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The House of Avril de  Burey Hohenstaufen Anjou  Plantagenet AberyCastle  Avril de Burey Anjou Castle  Castello di Federico Aprile di Buren Anjou  Plantagenet , costruito per ordine del cugino Re Edoardo dei Plantageneti

Castle of Aberystwyth (Abril  Avril -Avril de Burey Anjou  Castle of Frederich Avril de Burey Anjou Hohenstaufen Plantagenet , son of Isabel of England  wife of Federico II von Hohenstaufen)

HOHENSTAUFEN CASTLE -Principato di Alfi - Fiordimonte (Chatheau Alfi)

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l'Abbazia di Rambona appartiene alla pronipote dell'imperatrice Ageltrude , princess Yasmin!

Attualita'

The Last Empress H.I.R.H  Yasmin von Hohenstaufen 

 is  The King  Frederich III

Sair  Principessa Yasmin I Sovrana del Sacro Regno di Seborga
Regina di Gerusalemme , in virtu' della sua discendenza dalla dinastia celticomerolitinga-bizantina carolingia-normannosveva di  Rex Deus da Costantino a   Re Baldovino di Gerusalemme, da Folco d'Anjou Plantagenet Sovrano di Gerusalemme , Federico II ed Isabel d'Anjou Plantagenet ,ha  nominato 11 Cavalieri  dell'Est e dell'Ovest  del Sacro Tempio della Gerusalemme Celeste di Seborga -

Link out: www.hohenstaufen.org.uk


Isabella of England 1214-41 m. FREDERICK II HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR                                                                                                    

Il codice Segreto del Graal  Hohenstufen Plantagenet

Dagli storici  Graham Simmans, Tim Wallace,Murphy , Marylin Hopkins , autori del Codice Segreto del Graal,ed Newton Compton , la conferma degli archivi cistercensi di Bernardo di Chiaravalle della Principessa Yasmin,  discendente diretta dei Re del Galles , dai Plantagenets, Hohenstaufen e Dai Re Longobardi ,dalla Regina Ansa  degli Antichi re Taumaturghi del  Galles , Legittima Sovrana del Sacro Regno di Seborga!



Princess Yasmin Hohenstaufen Avril de Burey d'Anjou Plantagenet  Puoti von Comneno Canmore, discendente di Folco  d'Anjou, Baldovino di Gerusalemme e Federico II

Dal Codice segreto del Graal ed. Newton Compton  a pag 172 la conferma che i Cavalieri di Seborga non erano 9, ma II. Il Grado di Sovrano era di Goffredo d'Anjou, un Plantageneta, di cui e' ultima discendente diretta La Principessa Yasmin: il rango di Principe poteva essere ratificato solo dal  Re di Gerusalemme, o in sua assenza dal delegrato Patriarca di Gerusalemme. La dinastia del Graal e' quella di Costantino, Re Desiderio gli Anjou Plantagenet, gli Hohenstaufen, da cui discende la Casata Hohenstaufen Plantagenet Avril de Burey d'Anjou Puoti Comneno Canmore!



Il Gran Segreto di Seborga: i cavalieri non erano 9, ma 11:essi erano custordi della Dinastia del  REX DEUS!

I nove Cavalieri erano: Ugo di Payen, Goffredo di Saint Omer ,andrea di Montbard, Payen di Montdidier (monte Desiderio, dal Castello di Corbie di Re Desiderio in esilio)Archimbold di Saint Amand, Gondemar , Rossal  ,Goffredo e Goffredo di Bissol- Nomi segreti :Il Sovrano Folco  d'Anjou e il sacerdote Scudiero Ugo I di Champagne!



La Dinastia Rex Deus e' la Sancta Propago o Saint Genis, nome arcano degli Hohenstaufen o Sacra Progenie di Venere, Avril de Saint Genis!





Il Grado CAVALIERI dell' Est e dell'Ovest  fu soppresso dopo l'epurazione inglese ; risale alla crociata del 1118, quando II cavalieri fecero il giuramento , sotto il voto di lealta' discrezione,gran segreto, sotto l'Alto Patrocinio del Re di Gerusalemme che invio' il Patriarca presso Seborga . Ovvero Borgo del Sacro Sepolcro. (Ex Bor , Seborga , ovvero da bor , nome celtico del cinghiale totem di Venere, ossia da Venere). I cavalieri non erano 9, bensi' 11. Il nome di Folco d'Anjou(Sovrano del Graal ) (capostipite dei Re Plantageneti)e dello scudiero-gran sacerdote  Ugo di Champagne era segreto.La Dinastia Plantagenet ovvero Ginestra era il nome arcano del Predestinato al ruolo di Re del Graal   che puo' insignire il Patriarca di Gerusalemme e i Principi Templari.Folco d'Anjou fu definito nelle cerimonie "Giustissimo Principe,Sovrano e Maestro" ed era aiutato dal Gran sacerdote . Il grado di Sovrano e Maestro fu rivestito anche da Re Baldovino di Gerusalemme , di cui e' discendente la Principessa Yasmin e di Federico II, Re di Gerusalemme.Nel rito ritroviano la  Bibbia con sette sigilli su un piedistallo ,dinanzi ad un punto del pavimento in cui e' disegnato un ottagono all'interno di un cerchio. Tale simbologia la ritroviamo proprio ai limiti di Seborga, ove si puo' verificare che esiste ancora un pozzo in forma di ottagono(Bagnum Regii). Il principio dei sette veli(simbolo dell'apocalisse di San Giovanni  e dei Templari  e' abbondantemente  rappresentato.). Il Gran Segreto era custodire  la Storia e la tradizione di RexDeus



Hohenstaufen  Avril de Burey d'Anjou Plantagenet





d'Anjou  Plantagenet

Tale grado e' inscindibile con il quindicesimo Cavaliere della Spada e Cavaliere dell'Est di cui vi e' traccia nella Cappella di Rosselyn , come memoriale della fede templare del Conte William Saint Claire -1446. sull'architrave vi e' infatti l'enigma  del nome del Re del Graal :Il vino e' forte (Dinastia della vite,  un re e' piu' forte(Dinastia Potior -Imperatori Potiores Linea di Costantino, Potior Valens Valentiniano , Costanzo , Gallia Placida, Re Desiderio...Le donne sono ancor piu' forti-ossia Dinastia Veiblinghen o Staufer Freya ,Hohenstaufen .ou Plnatagenet ossia lam Ginestra ovvero Gene di Istar ossia Venere  Dinastia di Venere ou Avril de Saint Genis Sancta Propago di Venere-Beinstein ou Saintonge  (Fortis nelle carte del Graal))





