialus) Faidh (Faith) Mac Eremoin, High King of IrelandEthrail/Eithriall Mac Iarel Faith of IrelandFollac Mac Ethrel of IrelandSeemingly Unrelated Threads 16Tighernmas (Tighearnmhas) Mac EtherelEiobiothad Mac Tigernmas, Prince of IrelandSmiorgall Mac Enboth, Prince of IrelandFiachu Labrainn (Flacha Labhrin) Mac Smirgoll, 18th Monarch of IrelandAeneas (Aengus Aonghus) Olmucaidh Mac Fiachach, 20th Monarch of IrelandMaen Mac Aengusa, Prince of IrelandRothectaid Rigderg, Mac Moen, 22nd Monarch of IrelandDeman (Dian Dein Den) Mac Rothectaid, Prince of IrelandSirna Sirsaeglac Mac Dian, 34th Monarch of IrelandOlioll Ochaoin Fionn Fail, Prince of IrelandGiallchade, 37th Monarch of IrelandNuahhas (Nuadha) Fionn Fail, 39th Monarch of IrelandAedham (Aodhan) Glas, Prince of IrelandSimon (Simeon ) Breach, 44th Monarch of IrelandMurchad (Muirradhach) Balgrach Mac Simon, 46th Monarch of IrelandFiacha (Fiachaidh) Folgrach, 55th Monarch of IrelandEochy Buadech Mac Duach = Tamar Tephi ha-DavidAugaine Mor Mac EchachCobthach Caol Breagh, 69th Monarch of IrelandMelghe Molbthach/Meilage, 71st Monarch of IrelandIrereo (Iarraingleo/Jaran) Gleofathach Fatach/Gleoathach, 74th Monarch of IrelandConnla (Conla, Conla) Cruaich, 76th Monarch of IrelandOiloilla (Ailill) Caisfhiaclach, 77th Monarch of IrelandEochaid/Eochairdh Foltleathan/Ailtle Athair , 79th Monarch of IrelandAonghus/Aengus TuirImheach/Tuirbheach Teamrach (Mac Fer?), 81st Monarch ofIreland = N. N. ingen AengusaFiachra/Fiachu Firmara Mac AengusaAilill Erann Mac FiachachFeradach/Feredaig (Vere-daigh) Mac AilellaForga Mac FeradaigMaine Mor Mac ForgaAirndil Mac MaineRothrer Mac AirndllTrer Mac RothrerRoshin Mac Trer (O’Haongus)Sin Mac RoshinEcdach Mac SinDeithsin Mac EchdachDlutach (Dluthach) Mac DeitsinDaire Mac DlutachFiatach Finn Mac Daire = Fedelm Derg ingen Tuathal 2 sonsOgamuin (Ogaman) Mac FirtaigFindchada OgamuinImchatha/Imchan Mac Finchada = Moen ingen ConnFeargusa Dubedtach Mac Imchatha, 114th Monarch of IrelandAengus/Oengus Finn Mac Feargusa Dubdetaig, King of UladhSeemingly Unrelated Threads 17Lorc Mac Aengusa, King of Ulster and Dal FiatachIndiu ingen Ludach = Niall Noigiallarch, King of Ireland 2 childrenFiacha mac NeillEochaid Finn Calcan Mac FiachachDonn Cathach Mac EchachBran Mac DonnDunchad Mac BranAmmchaid Mac DunchadDunchad Mac AmmchaidMael Muaid Mac Dunchad, Lord in Offaly (eponym of Ua Maoil Mhuaidh (O’Molloy)of Fir Cell)Donnchad Mac Merl MuaidLorcan Mac DonnchadBuadach Mac LorcanMael Muaid Mac BuadachLorcan Mac Mael MuaidGilla Brigte (Brighid) Mac Lorcan O’MulloyMor ingen Gilla = Tiege (Terence) O’Brien, son of Brian BoruToirrdelbach (Tirdelvagh: I) O’Brien, 178th Monarch of Ireland = Dirborgaill ingen Taidgof OssoryMuirchertach (Murtagh) O’Brien, 180th Monarch of Ireland = Dubchoglaig ingenDairmitLafracoth (Lafracota) O’Brien of Munster = Arhulph ne Montgomery of PembrokeAlice Montgomery = Maurice Fitz Gerald...Numerous descentsSeemingly Unrelated Threads 18Line From Abraham and King David through Egypt, through Ireland, into ScotlandAbraham = Sarai (Sarah) (Princess) bint HaranIsaac ibn Abraham = Rebakah bint BetheuelJacob ibn Isaac (King of goshen) = Leah bint LabanJudah (Judas) ibn Jacob = TamarPerez (Phares) 1738? BCE of IsraelHezron (Esron) of IsraelRam, (Aram) (Prince) of IsraelAminadab (Amminadab) of IsraelNashon (Naasson) (the Israelite)Salmon (Salma) (the Israelite) = Rahab (Rachab)Boaz = Ruth of MoabObedJesseDavid, King of Judah, King of Israel = BathshebaSolomon ben DavidRoboam (Rehoboam) ha-David, King of Judea of IsraelAbia/Abijah ha David, King of Judea or Israel = MaacahAsa (Asaph) ha-David, King of Judea= Azubah, Queen of JudeaJehosapat/Josaphat, King of JudahJehoram (Joram) ha-David, King of JudahOzias (Ahaziah Ochozias) ha-David, King of JudahJoash ha-David, King of JudahAmaziah (Amasias) ha-David, King of JudahUzziah (Azariah), ha-David, King of JudahJoatham (Jotham) ha-David, King of JudahAhaz (Achaz) ha-David, King of Judah = Abijah of IsraelEzechias (Hezekiah) ha David, King of JudahManasses ha-David, King of JudahAmon ha-David, King of JudahJosias/Josiah ha-David = Hamutal (Hamnutal) bat Jeremiah mi-Libnah, daughter ofJeremiah “the Prophet”Zedekiah (Mattaniah) ha-David of JudahTamar (Tephi) of Judah = Heremon Mac Miled, 2nd Monarch of Ireland, aka Kirsehmon.His line can be traced back to Noah. His mother was Scota, Princess of Egypt.Irial (Iarel Eurialus) Faidh (Faith) Mac Eremoin, High King of IrelandEthrail/Eithriall Mac Iarel Faith of IrelandFollac Mac Ethrel of IrelandTighernmas (Tighearnmhas) Mac EtherelEiobiothad Mac Tigernmas, Prince of IrelandSmiorgall Mac Enboth, Prince of IrelandFiachu Labrainn (Flacha Labhrin) Mac Smirgoll, 18th Monarch of IrelandAeneas (Aengus Aonghus) Olmucaidh Mac Fiachach, 20th Monarch of IrelandMaen Mac Aengusa, Prince of IrelandRothectaid Rigderg, Mac Moen, 22nd Monarch of IrelandSeemingly Unrelated Threads 19Deman (Dian Dein Den) Mac Rothectaid, Prince of IrelandSirna Sirsaeglac Mac Dian, 34th Monarch of IrelandOlioll Ochaoin Fionn Fail, Prince of IrelandGiallchade, 37th Monarch of IrelandNuahhas (Nuadha) Fionn Fail, 39th Monarch of IrelandAedham (Aodhan) Glas, Prince of IrelandSimon (Simeon ) Breach, 44th Monarch of IrelandMurchad (Muirradhach) Balgrach Mac Simon, 46th Monarch of IrelandFiacha (Fiachaidh) Folgrach, 55th Monarch of IelandEochy Buadech Mac Duach = Tamar Tephi ha-DavidAugaine Mor Mac EchachCobthach Caol Breagh, 69th Monarch of IrelandMelghe Molbthach/Meilage, 71st Monarch of IrelandIrereo (Iarraingleo/Jaran) Gleofathach Fatach/Gleoathach, 74th Monarch of IrelandConnla (Conla, Conla) Cruaich, 76th Monarch of IrelandOiloilla (Ailill) Caisfhiaclach, 77th Monarch of IrelandEochaid/Eochairdh Foltleathan/Ailtle Athair , 79th Monarch of IrelandAonghus/Aengus TuirImheach/Tuirbheach Teamrach (Mac Fer?), 81st Monarch ofIreland = N. N. ingen AengusaFiachra/Fiachu Firmara Mac AengusaAilill Erann Mac FiachachFeradach/Feredaig (Vere-daigh) Mac AilellaForga Mac FeradaigMaine Mor Mac ForgaAirndil Mac MaineRothrer Mac AirndllTrer Mac RothrerRoshin Mac Trer (O’Haongus)Sin Mac RoshinDedad Mac SinIar Mac DedadAilill Anglonnach Mac IarEogan (Eoghan) Mac Ailella (O’Haongus)Eterscel (Etercel) Mac EoganConaire (I)Cairpre (Cairbre) Finn Mor Mac ConaireDaire Dornmor Mac CairpreCairpre (Cairbre) Crommchenn Mac DaireLugaid (Lughaidh) Allathach Mac CairpreMug Lama (Modha) Mac LugaidConaire (II) Mac Moga LamaEochaid (Eochaidh) Riada Mac ConaireFiachra Cathmail Mac EochaidEochair Antoit Mac FiachreAchir Cirre Mac EchachFinn Fiacc Mac AchirSeemingly Unrelated Threads 20Cruithluithe Mac FinnSenchormac Mac CruithluitheFedelmid Ruamnach Mac SenchormacAengus