Vifrginia Hambley was in a coma for twenty-eight days, then…
SHE AWOKE!
She was in a terrible accident while on a field trip at Evergreen Univeristy. Virginia’s sister, Caroline, stayed by her side. She lived at the hospital, Yesterday, I went in search of – The Life of Virginity! Perhaps there is mention of her death on the Facebooks of her family – and friends! Nothing! But, what is shocking….
THEY DON’T COMMUNICATE WITH ONE ANOTHER!
This is a Historic Family! What do they got to be ashamed of? Are they aware of the thousands of words I have posted – about them? How pretentious is this…..
“Let it be known, that I, the rightful King of California and Oregon, will return California to Mexico and the Mexican People, if they back my claim, and make my bride-to-be and her beloved kindred – the Titular and Dynastic Rulers of the New Kingdom of California-Mexico!”
What I will show my reader, is the sad truth our President has annointed himself….
A BABA DEY!
Donald Trump is the Father of our Democracy – with God on his side! Millions of White Christians believe God wants Baba Don in the White House in order to do miraculous things for….
WHITE AMERICAN CHRISTIANS
Because….Barack Hussein Obama, did many hiduous things….
JUST FOR BLACK PEOPLE
Relgious can’t get any more TRIBAL than this! So Tribal, the followers of Baba Don didn’t think he needed a Secual Plan when he invaded Iran. God will guide him?
Hussein Dey belived God-Allah was blessing his Sacred Piracy. Virginia and my ancestor set sail to prove – this was not the case! What is a sure thing, is….
The invasion of Algiers was a large-scale military operation by which the Kingdom of France, ruled by King Charles X, invaded and conquered the Regency of Algiers. A diplomatic incident in 1827, the so-called ‘Fan Affair‘ (‘Fly Whisk Incident’), served as a pretext to initiate a blockade against the port of Algiers. After three years of standstill and a more severe incident in which a French ship carrying an ambassador to the dey with a proposal for negotiations was fired upon, the French determined that more forceful action was required. Charles X also sought to divert attention from turbulent French domestic affairs which culminated with his deposition during the later stages of the invasion in the July Revolution.
The invasion began on 14 June 1830 with a naval bombardment by a fleet under Admiral Duperré and a landing by troops under Louis Auguste Victor de Ghaisne, comte de Bourmont. The French quickly defeated the troops of Hussein Dey, the Deylikal ruler, but native resistance was widespread. This resulted in a protracted military campaign, ultimately lasting more than 45 years, to root out popular opposition to the colonization. The so-called “pacification” was marked by resistance from figures such as Ahmed Bey, Emir Abdelkader, and Lalla Fatma N’Soumer. The invasion marked the end of the centuries-old Regency of Algiers and the beginning of the colonial period of French Algeria. In 1848, the territories conquered around Algiers were organised into three départements, defining the territories of modern Algeria.
Baba” is a widespread term of endearment, title, or name, frequently meaning “father,” “grandfather,” or “elder” in Persian, Arabic, Turkish, and various African and Indian languages.
Donald is a masculine given name of Scottish and Irish Gaelic origin (derived from Dòmhnall), meaning “ruler of the world” or “great chief”. It stems from Celtic roots (dubno “world” + walo “ruler”) and has historically been a popular, traditional name with strong connections to Scottish royalty and history.
US Marines took command of the Iranian-flagged vessel that tried to break the US blockade in the Gulf on Sunday, dramatic new video shows.
Footage released by US Central Command shows the moment Marines aboard the USS Tripoli amphibious assault ship took off to board the Iranian Touska, which was caught trying to enter the Arabian Sea.
The Marines are seen departing on a helicopter, with a cut showing the aircraft hovering over the Touska as the troops descended onto the ship and took control.
My great grandfather captained three ships that took part in the Barbary Wars after the Treaty of Tripoli was made. Adams said this to President Thomas Jefferson;
“We ought not to fight them at all unless we determine to fight them forever,”
Bill Bennett authored a book that claims Captain Isaac Hull battled and dispatched Islamic Terrorists. Bennett, in his new book, “America, the Last Best Hope”, describes it this way:
The Ambassador answered us that it was founded on the Laws of the Prophet, that it was written in their Koran, that all nations who should not have answered their authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty to make war upon them wherever they could be found, and to make slaves of all they could take as prisoners.