Note storiche sulla Dinastia d'Anjou Planategenet

Plantagenet Dynasty: Images




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Genesis of the House of "Plantagenet": This name comes from the Latin, "planta" "genista." Dynasty founder Geoffrey V, count of Anjou [1113-1151], had, according to tradition, the habit of wearing a broom sprig in his helmet, whence the French variant, Plantegenet, arose. Later traditions, equally unverifiable, claim that Geoffrey, in penitence for some unknown sin, scourged himself with branches from a broom plant. His descendants inherited the crown of England through his wife, Matilda, daughter of Henry I. The useage of "Plantegenet" as a surname is not credited to any of Geoffrey's direct descendants until circa 1448, when Richard, duke of York, assumed it [The Complete Peerage, XII/2:905, note g]. A portrait of Geoffrey is found on his enamel monument:



GEOFFREY V, COUNT OF ANJOU [Lauros-Giraudon]

This funerary plaque, 25''×13'', is made of enamel on gilt copper. The technique, known as Limoges enamel, originates around 1100 near Limoges, and consists of a copper plaque into which compartments have been gouged out and filled with ground glass of various colors, which is then heated to fuse the glass into enamel, and finally polished.

This specimen, located in the Tessé museum in Le Mans, western France, comes originally from the cathedral of Saint-Julien. It was a component of the funerary monument of Geoffroy Plantagenêt, comte d'Anjou and du Maine (1113-51) and father of Henry II, king of England. The tomb is known to have been erected soon after his death, before 1155. It is not certain where the plaque was placed in the monument, the best guess is that it was hung on a wall above the tomb itself. The plaque, on stylistic grounds, can be dated to the period of the tomb, ca 1150-55.

Pastoureau, Michel: 'The use of heraldry in Limousin enamels," in John P. O'Neill et al. (eds.), Enamels of Limoges, 1100-1350. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1996.

See also Geoffrey H. White's article, "The Plantagenet enamel at Le Mans," The Complete Peerage, v. XI, Append. G, pp. 133-42.


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HENRY II, Fontevrault Abbey [Henri Gaud]



ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE, Fontevrault Abbey [Geoffrey Wheeler]



RICHARD I, Fontevrault Abbey [Henri Gaud]






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KING JOHN, Worcester Cathedral [A. F. Kersting]



ISABELLA OF ANGOULEME, Fontevrault Abbey [Geoffrey Wheeler]


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HENRY III, Westminster Abbey [Dean & Chapter of Westminster]



ELEANOR OF PROVENCE, Westminster Abbey [Dean & Chapter of Westminster]


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EDWARD I, "LONGSHANKS"[National Monuments Record]



ELEANOR OF CASTILE, Westminster Abbey [Milton Keynes Heritage Association]



Eleanor's Cross, Geddington Village [Living Landscape Trust]



MARGARET OF FRANCE, Lincoln Cathedral [Geoffrey Wheeler]


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EDWARD II, Gloucester Cathedral [National Monuments Record]



ISABELLA OF FRANCE, Bristol Cathedral [Marianne Majerus]


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CORONATION OF EDWARD III [Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris]




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Portrait Gallery

Edward II, King of England 1284-1327
Edward III, King of England 1312-1377
Edward IV,  King of England 1442-1483
Eleanore of Castile 1244-1290
Elizabeth of York 1465-1503
Elizabeth Woodville 1437-1492
Henry II, King of England 1133-1189
Henry III, King of England 1207-1272
John, King of England 1199-1216 (1167-1216)
John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster 1340-1399
Richard I, King of England 1157-1199
Richard II, King of England 1367-1400











NOTE STORICHE

LA DISCENDENZA DI FEDERICO II ED ISABELLA D'INGHILTERRA
La Principessa Kathrin von Hohenstaufen erede delle Bende di Cristo e delle reliquie di Costantinopoli


· Fonti storiche tedesche inappellabili quali il Die Zeit Der Staufer (Stuttgart Museum) e gli armoriali di Inghilterra, Francia e Germania riportano che i figli nati dal matrimonio di Federico II ed Isabella d’Inghilterra non furono due (margareta e Carlotto come affermato dagli storici italiani) ma  cinque: Jordan (morto bambino), Margareta, Carlotto Enrico (morto in giovane età), Federico (che riparò in Inghilterra dopo la sconfitta di Corradino), e Kind (morto neonato).  La Principessa Kathrin Ira Yasmine Aprile von Hohenstaufen Puoti, discende dal quarto figlio Federico Hohenstaufen Burey d’Anjou Plantagenets.

CLICCA QUI PER CONSULTARE IL "DIE ZEIT DER STAUFER "- LA DISCENDENZA DI FEDERICO II

· La discendenza di Federico Burey d’Anjou è ampiamente documentata  dagli Armoriali di Francia, di Bretagna, dagli alberi genealogici riportati nei pastorali dei monaci benedettini Cistercensi dell’abbazia di Avril de Saint Genis Burey d’Anjou, dai Monumenta Germaniae Historica (la “Bibbia della storiografia ufficiale tedesca), dagli inediti alberi Russi-Tedeschi dell’aristocrazia dell’est ed addirittura nelle ricostruzioni genealogiche dei Mormoni.

· Federico Burey d’Anjou, che  ereditò i titoli imperiali secondo le volontà testamentarie di Federico II ( lo storico Scheffer Boichorst e gli Annali Piacentini riportano le note testamentarie di Federico II che stabilì il passaggio dei titoli imperiali dai figli di Jolanda di Brienne ai figli di Isabella in caso di estinzione dei primi) ebbe in custodia, la Sindone e le Reliquie del Golgota come riportato dagli Armoriali di Francia e Bretagna.

· E proprio in merito allo Sindonologia si palesa un’altra imperdonabile lacuna della storiografia ufficiale italiana: furono solo la Principessa Kathrin Hohenstaufen e gli Storici della Hohenstaufen House, come riportato dalla stampa internazionale, ad illuminare nel 1997 i due secoli di Buio dell’itinerario della Sindone. Infatti la Principessa Kathrin ha rintracciato numerose inconfutabili prove della presenza della Sindone a casa Hohenstaufen in tale periodo: ritrovò in numerosi documenti inediti degli Archivi Zaristi che le reliquie del Golgota compresa la Sindone e le Bende di Cristo furono consegnate da Manuele di Comneno (cugino del Barbarossa inquanto discendente di Re Poto che a Cosptantinopoli cambiò il nome in Potior Commander o Comneno, Despoti – Des Puoti- di Costantinopoli) agli Hohenstaufen. Gli storici della Hohenstaufen House  ritrovarono conferma addirittura neii Monumenta Germaniae Historica, al capitolo Historia Friderici in cui i monaci benedettini de l Monastero di Lorche elencano tutte le reliquie del Golgota custodite da Federico di Buren. Durante gli studi furono ritrovate le Bende di Cristo descritte nel Vangelo secondo Giovanni, che ricoprivano il corpo di Gesu’ insieme con la Sindone, attualmente custodite ad Edimburgo. Per tali scoperte presentate al convegno di Sindonologia di San Marino, la Principessa ha ricevuto un Charter di premiazione dai cardinali Tonini e Colasuonno.