Buiding (Buiaidnech) Mac FeideilmidFedelmid Aislingish Mac AngusaAengus (Aohgnus) Fert Mac Feideilmid, possibly Prince of IrelandEochaid Munrevar (Muinremur), King of Irish DalriadaErc/Ercc of Dal n’Araide, King of Irish Dalriada = Misi/MistFergus Mor, King of DalriadaDomangart = Feldelm (Fedelmia) Foltchain, Queen of DalriadaGabran, King of Dalriadan Scots = Lluan, daughter of Prince Brychan II of Manau andIngenach, Princess of StrathclydeAedan (Aldanus) Mac Grabran, King of Dalriada = Igerna del AcqsDomnall (Donald) Brec (Breck), King of DalriadaDomangartEochaid II King of Argyll/Dalriada = Spondana of the PictsEochaid Angbaid Mac Echach of ArgyllAed/Aid/Aedh Find Mac Echdach of Aryll Finn, King of DalriadaEochaid IV Mac Aeda Argyll = Unuisticc of FortrennAlpin, King of Scots/King of Kintyre = N. N. of Picts, Princess of PictsKenneth I/Cinead I MacAlpin I, King of Scots and PictsCausantin/Constantine I, King of ScotsDonald II/Domnall Mac Causantin, King of ScotsMalcolm (Mael-Coluim) I Mac Domnail, King of ScotsKenneth II (Cináed) mac Mael-Coluim), King of Scots = N. N. of LeinsterMalcolm II/Mael-Coluim II, Mac Cineada, King of Scots = AelfiguBethoc, Princess of Scots, heiress = Crinan, Thane of AthollDonnchad/Duncan I, King of Scots = Sibyl/Suthen Fitz Siward of Northumbria, DanishJarl of NorthumbriaMalcolm III Canmore (Caenmore) King of Scots = St. Margeret “Aetheling,” Princess ofEngland...Seemingly Unrelated Threads 21Lines from Abraham and David through Makhir/Theodoric of ToulouseThis line was not widely known until the Web gave it visibility. It is the result of someexcellent research done by Arthur J. Zuckerman and published in the book A JewishPrincedom in Feudal France 768-900, New York: Columbia University Press, 1972.Many permutations of lines from Makhir run through all of the European royalfamilies and early American colonists, especially those in New England. Anyonewho is descended from the early Plantagenets has them.There are two possible explanations for the ancestry of Makhir. I give Zuckerman’s first,which indicates that Makhir came either directly from Babylonia or was the son of aman who came to Spain from Babylonia. The second is that Makhir was actually ofMerovingian heritage. It is possible that were Merovingians who were practicingJews in Septimania. Septimania had a large Jewish population, much of which wasdescended from people who had settled there before the Diaspora. Where did theygo? When the Roman Church began to persecute Jews in France in the early days ofthe Inquisition, some Jews moved to Italy and others to Spain until they were ultimatelydriven out of Spain. A great many Jews were slaughtered right along witheveryone else in the Albigensian Crusade. The crusaders killed everyone, saying“God will know his own.” Some people became Crypto-Jews, that is, they outwardlyconverted to Christianity but privately maintained their Jewish faith and practices.Others left France and moved into what is now Germany and became a part of theAshkenazic community there.Line 1 from Abraham and King David through Makhir/Theodoric of Toulouse,Exilarch in the Jewish Kingdom of Septimania, tracing a route into BabylonAbraham = Sarai (Sarah) (Princess) bint HaranIsaac ibn Abraham = Rebakah bint BetheuelJacob ibn Isaac (King of goshen) = Leah bint LabanJudah (Judas) ibn