“The response was unnerving. As Adams and Jefferson later reported to the Continental Congress, the ambassador said the raids were a jihad against infidels. Muslim privateers felt “it was their duty to make war upon them [non-Muslims] wherever they could be found, and to make slaves of all they could as Prisoners, and that every Mussleman [Muslim] who should be slain in Battle was sure to go to Paradise.”
The Americans now had two choices: pay tribute or fight the pirates.”
President Barack Obama called up the President of Tunisia after the terrorist attack on the Bardo Museum that was once the home of the Beys this Democracy went to war with. The United States Navy was born of this War Against Terrorism. Here is the account of Captain Hull:
UNITED STATES BRIG Argus
DERNE 28thApril 1805
SIR, I have the honor to inform you, that at 9 O.Clock in the morning of the 27th being about 10 Miles to the Eastward of the Town of Derne, with the Hornet in Company, we discovered the Nautilus at Anchor very close to the shore, which led us to suppose that Capt. Dent had fallen in with Mr. Eatons Army, as he had been sent in shore for that purpose the day before. — We made all sail for the Nautilus, and at 1/2 past 10 spoke her, and was informed by Capt. Dent that he had, had communication with Mr. Eaton the night before, and that he wished to have the field Pieces landed as soon as possible, and that Mr. Eaton intended to make an attack upon Derne as soon as he could get possession of them, being then about two and a half miles from the Town, and the Enemy having sent him a chalenge, hoisted out our Boat to send the field Pieces on shore with such supplies as Mr. Eaton was in want of, but on approaching the shore we found that it was impossible to land the Guns without hauling them up an almost perpendicular rock Twenty feet above the Boat. But with the perseverence of the Officer and men sent on this service, they effected the landing one of them, by hauling them u the steep Rock. Mr. Eaton finding that we should loose time in landing the other, sent it off again informing me that he should march for the Town as soon as he could possibly mount the field Piece that he had on shore, gave Lieutenant Evans Orders to stand close in shore, and cover the Army while they were preparing to march, in case the Enemy should come out against them, as they had already made their appearance in large numbers outside of the Town, gave Orders for the necessary preparations to be made for the attack by Sea upon the Town and Batteries, and stood down very close to the Town. — At 2 P.M. Mr. Eaton began the attack by Land, at same time the Hornet Lieut. Evans Anchored with Springs on his Cables, within One hundred Yards of the Battery of eight Guns, and commenced a heavy fire upon it.
The Nautilus took her station to the Eastward of the Hornet, at 1/2 a miles distance from shore, and opened upon the Town & Battery. The Argus Anchored without, and a little to the Eastward of the Nautilus, and began firing on the Town and Battery — The fort kept up a heavy fire for about an hour, after which the shot flying so thick about them, they abandoned it, and run into the Town and Gardens back — The Guns of the Vessels were turned on the Beach, and kept a heavy fire upon the Enemy to clear the way for the few brave Christians Mr. Eaton had with him, to enter the fort as they were gaining ground very fast though a heavy fire of Musquetry was constantly kept upon them from behind the Houses and old Walls near the shore. At about half past 3 we had the satisfaction to see Lieut. O.Bannon, and Mr. Mann Midshipman of the Argus, with a few brave fellows with them, enter the fort, haul down the Eenemys flag, and plant the American Ensign on the Walls of the Battery, and on turning the Guns of the Battery upon the Town, they found that the Enemy had left them in great haste, as they were found primed and loaded at their hand. —
Whilst our men were turning the Guns of the Battery upon the Town, Hamet Bashaw had taken possession of the back part of it, which brought the Enemy between two fires, which soon silenced them, and about four in the Afternoon we had complete possession of the Town and Fort, sent all our Boats on shore, for the purpose of carrying Amunition to the Fort, and to bring off the wounded men, as soon as possible, that they might be dressed. — Mr. Eaton gave the necessary Orders at the Fort, and went into the Town to see every thing quiet, and to make arrangements for the Towns being well guarded during the night. At half past five, he returned on board to get his wound dressed, having received a Musquet Ball thro’ his left wrist. — On collecting our men we found one killed and Thirteen Wounded, a list of which I have the honor to send you. — (Signed) ISAAC HULL
1. My great, great, great grandfather, Captain Isaac Hull directed, and engaged the enemy in America’s first War Against Islamic Terrorists.