Chiunque ripercorra attraverso i secoli il palinsesto delle omissioni storiche che hanno mirato a cancellare la Dinastia Staufica in un caleidoscopio di usurpazioni, si troverà costretto ad esclamare , con lo storico Terri: < le usurpazioni non durano a lungo!>.

L’usurpazione di Corradino di Svevia ( che sposò Sophie di Lansbergis ed ebbe 2 figli –vedi Monumenta Germaniae Historica e Die Zeit der Staufer vedi anche enciclopedia Treccani, anche tale riferimento è stato accuratamente omesso dalla storiografia guelfa) fu vana poiché la sua discendenza per linea femminile si ricongiunse alla linea di Federico di Burey Hohenstaufen d’Anjou Plantagenet (Armoriali di Francia, Armoriali di Bretagna, Monumenta Germaniae Historica).

Vieppiù,  la discendenza della Principessa Kathrin Aprile von Hohenstaufen Puoti dagli Hohenstaufen è anche per linea femminile:  infatti i Principi Puoti di Castelpoto o Castelpuoti (come afferma lo storico Lettieri, gli Alberi di Bretagna ed i Monumenta Germaniae Historica) discendevano dai Reges Potiores, i Re Longobardi originati da Poto (o Baud come detto da Manzoni), il nipote di Re Desiderio e figlio di Adelchi protagonista della tragedia omonima del Manzoni. La sorella di Poto era Ageltrude di Spoleto che diede gli avi al Barbarossa: la madre di Barbarossa, Giuditta di Baviera era pronipote di Re Desiderio.

Se ne deduce che la stirpe della Principessa Kathrin non solo discende ma addirittura ascende agli Hohenstaufen! Peraltro la linea dei nonni materni e paterni della Principessa Kathrin, ossia i Principi Puoti, in virtù della Sua discendenza dai Reges Potiores che sono la vera fonte delle principali linee dinastiche Europee, è consanguinea di tutte le Case Regnanti Europee. Le figlie di Re Desiderio infatti furono Ermengarda sposa di Carlo Magno, Liutpranda capostipite dei Re di Baviera, Anselperga da cui discendono i Grimaldi ….. e così via…

Non è questa  la sede per rettificare tutte le lacune storiche, si rimanda ai siti www.federicostupormundi.it , www.geocities.com/k_hohenstaufen , www.geocities.com/f_hohenzollern che riportano tutte le Fonti sulla discendenza Imperiale di Federico II e dei Reges Potiores.


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The Principality  HohenstaufenCastle  of  Princess Kathrin Ira Yasmine  von Hohenstaufen-      Alfi -Fiordimonte    Fiordimonte is situated on the high part of the valley of the river Fornace, it is formed by some outlying wards; Castello is the site of the town hall. It is very interesting because of its position but it also contains important artistic works. It is very well known for its Hunting Farm “Valle di Fiordimonte” which covers an area of 3000 hectares. The morphology of the landscape and the good habitat for hunting, make it one of the most appreciated areas of Italy. In Castello Church there is a big Crucifixion by Girolamo di Giovanni (1455); in Nemi Church, possibly of the XIII century, there is a series of images by Paolo da Visso (1477) and a panel by Boccati (Madonna on the throne) one of the artists masterpieces.  The churches in the outlying wards of the commune are particularly rich. Alfi Church preserves one of the few works dated (1513) and signed by Nobile da Lucca, the Madonna on the throne.  In Villanova Church there is a precious wooden polychrome statue by S.Sebastiano (XV century). © 2001 Liberation Ventures Ltd.

il parco alla Camilluccia   La Principessa Yasmin nella dimora romana della Camilluccia, in basso Castello Hohenstaufen Alfi-Fiordimonte Castello Hohenstaufen  -Alfi -Fiordimonte    Principessa Yasmin a Capri  (quisisana)         Principessa  Yasmin Gelsomina Aprile di Lanslebourg von Hohenstaufen Puoti ed il compianto  consorte  Principe   Frederich Ernest  W.   Hohenzollern  von Turingia    Yasmin Archivio Principi Hohenstaufen Buren Aprilov Curlandia  -Schloss Esterhazy-        -Hohenstaufen CASTLE-   Principessa Yasmin     Principessa Yasmin ed il Marchese Negroni.     Princess Yasmin-Agosto  97 Castrum Petre Roseti, dove scoprì l'Onfalos della Torre e  decifrò i Lapicidi.

Isabella von England (sohn :Konig  Frederich Avril de Burey Anjou Hohenstaufen Plantagenet  von Sizilien  ) Prinzessin  Yasmine Aprile  Burey Anjou Plantagenet Hohenstaufen Puoti Canmore

Princess Yasmine von Hohenstaufen Aprile di Burey d'Anjou Plantagenets Puoti Canmore

Principessa  Yasmine Gelsomina Aprile von Hohenstaufen Puoti , nella dimora  romana della Camilluccia..) L'Imperatore Giovanni Maria  Comneno di Poti (avito  nome dei Puoti di Costantinopoli e di Trebisonda ) e l'Imperatrice Teodora  antenati della Principessa Giovanna Maria Puoti , nonna della Principessa Yasmine  Twelfth century mosaic from the upper gallery of the Hagia Sophia, Constantinople. Emperor John II (1118-1143) is shown on the left, with the Virgin Mary and infant Jesus in the centre

24-05-1998, Speciale Sindone Telemontecarlo, la Principessa Kathrin intervistata dal Giornalista Mazzini.

Principessa Filomena (Filly) Allegro di Hochstaden Allegre de Hostade, madre di Yasmin

Princess Rosemarie von Hohenstaufen Aprile di Burey d'Anjou Plantagenets Puoti Canmore Macedonio Veruli von Saxen Coburgo Gotha , Pittrice.Rex Deus

Princess Kathrin con il Sindaco di Torremaggiore durante il conferimento della Cittadinanza Onoraria 1998.