Jacob = TamarPerez (Phares) 1738? BCE of IsraelHezron (Esron) of IsraelRam, (Aram) (Prince) of IsraelAminadab (Amminadab) of IsraelNashon (Naasson) (the Israelite)Salmon (Salma) (the Israelite) = Rahab (Rachab)Boaz = Ruth of MoabObedJesseDavid, King of Judah, King of Israel = BathshebaSolomon ben DavidRoboam (Rehoboam) ha-David, King of Judea of IsraelAbia/Abijah ha David, King of Judea or Israel = MaacahAsa (Asaph) ha-David, King of Judea= Azubah, Queen of JudeaJehosapat/Josaphat, King of JudahSeemingly Unrelated Threads 22Jehoram (Joram) ha-David, King of JudahOzias (Ahaziah Ochozias) ha-David, King of JudahJoash ha-David, King of JudahAmaziah (Amasias) ha-David, King of JudahUzziah (Azariah), ha-David, King of JudahJoatham (Jotham) ha-David, King of JudahAhaz (Achaz) ha-David, King of Judah = Abijah of IsraelEzechias (Hezekiah) ha David, King of JudahManasses ha-David, King of JudahAmon ha-David, King of JudahJosias/Josiah ha-David = Hamutal (Hamnutal) bat Jeremiah mi-Libnah, daughter ofJeremiah “the Prophet”Eliakim ha-David, King of Judah = Nehusta of JerusalemJeconian/Jehioachin/Jechoniah ha-DavidPediah (shealtiel, Salathiel) ha-DavidZerubabbel/Zorobabel ha-DavidHaniniah ha-DavidJeshiah ha-DavidRephiah ha-DavidArnan ha-DavidObadiah ha-DavidShecaniah ha-DavidShemiah ha-DavidNeriah ha-DavidElioinai ha-DavidAkkub ha-David = N. N. bat Hizkiah ha-DavidJohanen ha-DavidShephat ha-DavidHanan (Anani) ha-David = N. N. bat Abba ArikhaNathan (I) ’Ukba ha-DavidNehemiah (I) ha David’Uqba (II) ben Nehemiah ha-DavidAbba Mari ha-DavidNathan II (Kahani I) ha-DavidZutra ben Nathan ha-DavidKahana ben Zutra ha-DavidHuna VI ben Kahana ha-David Exilarch at BabylonZutra/Ahunai ben Huna ha-DavidHuna/hunai ben Zutra ha-DavidKafnai (Hofnai) ha-David, Exilarch at BabylonBustani/Mustani ben Hanina David, Exilarch at BabylonHanini ben BustaniNehemiah/Nechimiah ben Hanini DavidNatronai/Nafronai ben Nehemiah ha-DavidHaninai ben Natronai ha-DavidSeemingly Unrelated Threads 23Makhir/Theodoric (Thierry, Aymeri) of Toulouse, King of the Jews at Narbonne =Auda, daughter of Charles Martel and RotrudWilliam (Isaac/Nathan) Narbonee David of Gellone, 2nd Count of Toulouse = Gilbourof HornbachBernard Naso David Count of Autun, Margrave of Septimania = Dhoude Caroling ofGascony, daughter of Charlemagne and Hildegarde of LinzgauRoselinde (Regelinde) of Septimania David, heiress = Wulgrim, Count of AgenWilliam I of Perigord, Count of Perigord and Agen = Regelinde of NeustriaEmme of Perigord = Boso I, Count de la MarcheAdalbert I, count of the Haute Marche and Perigord = Almode of LimogesBernard I of the Haute Marche = Amilie, Countess of AubnayAlmode/Almodis de la Haute Marche = Pons II, count of Toulouse, Albi and DijonAlmode had children from three husbandsWilliam IV, Count of Toulouse = Emma de Mortain, daughter of Robert de Mortain, Earlof Cornwall and Moreton and Maud/Matilda de MontgomeryPhilippa (Matilda/Maud), Countess of Toulouse = Guillaume VII of Poitou, Duke ofAquitaineGuillaume X, Duke of Aquitaine = Eleanor de Chasterault de la RouchefoucauldEleanor of Aquitaine, Princess of Aquitaine = Henry II Plantagenet, King of England...A number of permutations are available along this line, both before and after Eleanor ofAquitaine.Seemingly Unrelated Threads 24Line 2 from Abraham and King David through