According to a report in the French press on January 22, 1981, the secret order "Prieuré de Sion" would still be alive and a convention was held in Blois, France, on January 17, 1981. There, Pierre Plantard de Saint-Clair was allegedly elected as the new Grand Master of the order.
Pierre Plantard de Saint-Clair is said to be a direct descendant of Dagobert II and thus related to the Merovingians. His lineage was claimed to have been proven by the parchments of Queen Blanche of Castile. These parchments were discovered in 1891 by abbé Saunière in his church in Rennes-le-Château.
Pierre Plantard also directly descends from the owner of the destroyed castle Barberie in Sainte-Colombre, but he is linked to many more places that are directly or indirectly associated with the "Order of Sion." He owns land in the vicinity of Rennes-le-Château and Rennes-les-Bains (the mountain Blanchefort), and he owns the ground where the church of St. Dagobert once stood in Stenay.
He is also said to be a personal friend of Charles De Gaulle.
During an interview in 1979 with the BBC, he stated that a way was being paved for the return of a monarchy in France.
Source: Michael Baigent; Richard Leigh & Henry Lincoln, 1982, Het Heilige Bloed van de Heilige Graal, Knack
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