Puoti Castle (Castrum Potens -) Pamberton Castle  -Potior Castle  or Canmore(Potior) Castle

Arundel(Enclos Castle )Avril de Burey Anjou de l'Enclos  Castle )

Anjou Plantagenet  Buren Hohenstaufen

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Henry II

1154-89

Parentage and Early Life

Henry II, arguably one of the most effective King's ever to wear the English crown and the first of the great Plantagenet dynasty, was born at Le Mans, Anjou on 5th March, 1133, the son of that ill-matched pair, Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou and Matilda, (known as the Empress, from her first marriage to the Holy Roman Emperor) the daughter of Henry I of England.

The House of Plantagenet

The House of Plantagenet ruled England from 1154 -1485, they were a remarkable family, producing such characters as the energetic Henry II, arguably one of England's greatest monarchs and his legenday son, Richard the Lionheart, who lead the Third Crusade into the Holy Land. The indominatable Edward I, who conquered Wales and became known as the 'Hammer of the Scots' for his campaigns into that country, where he fought William Wallace and Robert the Bruce, the most famous of Scotland's sons.

The Plantagenets finally destroyed themselves in the bloody dynastic struggle we know of as the Wars of the Roses. Richard III was the last of the Plantagenets, when he was killed in battle on Bosworth Field it was the end of an era.

Henry II

1154-89

Parentage and Early Life

Henry II, arguably one of the most effective King's ever to wear the English crown and the first of the great Plantagenet dynasty, was born at Le Mans, Anjou on 5th March, 1133, the son of that ill-matched pair, Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou and Matilda, (known as the Empress, from her first marriage to the Holy Roman Emperor) the daughter of Henry I of England.

Henry's parents never cared for each other, there's was a union of convenience. Henry I chose Geoffrey to sire his grandchildren because his lands were strategically placed on the Norman frontiers and he required the support of Geoffrey's father, his erstwhile enemy Fulk of Anjou. He accordingly forced his highly reluctant daughter to marry the fifteen year old Geoffrey. The pair disliked each other from the outset and neither was of a nature to pretend otherwise, and so the scene was set for an extremely stormy union. They were, however, finally prevailed upon by the formidable Henry I to do their duty and produce an heir to England . They had three sons, Henry was the eldest of these and always the favourite of his mother.

Tonb effigy of Henry II at Fontevrault

When the young Henry was a few months old, his delighted grandfather, Henry I, crossed over the channel from England to see his new heir and is said to have dandled the child on his knee, he was to grow very attached to his new grandson, the old warrior was said to spend much time playing with the young Henry.

Henry's father Geoffrey's nickname derived from a sprig of bloom, or Planta Genista, that he liked to sport in his helmet .Thus was coined the surname of one of England's greatest dynasties, which ruled the country for the rest of the medieval era, although they were not to adopt Plantagenet as a surname until the mid 15th century.

Henry's was a vast inheritance, from his father, he received the Counties of Anjou and Maine, from his mother, the Duchy of Normandy and his claim to the Kingdom of England. Henry married the legendary heiress, Eleanor of Aquitaine, which added Aquitaine and Poitou to his dominions. He then owned more land in France than the French King himself.

Reign

On the death of King Stephen in 1154, Henry came to the English throne at the age of 21 in accordance with the terms of the Treaty of Wallingford.

The Angevin Empire. Click to enlarge

A short but strongly built man of leonine appearance, Henry II was possessed of an immense dynamic energy and a formidable temper. He had the red hair of the Plantagenets, grey eyes that grew bloodshot in anger and a round, freckled face. He spent so much time in the saddle that his legs became bowed. Henry's voice was reported to have been harsh and cracked, he did not care for magnificent clothing and was never still. The new King was intelligent and had acquired an immense knowledge both of languages and law.

Eleanor of Aqiutaine

Eleanor of Aquitaine, Henry's wife, was the daughter of William X, Duke of Aquitaine and Aenor de Chatellerault. She had previously been the wife of Louis VII, King of France, who had divorced her prior to her marriage to Henry. It was rumoured that the pair had been lovers before her divorce, as she had reportedly also been the paramour of Henry's father, Geoffrey. (The formidable Matilda's reaction to this event has unfortunately not been recorded.)

Eleanor was eleven years older than Henry, but in the early days of their marriage that did not seem to matter. Both were strong characters, used to getting their own way, the result of two such ill matched temperaments was an extremely tempestuous union. Beautiful, intelligent, cultured and powerful, Eleanor was a remarkable woman. One of the great female personalities of her age, she had been celebrated and idolized in the songs of the troubadours of her native Aquitaine.

Henry was possessed of the fearful Angevin temper, apparently a dominant family trait. In his notorious uncontrollable rages he would lie on the floor and chew at the rushes and was never slow to anger. Legend clung to the house of Anjou, one such ran that they were descended from no less a person than Satan himself, as Henry's son, Richard I, became very fond of quoting. It was related that Melusine, the daughter of Satan, was the demon ancestress of the Angevins. Her husband the Count of Anjou was puzzled when Melusine always left church before the mass was said. After pondering the matter he had her forcibly restrained by his knights while the service took place. Melusine apparently tore herself from their grasp and flew through the roof, taking two of the couple's children with her and was never seen again.

Henry and Eleanor had a large brood of children. Sadly, their first born, William (b.1153) created Count of Poiters, the traditional title of the heirs to the Dukes of Aquitaine, died at the age of 2 at Wallingford Castle. He was buried at the feet of his great-grandfather, Henry I.

Like his grandfather before him, Henry was a man of strong passions and a serial adulterer, the first sign that all was not well within the marriage occurred when Henry introduced his illegitimate son, Geoffrey, to the royal nursery. Geoffrey had been born in the early days of their marriage to Hikenai, a prostitute and Eleanor, a proud woman, was enraged at the insult.

Tomb effigy of Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Henry II at Fontevrault

On inheriting England's crown, one of the first acts of the young Henry Plantagenet was to restore law and order in his kingdom. All illegal castles erected in Stephen's reign were demolished. He was a tireless administrator and clarified and overhauled the entire English judicial system.

Henry II and Thomas A' Beckett

Henry's quarrels with Thomas A'Beckett have cast a long shadow over his reign. Beckett was the son of a wealthy London merchant of Norman extraction, whom Henry appointed his Chancellor. They shared a close relationship, so much time did they spend in each others company that Queen Eleanor was said to be jealous.

Beckett was at first worldly and unlike the King, dressed extravagantly. A story is related that riding through London together on a cold winters day, Henry saw a pauper shivering in his rags. He asked Thomas would it not be charitable for someone to give the man a cloak, Beckett agreed that it would, whereupon Henry laughingly grasped Thomas's expensive fur cloak. There followed an unseemly struggle in which the King attempted to wrest the unwilling Beckett's cloak from him. Finally succeeding and most amused at Thomas's reaction, he threw it to the beggar.