Makhir/Theodoric of Toulouse,Exilarch in the Jewish Kingdom of Septimania ,Tracing a Merovingian Route fromthe DesposyniAbraham (Abram/(Ibrahim) = Sarah/Sarai bint Haran, PrincessIsaac ibn Abraham = Rebekah bint BethuelJacob (Israel) ibn isaac, King of Goshen = Leah bint LabanJudah (Judas) ibn Jacob = TamarPerez (Phares) 1738? BCE of IsraelHezron (Esron) of IsraelRam, (Aram) (Prince) of IsraelAminadab (Amminadab) of IsraelNashon (Naasson) (the Israelite)Salmon (Salma) (the Israelite) = Rahab (Rachab)Boaz = Ruth of MoabObed the EphrathiteJesse ben ObedDavid, King of Judah and Israel = 9th wife of David of Judah and Israel (or Bathsheba)Nathan ha-DavidMattatha (Mathatha Mattathan)ha- DavidMenna (Menam/Menon) ha-DavidMelea ha-DavidEliakim ha-DavidJonan (Jonam) ha-DavidJoseph ben Jonan ha-DavidJudah (Judas/Jude) ben Joseph ha-DavidSimeon ben Judah ha-DavidLevi ben Simeon ha-DavidMatthat/Mathat ben Levi ha-DavidJorim ha-DavidEliazer (Eliezer) ben Jorim ha-DavidJesus (Jose, Joshua) ben Eleazer ha-DavidEr (Her) ben Jesus ha-DavidEmadam (Helmadan Elmodam) ha-DavidCosam ha-DavidAddi ben Cosam ha-DavidMelchi (Melki) ha-DavidNeri (Neriah) ha-David = Tamar (of Davidic dynasty)Salathial (Shealtiel) ha-DavidZorobabel ha-David (aka Sheshbazzar (Zerubbabel) = Esther ha-DavidRhesaJoanna (m)JudaJosephSemeiMattathiasSeemingly Unrelated Threads 25MaathNaageEsliNaumAmosMattathias II (Tobias), Temple Governor = YalpathJoseph, Temple GovernorJannaMelchi, Head of the SanhedrinLeviMatthanJacob Heli = GadatJoseph = MaryJesus (Yehoshua) = Mary Magdalene, High Priestess of DanJosue del GraalAminadab = Eurgen (both descendants of Abraham and David via the Desposyni)Catheloys (Castellors)ManaelTiturelFrimutelBoaz (Anfortas)FrotmundPharamond of the Franks, 1st King of all the Franks = Argotta of the Sicambri. Princessof East Franks (also a descendant of Abraham, through the Desposyni)Clodiun “the Long-haired” of Tournai, King of the Salic Franks = Basina I of ThuringiaMerovee = SiegseMerovee/Meroveus “the Young”, King of the Salic Franks = MeiraChilderic I Meroving, King of the Salian FranksClovis I/Chlodovech “The Great”, King of the FranksClothaire I, King of SoissonsChilperic I, King of Neustria = Fredegund/FredegondeClothaire II, King of NeustriaDagobert I “the Great” of Austrasia, King of the FranksSiegbert II, King of Austrasia = Immachilde/Chimnechild of Swabia/BurgundyDagobert II, King of Austrasia = Gisla de RazèsSigisbert III/IV/I Meroving, Comte de RazèsSigebert IV/V/II “The Hermit Prince”, Comte de RazèsMakhir/Theodoric (Thierry, Aymeri) of Toulouse, King of the Jews at Narbonne =Auda, daughter of Charles Martel and RotrudWilliam (Isaac/Nathan) Narbonee David of Gellone, 2nd Count of Toulouse = Gilbourof HornbachBernard Naso David Count of Autun, Margrave of Septimania = Dhoude Caroling ofGascony, daughter of Charlemagne and Hildegarde of LinzgauRoselinde (Regelinde) of Septimania David, heiress = Wulgrim, Count of AgenWilliam I of Perigord, Count of Perigord and Agen = Regelinde of NeustriaEmme of Perigord = Boso I, Count de la MarcheSeemingly Unrelated Threads 26Adalbert I, count of the Haute Marche and Perigord = Almode of LimogesBernard I of the Haute Marche = Amilie, Countess of AubnayAlmode/Almodis de la Haute Marche = Pons II, count of Toulouse, Albi and DijonAlmode had children from three husbandsWilliam