FINAL WARNING: The Curtain Falls
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Sigisbert III (629-56)
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Dagobert II (651-79)
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Childeric III (deposed)The Church had a hand in the assassination of Dagobert II, and
Childeric III was deposed by Pepin III, the first of the Carolingian
dynasty. The removal of the Merovingians was culminated with the
coronation of Charles the Great, Carolus Magnus, or Charlemagne,
who in 800 became the Holy Roman Emperor, thus betraying the pact
made with the Merovingian bloodline, ending their dynasty. But the
bloodline continued in the personage of Sigisbert IV (son of Dagobert
II), who fled southward, taking on the surname “Plant-Ard” (eventually
“Plantard”), and the title of the Count of Razes.In 1956, the Prieuré de Sion was registered with the French
Government, with the objective of “studies and mutual aid to
members.” They were headquartered in Sous-Cassan, and within the
group they circulated a magazine called CIRCUIT, which was an
abbreviation for “Chivalry of Catholic Rules and Institutions of the
Independent and Traditionalist Union.”In 1976, the excommunication of traditionalist Archbishop Marcel
Lefebvre by Pope Paul VI was expected. He represented the
conservative branch of the Roman Catholic Church, who fought
against the modernization of the Church. In the end, the Pope backed
down, and the Guardian (8/30/76) revealed their theory why: “The
Archbishop’s team of priests in England ... believe their leader still has
a powerful ecclesiastical weapon to use in his dispute with the Vatican.
No one will gave any hint of its nature, but Father Peter Morgan, the
group’s leader ... describes it as being something ‘earth-shaking’.”The Order held a convent at Blois on January 17, 1981, the first since
the one in Paris in 1956. The 121 at the meeting were all figures in high
finance and international politics. A man named Pierre Plantard de
Saint-Clair was elected as their Grand Master. His name figures
prominently in many Prieuré documents. He is the lineal descendant of
King Dagobert II and the Merovingian dynasty. In 1960, he spoke of an