Beckett was sent on a mission to the court of France to negotiate a marriage between Henry and Eleanor's eldest surviving son, known as 'Young Henry' and Margaret, the daughter of the King of France by his second marriage. This he carried out with aplomb, travelling with a great retinue, his lavish style made a vivid impression on the French.

Henry II decided to appoint Becket Archbishop of Canterbury, on the death of the former primate, Theobald. He assumed that Thomas would make an amenable Archbishop through whom he could gain control of the churches legal system. Beckett, however, was unwilling to oblige and on his appointment resigned the Chancellorship. Henry flew into a furious rage. Beckett, undeterred, then strayed into the very sphere which Henry had hoped to render null by his appointment, the conflicting rights of church and state. He excommunicated a baron without the King's permission, a clear breech of tradition and caused further offence by preventing a cleric found guilty of rape and murder from recieving punishment in the lay court.

A council was held at Westminster in October 1163, Beckett was not a man to compromise, neither, however, was Henry. Eventually Beckett agreed to adhere to the 'ancient customs of the realm'.

Adamant to win in the matter, Henry proceeded to clearly define those ancient customs in a document referred to as the Constitutions of Clarendon. Beckett did eventually back down on this particular point but their quarrel continued and became more embittered. It culminated with Beckett fleeing the country before the wrath of the king.

Some four years later, Henry was anxious to have his eldest son, the young Henry, crowned in his own lifetime to avoid a disputed succession, such as occurred after the death of his grandfather, Henry I. In January 1169, King and Archbishop met again at a conference at Momtmirail in Normandy, which broke up in quarrels between the pair, with the immovable Beckett angrily excommunicating some of Henry's followers. Irritated at such behaviour and refusing to be thwarted, Henry had the coronation of his son carried out by the Archbishop of York to insult Thomas further. In a resultant meeting, a compromise was finally reached and Thomas returned to England.

Disputes again arose between them over similar issues and Henry, exasperated and enraged at Beckett's intransigence, (which matched his own ) uttered those final, fatal words "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?". Four knights, hoping to curry the King's favour, left for England. They rode to Canterbury where they confronted the Archbishop in the Cathedral calling him a traitor, they attempted to drag him out of the building. Thomas refused to leave and inviting martyrdom, declared himself as "No traitor but a priest of God." When one of the knights struck him on the head with his sword the others joined in and Thomas fell to the Cathedral floor having suffered fatal head injuries.

Europe was a-buzz with the scandal, Henry's fury turned to grief. England fell under threat of excommunication. In order to weather the storm, the King did public penance for his part in the affair, walking barefoot into Canterbury Cathedral, where he allowed the monks to scourge him as a sign of contrite penance.

The Rebellion of Henry's Sons

No sooner had the repercussions of his quarrel with Beckett ended, when Henry had to face a new threat, this time it came from within his own dysfunctional family, in the form of Queen Eleanor and his unruly sons. Henry, the newly crowned Young King, 'A restless youth born for the undoing of many', was dissatisfied, he possessed grand titles but no real power. When Henry II tried to negotiate a marriage for his youngest son, John, the prospective father-in-law asked that John be given some property. The King responded by granting John three castles in Anjou. The young Henry objected and demanded either England, Normandy or Anjou to rule in his own right and fled to the French court.

Lead on by his father-in -law, the King of France, the young Henry openly rebelled against his father. He was joined at the court of France by his equally turbulent brothers, Richard, Duke of Aquitaine and Geoffrey, now Duke of Brittany since his marriage to the heiress Constance of Brittany.

Henry's relationship with his wife had deteriorated after the birth of their last child, John. Eleanor, twelve years older than Henry, was now decidedly middle aged. She was grievously insulted by Henry's long affair with the beautiful Rosamund Clifford, the mother of two of his illegitimate sons, whom he was said to genuinely love. Eleanor was taken prisoner while trying to join her sons in France dressed as a man. She was imprisoned by her husband for ten years. Normandy was attacked, but the French King then retreated and Henry was able to make peace with his rebellious brood of sons.

Further disputes arose between young Henry and his fiery tempered brother, Richard. The Young King objected to a castle Richard had built on what he claimed to be his territory. Henry, aided by his brother Geoffrey, attempted to subdue Richard and the affair provided a further excuse to rebel against his father. Richard allied himself with their father. The Young King began to ravage Aquitaine.

The Death of Henry, 'the Young King'

The Young King plundered the rich shrine of Rocamadour, after which he fell mortally ill. When he knew death was inevitable, he asked his followers to lay him on a bed of ashes spread on the floor as a sign of repentance and begged his father to forgive and visit him. The King, suspecting a trap refused to come, but touchingly sent a sapphire ring, once owned by his grandfather Henry I, to the young Henry as a sign of his forgiveness. A few days later the Young King was dead, Henry and Eleanor mourned the loss of their son sincerely.

Henry planned to re-divide the Angevin Empire, giving Anjou, Maine, Normandy and England to Richard and asking him to relinquish Aquitaine to John. In the finest Plantagenet tradition, Richard, incensed, absolutely refused to do so. John and Geoffrey were dispatched to Aquitaine to wrest the province from their brother by force but were no match for his military skills and were defeated. The King then ordered all of his turbulent sons to England. Richard and Geoffrey now thoroughly detested each other and arguments prevailed amongst the family. Geoffrey, a treacherous and untrustworthy youth, was killed at a Paris tournament in 1186.

Phillip Augustus of France was eager to play on the rifts in the Plantagenet family to further his own ends of increasing the power of the French crown by regaining the Plantagenet lands. He hinted to Richard, now heir to the Angevin Empire, that his father wanted to disinherit him in favour of his known favourite, John. Richard, who now totally distrusted his father, demanded full recognition of his position as heir to the Angevin Empire. Henry haughtily refused to comply. Further rebellion was the inevitable result.

The ageing King began to feel the weight of his years and fell sick whilst at Le Mans. Richard believed him to be creating delays. Richard and his ally Phillip attacked the town, The King ordered the southern suburbs of Le Mans to be set on fire to impede their advance, but it must have seemed as if the elements themselves had also conspired against him when the wind changed, spreading the fire and setting alight his much loved birthplace. Henry, greatly aggrieved, was forced into flight before his son. Pausing on a hill top to watch the blaze, he raged against God in an outburst of Plantagenet passion and fury and in his immense bitterness, frenziedly denied him his soul.