IV, Count of Toulouse = Emma de Mortain, daughter of Robert de Mortain, Earlof Cornwall and Moreton and Maud/Matilda de MontgomeryPhilippa (Matilda/Maud), Countess of Toulouse = Guillaume VII of Poitou, Duke ofAquitaineGuillaume X, Duke of Aquitaine = Eleanor de Chasterault de la RouchefoucauldEleanor of Aquitaine, Princess of Aquitaine = Henry II Plantagenet, King of England...A number of permutations are available along this line, both before and after Eleanor ofAquitaine.Seemingly Unrelated Threads 27Lines from Abraham (Abram) to Muslims in Spain and into European RoyaltyThere has been a certain amount of conjecture about whether or not Isabel/Zaida,Maria, Ximena (shown in bold below) was actually the mother of Theresa of Castile.The conjecture has become more accepted recently, especially when a Latin scholaractually read the documents.Line 1Line 1 from Abraham to Muslims in Spain etc.Abraham (Abram) = Hagar, the EgyptianIshmael (Isma’il) = Ra’la bint MudadNebit (Nebajoth) ibn IshmaelYashjub ibn NabitYa’rub ibn YashjubNahur/Nuhur ibn Ya’rubMugawwam ibn NahurUdad ibn MugwwamAdnam/Adnan ibn IdadMa’add ibn AdnanNizar ibn Ma’addMudar (Modhar) ibn Nizar = Al RiyabIlyas ibn Mudhar = Layla bani Khindif CodhaiteAmr Mudrika = SalmaKhuzayma ibn Mudrika = Hind ‘UsanaKinawa ibn Khuzayama = BarraQuays al-Nadr = IkrishaMalik ibn Al-Nadr = JandalaFihr Quraysh (Quraish) = LaylaGhalil of Ghalib ibn Fihr = AtikaLu’ayy ibn Ghalib/Ghalil = MawiyaKab ibn Lu’ayy = MakhshiyaMurra ibn Kab = HindKilab/Kalab ibn Murra = FatimaQusayy Zaid “Munjammi”, Gov. of Mecca = Hubba/Hobba bint Holeil, Princess of theKhozaitesAbd al-Manaf al MujiraHasham al’ Muttalib = Atika of the Bani Cays AylanAbd al-Mattalib/Muttalib Shayba al Hamd = Fatima bint ‘Amr of Makhzum‘Abd Manaf abu Talib ibn Al-Muttalib = Fatima bint Ashar ibn HashimAli ben Abu Talib/ibn Abi Talif, 4th Caliph in Iraq = Fatima bint AmrAl- Hasan al- Sibt = Jada bint al-Ash’athHusaynZahra = Abu Farisi of al-HiraNaim of al-LakhmiItaf ibn Ma’im‘Amr ibn ItafSeemingly Unrelated Threads 28Aslan ibn ’AmrAbbad ibn AslanQuara’is ibn AbbadIsma’il ibn Quara’is, Iman of Seville = N. N., daughter if Isma’il Al-Mansur, 3rd Caliphof EgyptMuhammad I of Seville (prosperous land owner and local judge)Muhammad II, King of Seville = N. N. of the Balereac IslesMuhammad III, King of Seville = Beatrice of Aquitaine, daughter of Count William VI(VII) of AquitaineIsabel (Zaida, Maria, Ximena), Princess of Seville = Alfonso VI “the Brave” King ofCastile, Navarre and LeonTheresa of Castile and Leon = Henry I, Count of Burgundy and PortugalAlfonso I Henriques, first king of Portugal = Maud/Matilda, Countess of Savoy...Seemingly Unrelated Threads 29Line 2 from Abraham to Muslims in Spain via Muhammad the Prophet etc.There has been a certain amount of conjecture about whether or not Isabel/Zaida,MHaria, Ximena (shown in bold below) was actually the mother of Theresa of Castile.The conjecture has become more accepted recently.Abraham (Abram) = Hagar, the EgyptianIshmael (Isma’il) = Ra’la bint MudadNebit (Nebajoth) ibn IshmaelYashjub ibn NabitYa’rub ibn YashjubNahur/Nuhur ibn Ya’rubMugawwam ibn NahurUdad ibn MugwwamAdnam/Adnan ibn IdadMa’add ibn AdnanNizar ibn Ma’addMudar (Modhar) ibn Nizar = Al RiyabIlyas ibn Mudhar = Layla bani Khindif CodhaiteAmr Mudrika = SalmaKhuzayma