A conference was arranged near Tours at which King Henry was humiliatingly forced to accept all of Richard's terms. Phillip of France, shocked at the King's gaunt appearance, offered his cloak to enable him to sit on the ground. With a flash of his old spirit, Henry proudly refused the offer. Compelled to give his son the kiss of peace, Henry whispered in his ear "God grant that I die not until I have avenged myself on thee". Henry's only request was to be provided with a list of those who had rebelled against him.

Grievously sick, the ailing lion retreated to Chinon to lick his wounds. The requested list arrived, the first name on it was that of his beloved John, the son he had trusted and fought for had deserted him to join the victors. Utterly crushed, he wished to hear no more. The faithful William Marshall and his illegitimate son Geoffrey remained by him to the end. "You are my true son," he told Geoffrey bitterly, "the others, they are the bastards" As his condition continued to deteriorate he was heard to utter "now let everything go as it will, I care no longer for myself or anything else in this world".

He lingered semi-conscious, breathing his last on 6th July, 1189. His last words were "Shame, shame on a conquered King". King Henry II, defeated at last, turned his face to the wall and died. He was succeeded by his eldest surviving son, Richard I

Chinon Castle where Henry II died in 1189.

The body of Henry II was laid out in the chapel of Chinon Castle, where the corpse was stripped by his servants. William Marshall and the King's son Geoffrey, made good the despoilation and found a crown, sceptre and ring, which were probably taked from a religious statue. It was then taken to the Abbey of Fontevrault in Anjou for burial.

The new King Richard I was summoned by William Marshall and gazed at his father's corpse without emotion. After lying in state the body of the great Henry II was buried, according to his wishes, at the Abbey of Fontevrault, which was to become the mausoleum of the Angevin Kings.

The Children and Grandchildren of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine

(1) Prince William, Count of Poiters 1153-56 died in infancy

(2) Henry, 'the Young King' 1155-83 m. Margaret of France.

Issue:- (i) William b. & d. 1177

(3) Matilda of England 1156-1189 m. Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony.

Issue:-

(i) Matilda of Saxony 1172-1216 m. Geoffrey III, Count of Perche

(ii) Henry I, Count Palatine of the Rhine 1173-1227

(iii) Lothaire 1174-1190

(iv) OTTO THE GREAT, HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR 1175-1219

(v) William, Duke of Luneberg 1184-1213

(4) RICHARD I ' the Lionheart' 1157-99 m. Berengaria of Navarre.

No legitimate issue

(5) Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany 1158-86 m. Constance of Brittany.

Issue:-

(i) Eleanor of Brittany 1184-1241

(ii) Matilda of Brittany 1185-1189

(iii) Arthur, Duke of Brittany 1187-1203

(6) Eleanor of England 1161-1214 m. ALPHONSO VIII OF CASTILLE.

Issue:-

(i) BERENGARIA, QUEEN OF CASTILLE 1180-1214

(ii) Sancho of Castille b. & d. 1181

(iii) Sancho of Castille 1182-84

(iv) Matilda of Castille 1183?-1204

(v) Urraca of Castille 1186-1220 m. ALPHONSO II OF PORTUGAL

(vi) Blanche of Castille m. LOUIS VIII OF FRANCE

(vii) Ferdinand of Castille 1189-1216

(viii) Constance of Castille b 1196?

(ix) Eleanor of Castille 1200-44 m. JAMES I OF ARAGON

(x) Constance of Castille 1203?-43

(xi) HENRY I OF CASTILLE 1204-1217

(7) Joanna of England 1165-99 m. (1) WILLIAM II OF SICILY (2) Raymond VI of Toulouse

Issue:- by (2)

(i) Raymond VII of Toulouse

(ii) Richard of Toulouse b. & d. 1199

(8) KING JOHN 1167-1217 m. (1) Isabella of Gloucester (2) Isabella of Angouleme

Issue:- by (2)

(i) HENRY III 1207-72 m. Eleanor of Provence

(ii) Richard, Earl of Cornwall 1209-72 m. (1) Isabella Marshall (2) Sanchia of Provence

(iii) Joanna of England 1210-38 m. ALEXANDER II, KING OF SCOTS

(iv) Isabella of England 1214-41 m. FREDERICK II HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR

(v) Eleanor of England b.1215 m. (1) William Marshall (2) Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester

Figli di Federico II ed Isabella d'Inghilterra, Margareth, Carlotto Enrico, Federico,Kind. (Die Zeit der Staufer-Stuttgart Museum) Linea di Frederich Avril de Burey d'Anjou Hohenstaufen Plantagenet. Federico II Imperatore 1194-1250 sposa Isabella d'Anjou Plantagenet 1214-1241 * Federico Avril de Burey d'Anjou de Saint Genis Saintonge de Niphi Nerò Avril d'Imavrincour de Masquinade Weiblinghen Hohenstaufen Plantagenet 1240-1286 sposa Elisabetta d'Austria * Enrico di Hohenstaufen Avril de Burey d'Anjou (1285-1355) sposa Maria d'Asburgo * Aimericus Federico Enrico (1315-1380) sposa Elisabetta von Saxen * Federico Enrico sposa Elisabetta d'Austria (1347-1412) * Aimericus Enrich Thomas (182-1445) sposa Agnese di Zollern Hohenberg "Hohenzollern" * Aimerian Joseph (1432-1502) sposa Ismene (Jasemine) Esterhazy * Thomas Vincent (1457-1502) sposa Ira Troubetzkoy * Armand (1478-1548) sposa Elisabeth von Holzhappel * William (1502-1580) sposa Iolanda Lascaris Jagellone * Gripho Carolus Thomas (1535-1596) sposa Irene Paleologos Comneno * Joseph Aymericus (1567-1600) sposa Irene von Zringen * Karl Brian (1589-1669) sposa Kristine von Cossuoen * Karl Brian (1589-1669) sposa Alexandra Jagelloni * Ernest Karl John (1614-1694) sposa Katharina di Pomerania * Federico Guglielmo Aimar (1642-1719) sposa Margherita von Leyssel * Maximillian Aimericus (1670-1749) sposa Alexandra Ira Youssupova Zollerin Hohenberg * Aimericus (1700-1765) sposa Ester Putiatina Dolgurukij * Johan Brian (1729-1789) sposa Katharina von Oldenburg * Aimer William (1759-1803) sposa Maria von Hannover * Fridericus Thomas (178-1854) sposa Alexandra Hohenzollern * Ernest Johan (1807-1833) sposa Maria Oldenburg Dolgorukij * Joseph Armand Heinz (1826-1858) sposa Katharina Yusupova * Aimericus Thomas Henzio (1845-1873) sposa Elviria (detta Elpis o Elvis) Hohenzollern Yussupova * Vincent Heinz Konrad Brian (italianizzato da Lady Julie von Schwaben e Re Vittorio Emanuele 1873) sposa Giovanna Puoti von Bisanzio und von CastelloPoto * Giuseppe (1911-1985) sposa Philomene Rachele (Filly) Allegro d'Alegre de Hochstaden de Hostade Isenburg de Tourzell Bourbon * Yasmin Gelsomina Elisabetta sposa Federico Ernest von Turingia Zolerin Hohenberg Hohenzollern * Kathrin Ira Yasmine von Hohenstaufen Avril de Burey d'Anjou Puoti und von Hohenzollern; Albert Federico George; Burchard Frederich; Sybilla Hohenzollern Avril de Burey d'Anjou Hohenstaufen Puoti di Bisanzio

L'Ultima Discendente diretta d'Isabelle d'Anjou Plantagenet, figlia di King Johan Lackland ed Isabel d'Angoulemme, è Kathrin Avril de Burey d'Anjou Plantagenet von Hohenstaufen

Isabelle d'Angoulême  Born: 1186 Father: Aymer Taillefer, Count of Angoulême Mother: Alice de Courtenay, granddaughter of Louis VI of France Husband: John Lackland Married: 1200 Age: 14 Children: Henry III, Richard of Cornwall (1209-1272),               Joan (1210-1238), Isabella (1214-1241), Eleanor (1215-1275) Died: 1246 Age: 60

Princess Kathrin von Hohenstaufen Hohenstaufen (Hochenstauffen Hochstaden)

Princess Yasmin

SAIR Princess Kathrin von Hohenstaufen Avril de Burey d'Anjou Plantagenet Angoulemme Medico Chirurgo Maison Plantagenet von Hohenstaufen

Histoire des Plantagenet

Conway Castle In the town of Conwy, Aberconwy & Colwyn, north Wales. For more information see:King Edward I "Longshanks" Plantagenet(1239 - 1307) Caernarfon Castle On the western end of town Gwynedd, north Wales. For more information see:King Edward I "Longshanks" Plantagenet(1239 - 1307) Castillo de Anger, Torres de San Luis Ábside de la abadía de Fontevraud Fotografía cedida por Ann Trindade, a quien se distingue en primer plano. "Cerca de este lugar estuvo LA CASA DE LOS REYES en la cual el REY RICARDO I nació un 8 de septiembre de 1157" Placa que recuerda la existencia del Palacio Beaumont, Oxford. Fotografía cedida por Ann Trindade Miniatura de Ricardo I 'Corazón de León' Dibujo del esmalte tumbal de Godofredo 'Plantagenet', por Charles A. Stothard en "Monumental Effigies of Great Britain",1832 Divertida miniatura moderna de Matilde 'la Emperadora'. ©

IL  Serpente , totem di Re Desiderio.

Nella Genesi il serpente vien detto  Nahash, disposto in circolo e' simbolo della vita universale , il cui agente magico e' la luce astrale. In un senso piu' profondo Nahash vuol dire Forza che mette in vita il movimento della gravitazione universale . La Forza dai greci era detta Pothos (Desiderio)Eros  (Amore )-

Re Poto era figlio di  Re Adelchi e Gisla Heristal , sorella di Carlo Magno che aveva sposato Ermengarda , mentre Carlomanno,  suo fratello, aveva sposato Gerberga, (entrambe sorelle di Re Adelchi, figlio di Re Desiderio e della Regina Ansa )Re Poto sposo' la cugina Gisel Ildegarda , figlia di Carlo Magno.

 I Capostipiti della Dinastia Puoti Comneno Canmore sono Re Desiderio e Carlo Magno

Le Reliquie del Golgota  :dall'imperatrice Elena ,madre di Costantino, alla Principessa Yasmin Aprile von Hohenstaufen Puoti.

Le reliquie del Golgota , tra cui la croce, la sindone , i chiodi  e le bende di Cristo, furono custodite da Costantino il Grande  , figlio di Elena che ritrovo' , dopo un sogno, il luogo ove erano nascosta la croce e le reliquie  che furono ereditate  da Re Desiderio, discendente di Costantino, attraverso Costanzo e Galla Placidia, figlia di  Potior Valens Augustus Flavius Jovius  Valentiniano. Le reliquie  furono poi  trasmesse  a Re Adelchi  e al figlio Re Poto che ,fuggiti a Costantinopoli presso la cugina Irene di Bisanzio , dopo la sconfitta Longobarda,  mutarono il nome in Flavius Teodatis Jovius Potior Augustus Despota o Comander  Patricius Romanorum et Bisancii, da cui la Dinastia Comneno (Comander o Despota )di Comne o Castrum Potens Castelpoto nei pressi di Costantinopoli, da cui l'imperatore Giovanni Maria Comneno di Poti, Capostipite dei Principi Puoti , nonni della Principessa Yasmin ( Poti -Georgia Regno di Trebisonda) Le reliquie del Golgota, per salvarle , dall'imperatore  Comneno, passarono al cugino Federico I Barbarossa (discendente di Re Desiderio, attraverso la madre Giuditta di Baviera, pronipote di Liutpranda , moglie del duca di Baviera e sorella di Re Adelchi) Archivi cistercensi , archivi inediti  russi e  del Principe di Curlandia e  originali   manoscritti benedettini , pubblicati dalla Dinastia Hohenzollern  nei MGH- Historia Friderici- (la dinastia di Federico Figlio di Isabella d'Inghilterra e di Federico II si e' piu' volta ricongiunta dal 1400 al casato Zolerin o Zollern ossia gli Hohenzollern)

 Barbarossa  le nascose nel Benedettino Monastero di Lorch a 10 km da Hohenstaufenschloss , fondato da Federico I di Buren .(Vedi MGH ripresi da L'avvenire del 14 febbraio 97 :agora' La Sindone a casa Hohenstaufen )

Le reliquie del Barbarossa , tra cui la sindone e le bende di Cristo,   furono ereditate da Federico II   e trasmesse a Corradino, re di Gerusalemme . Dopo la morte di Corradino  , gran parte delle reliquie furono scippate  dal tesoro  imperiale   e parte poste in salvo da Federico Avril de Burey Anjou Hohenstaufen Plantagenet ,figlio di Isabella d'Inghilterra e Federico II rifugiatosi in Provenza.(vedi pastorali di Francia)capostipite della dinastia Aprile von Hohenstaufen Plantagenet di Buren Anjou de Niphi Nero'  de Saint Genis Puoti Canmore Comneno. Infine  sono state ritrovate  , unitamente agli archivi inediti dalla Principessa Yasmin che non solo ha ritrovato le bende di Cristo e le altre reliquie autentiche , di cui vi sono copie  in giro, ma ha fatto luce su due secoli di buio della sindone.(ed.Alke' Fonti:Le Bende di Cristo di Yasmin von hohenstaufen :"da Costantino il Grande alla Principessa Yasmin. Come le reliquie  del Golgota , sono  state rinvenute in cappelle di famiglia, dalla legittima erede di Costantino, Princess Yasmin Aprile von Hohenstaufen Puoti , pronipote dei Puoti Comneno e di Federico Avril de Burey Anjou Hohenstaufen Plantagent , figlio di Federico II ed Isabel von England ".