ibn Mudrika = Hind ‘UsanaKinawa ibn Khuzayama = BarraQuays al-Nadr = IkrishaMalik ibn Al-Nadr = JandalaFihr Quraysh (Quraish) = LaylaGhalil of Ghalib ibn Fihr = AtikaLu’ayy ibn Ghalib/Ghalil = MawiyaKab ibn Lu’ayy = MakhshiyaMurra ibn Kab = HindKilab/Kalab ibn Murra = FatimaQusayy Zaid “Munjammi”, Gov. of Mecca = Hubba/Hobba bint Holeil, Princess of theKhozaitesAdb-al-UzzaAsadKhuwailidKhadiya Quarashi = Muhammad, the ProphetFatima bint ‘Amr = Ali ben Abu Talib/ibn Abi Talif, 4th Caliph in IraqAl- Hasan al- Sibt = Jada bint al-Ash’athHusaynZahra = Abu Farisi of al-HiraNaim of al-LakhmiItaf ibn Ma’im‘Amr ibn ItafAslan ibn ’AmrAbbad ibn AslanQuara’is ibn AbbadSeemingly Unrelated Threads 30Isma’il ibn Quara’is, Iman of Seville = N. N., daughter if Isma’il Al-Mansur, 3rd Caliphof EgyptMuhammad I of Seville (prosperous land owner and local judge)Muhammad II, King of Seville = N. N. of the Balereac IslesMuhammad III, King of Seville = Beatrice of Aquitaine, daughter of Count William VI(VII) of AquitaineIsabel (Zaida, Maria, Ximena), Princess of Seville = Alfonso VI “the Brave” King ofCastile, Navarre and LeonTheresa of Castile and Leon = Henry I, Count of Burgundy and PortugalAlfonso I Henriques, first king of Portugal = Maud/Matilda, Countess of Savoy...Modern NonsenseThere is currently an active market in Europe and America for taking the medieval myths further. In Holy Blood, Holy Grail (1982), Hugh Baigent, Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln developed their theory that the Holy Grail was not the cup used at the Last Supper, but the Holy Bloodline of a family descended from Jesus himself. Dan Brown has developed the same idea in fictional form in The DaVinci Code (2003). These writers speculate that Mary Magdalene was the wife of Jesus, and that the two of them had a son.In some medieval stories Mary Magdalene was identified with Mary of Bethany, and in others she was said to have accompanied Joseph of Arimathea to Marseilles after Jesus’ crucifixion. In Baigent’s extension of the medieval story, Mary Magdalene brought her son to Marseilles as well. Supposedly, that son became the ancestor of certain European royal families, notably the Merovingians, who were the earliest royal family of the Franks, forerunners of the French. In support of this theory, Baigent et al. offer an alternative etymology for San Graal (the Holy Grail); they call it the Sang Real (the Blood Royal). They also ornament their theory with many authentic medieval legends. For example, Godfroi de Bouillon, the 11th century Crusader ruler of Jerusalem, was said by his contemporaries to have been the son or grandson of Lohengrin, even though he lived some 600 years later, even assuming that there was an historical Lohengrin.

Nevertheless, the meat of Holy Blood, Holy Grail rests on the forged Lobineau genealogies, and the monomania of Pierre Plantard, a Frenchman who in the early 1960s sought to prove that he is a descendant of the Merovingians though Dagobert II, an obscure 7th century dynast who is not known to have left descendants. Moreover, there is no evidence of a secret Priory of Sion that has worked through the centuries to promote the rule of these soi disant descendants of Jesus, nor is there evidence that the Roman Catholic church has sought though the centuries to exterminate them.