Princess Yasmin  Chiesa di Sant'Antonio del Palazzo dei familiari  Princiipi  Macedonio Grotteria (aperta ai  fedeli) ( RC)

 ( dal palco   riervato  alla sola proprieta')

Fondazione Celtica 

Fondazione Mero-litinga

Fondazione Longobarda

Fondazione Bizantina 

Green Princes Trust

Worms 
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SAIR Principe Giuseppe  Aprile di Buren Hohenstaufen Anjou Plantagenet   (Avril de Burey  d'Anjou) 

Puoti Comneno di Costantinopoli e Castelpoto Canmore 

Sebastocrátor

Dinastia Augusta Imperiale Comneno di Poto 

Dinastia  Imperiale Poto o Puoti

H.I.R.H. Princess Filly   Allegro de Hochstaden de Hostade

 madre di Yasmin

Il titolo di Despota  fu  in origine degli imperatori greci. Dignita' di secondo titolo degli imperatori, il despota aveva diritto al rango di Maesta'(Basileia) e paludamento , scettro da re.Gli imperatori di Bisanzio crearono despoti i figli , prenti ed affini(Meursio, lessico barbaro-Leunclavio p.22 Pandect hist.turc.)I discendenti degli imperatori Paleologo, nomaronsi Despoti, o Jerontes- Seniores, Des-Pota -

da cui Poto il Seniore (Paleologo, significa Vecchio , o forte, potente)

DINASTIA PUOTI DI COMNENO PALEOLOGO POTO   L’IMPERATORE GIOVANNI II COMNENO A CALLISTO II SULL’UNIONE DELLE CHIESE [Costantinopoli], 1139 giugno    Rotolo pergamenaceo, mm 3975x365, composto da otto pergamene; scrittura aurea su pergamena purpurea e firma imperiale in rosso.    ASV, A.A., Arm. I-XVIII, 402    In risposta ad una precedente lettera di papa Innocenzo II (1130‑1143) a lui diretta, l’imperatore d’Oriente Giovanni II Comneno (1118‑1143) invia al pontefice una lettera solenne, rivestita di elementi che la rendono preziosa: pergamena trattata con tinta color rosso porpora, caratteri della scrittura in oro, cornice con fregi a viticci dorati lungo i margini laterali e particolarmente elaborata in principio.    Dopo lo scisma seguito alla scomunica del patriarca greco Michele Cerulario nel 1054, diversi tentativi dei pontefici per riavvicinare le due Chiese non avevano avuto esito, anzi il pontificato di Gregorio VII (1073‑1085) in qualche misura aveva rischiato di aumentare ancor più le distanze. Con l’avvento sul trono di Costantinopoli di Giovanni II Comneno e con il succedersi a Roma dei pontefici Callisto II e Onorio II sembrava giunto un momento favorevole alla ripresa delle trattative per l’unione. In tal senso dovette scrivere papa Callisto all’imperatore (la lettera è purtroppo perduta), e questi rispondendo mostrava di desiderare sinceramente la pace e l’unità della Chiesa: Unam enim esse ecclesiam ‑ scriveva ‑ quam Salvator sanguine proprio redemit, nulli eorum qui divinam scripturam docti sunt omnino ignotum est. Assecondando l’imperatore, pastori e teologi greci si mostrarono disposti a riesaminare le questioni controverse con spirito di riconciliazione; questo clima di maggiore apertura era favorito anche dal fatto che Costantinopoli, per la sua posizione geografica, era divenuta il crocevia di varie nazioni e regioni d’Europa (vi si recavano russi, francesi, veneziani, amalfitani, inglesi, genovesi) i cui popoli, di rito latino e greco, si incontravano senza ostilità, anzi con reciproco rispetto. Fu però una breve parentesi, perché con la successione imperiale di Manuele I Comneno (1143‑1180) e con le mutate condizioni politiche in Europa che influenzarono i pontificati di Adriano IV e Alessandro III (soprattutto per le tensioni con il Barbarossa), la faticosa opera di riunione si arenò.    La lettera, scritta prima in greco e poi in latino (scrittura carolina con elementi semionciali) da due differenti funzionari della cancelleria imperiale, reca la sottoscrizione autografa, in cinabro, dell’imperatore. HOME

Il titolo di Despota  fu  in origine degli imperatori greci. Dignita' di secondo titolo degli imperatori, il despota aveva diritto al rango di Maesta'(Basileia) e paludamento , scettro da re.Gli imperatori di Bisanzio crearono despoti i figli , prenti ed affini(Meursio, lessico barbaro-Leunclavio p.22 Pandect hist.turc.)I discendenti degli imperatori Paleologo, nomaronsi  Seniores  , Patrizi ,Despoti, o Jerontes- Seniores, Des-Pota -

da cui Poto il Seniore (Paleologo, significa Vecchio , o forte, potente)

I patrizi (singolare patrizio, in latino patricius) erano in origine la classe d'elite della antica società romana. Si trattava principalmente dei membri delle famiglie senatorie, discendenti dai capi delle gentes originarie, i clan gentilizi risalenti all'epoca della fondazione di Roma. La parola patrizio ha infatti la stessa radice della parola pater (padre). L'appartenenza a questa classe era dunque fissata dalla nascita piuttosto che dall'agiatezza economica la quale, soprattutto a seguito dell'afflusso di ricchezze dalle colonie, caratterizzò anche altri strati sociali (come gli equites). Essi avevano tutti i diritti e i privilegi dell'epoca, fra i quali alcuni anche unici, come per esempio l'accesso alle cariche senatorie e molti sacerdozi . Facevano parte, dunque, della classe degli optimates, i "migliori", cioè gli aristocratici.Sotto l'imperatore Costantino I il termine divenne un titolo onorifico, attribuito ai più fedeli collaboratori, e riservato a pochissimi personaggi