Despite the dubious material used by Baigent et al., the royal families of modern Europe, and a great many noble families, are in fact descended from the Merovingians, as are many ordinary people in northern and western Europe and the Americas.

Related Material

Pierre de Vaux de Cerny, Historia Albigensis (probably 1212 to 1218). Claims that the Cathars believed Mary Magdalene was the concubine of Jesus. "Further, in their secret meetings they said that the Christ who was born in the earthly and visible Bethlehem and crucified at Jerusalem was ´evil´, and that Mary Magdalene was his concubine – and that she was the woman taken in adultery who is referred to in the Scriptures".

Louis Martin, Les Evangiles sans Dieu (1886). Argues that Jesus was an atheist. He married Mary Magdalene. They traveled to southern France, where they had a son.

Donovan Joyce, The Jesus Scroll (1973). Argues that Jesus survived the crucifixion, married Mary Magdalene, had a child with her, and was killed at the Siege of Masada (73/74 CE). Joyce claimed to have seen a scroll stolen from the Masada excavations in 1964. He claimed the scroll was autobiographical, written by Yeshua ben Ya’akob ben Gennesareth (Jesus), who called himself "the last of the rightful kings of Israel".Andreas Faber-Kaiser, Jesus died in Kashmir: Jesus, Moses and the ten lost tribes of Israel (1977). Argues that Jesus traveled to Kashmir, married a Kashmiri woman, and had children with her. A Kashmiri man, Basharat Saleem claimed to be a descendant of Jesus.Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln, Holy Blood, Holy Grail (1982). Argues that Jesus married Mary Magdalene. She is the Holy Grail. They are the ancestors of the Merovingian dynasty.Margaret Starbird, The Woman with the Alabaster Jar: Mary Magdalen and the Holy Grail (1993). Argues that Jesus married Mary Magadalene. She was the Holy Grail. St. Sarah of Egypt was their daughter.Barbara Thiering, Jesus the Man: New Interpretations from the Dead Sea Scrolls (1992). Argues that Jesus was an Essene priest, and a great grandson of Hillel the Great. He married Mary Magdalene, and later divorced. Jesus died sometime after 64 CE.Laurence Gardner, Bloodline of the Holy Grail: The Hidden Lineage of Jesus Revealed (1996). Argues that Jesus married Mary Magdalene, and had children. Their descendants include King Arthur and the Stuart dynasty. In later books, Gardner developed his theories that Adam and Eve, who were primate-alien hybrids created by ancient astronauts called the Anunnaki, and that Michel Lafosse is the legitimate Jacobite claimant to the Scottish throne.Marylin Hopkins, Graham Simmans and Tim Wallace-Murphy, Rex Deus: The True Mystery of Rennes-Le-Chateau and the Dynasty of Jesus (2000). Argues that the descendants of Jesus and Mary Magdalene are part of shadow dynasty descended from twenty-four high priests of the Temple in Jerusalem known as "Rex Deus" (Kings of God).Dan Brown, The DaVinci Code (2003). A novel that turns on discovering the modern descendants of Jesus and Mary Magdalene.Simcha Jacobovici and Charles R. Pellegrino, The Jesus Family Tomb: The Discovery, the Investigation, and the Evidence That Could Change History (2007). Argues that the Talpiot tomb is the tomb of Jesus (Yeshua bar Yosef) and his family.Sylvia Browne, The Two Marys: The Hidden History of the Mother and Wife of Jesus (2007). Uses psychic evidence to argue that Jesus married Mary Magdalene, and produced a family.Bruce Burgess, Bloodline (2008 film). Expands on the claim that Jesus married Mary Magdalene, and had a family. Burgess claimed that discoveries made in the vicinity of Rennes-le-Château since 1999 include a mummified corpse, which he argued is the body of Mary Magdalene. The information was later exposed as a hoax.Rob Howells, Inside the Priory of Sion: Revelations from the World´s Most Secret Society - Guardians of the Bloodline of Jesus (2011). Tie-in to the 2008 film Bloodline.Sources"Holy Grail" at Swanstrom.org. Accessed Feb. 18, 2013. "Jesus bloodline" at en.wikipedia.org. Accessed Feb. 19, 2013. "The Jesus Family Tomb" at en.wikipedia.org. Accessed Feb. 19, 2013. Holy Grail National Geographic