2. Virginia Hambley’s great great, great grandfather, Louis de Bourmont, brought French legitimists before King Miguel, and recognized him a heir to the throne of France. Miquel is the grandfather of Empress Zita who fled to America when Hitler put a price on her head. Zita’s son was Otto Von Habsburg. Bourmont was in many respects similar to Jean of Arc, minus the religious visions. He was very keen on following a bloodline.
“Miguel was assisted by the French General Bourmont, who, after the fall of Charles X of France came with many of his legitimist officers to the aid of the king of Portugal (that is, Miguel).”
Louis de Bourmont backed Henry Count of Chambord as the rightful heir to the thrown of France. Louis commanded the land forces that took major cities in Algiers. When de Bourmont refused to recognize to support the “Citizen King” Louis-Philippe, he was relieved of his command. Who knows how much territory de Bourmont would have taken in the second War against Muslim Terrorist. Louis must have studied the success of Hull and William Eaton that ended with the Treaty of Tripoli that produced Article X1.
It is my intention to compose a letter the President of the United States and the U.S. Senate making them aware of Hull and Bourmont who served Nation and King, and not God/Jesus. I am seeking a attorney to help me bring a lawsuit against Tom Cotton, and the Senators who signed his letter. There is powerful evidence these men were motivated by their religious ambitions they shared with Benjamin Netanyahu. Together these men grievously interfered with the negotiations with Iran who militias have handed ISIS defeats in Iraq. Many Republicans are altering true American history in order that it be subserviant to their faux religious history. Boehner’s attorney has quit the lawsuit against President Obama who has ordered our Air Force to bomb ISIS.
Here is a letter from my kindred the Department of the Navy. He lists three Marines who shed their blood in Tunisia where there was a attack on the museum that was home to the Bey Captain Isaac Hull did battle with.
My bond with Virginia will last a lifetime. Her mother looks very much like Louis de Bourmont.
For a week now ‘The Masked Rose of Paris’ has been attacking Turkey and the old Ottoman Empire for seizing Cypress.
“The UN should focus on matters concerning Turkeys occupation of EU member Cyprus since 1974 , and must launch UN wide economic sanctions of Turkey, for its continued British State Sponsored Turkish military occupation of EU member Cyprus since 1974 Expel Britain from the European Union and Dissolve the Rogue Turkish ISIS State. Britain and Turkey are attacking the Euro Currency , via all the Turkish military violations on Greece and Cyprus since 1974.”
Today I took the time to see what she was upset about. As it turns out, fate has taken a seat at this table of high-stakes energy piracy. And, who is in the middle of it, Nobel Oil, and my arch enemy, Lawrence Chazen, a CEO of Noble, and ex-partner of the late sister, Rosamond, who I just introduced to the Rose because I want to do a drawing of her and bring her into the creative family fold.
Our great, great, grandfather, Isaac Hull was the Captain of the U.S. Constitution that was built to battle the Cossaire Pirates of the Barbary Coast who took a million Europeans as their slaves. I have wondered why some Kurds have blue eyes. What became of the children of these women that were used as sex slaves? European slaves must have fathered children.
Muslim men have a problem with adultery. They are so afraid their wives will cheat on them, that they make them their prisoners. Then they kidnap the women of other men and make them their sex-slaves lest they commit adultery. In the Koran one can have sex with your slave.
In the war against the ISISlavers, one must not recognize national borders. We the people of the world must draw a line in the sand that separates them from all the women of the world. It is not a matter of white slaves, or black slaves when it comes to this World War of Liberation that frees womankind first! Let Old Ironsides fire the first volley in this battle!
For Lady Liberty!
“The USS Constitution, a 44-gun U.S. Navy frigate built to fight Barbary pirates off the coast of Tripoli, is launched in Boston Harbor. The vessel performed commendably during the Barbary conflicts, and in 1805 a peace treaty with Tripoli was signed on the Constitution‘s deck.Though Turkey has threatened to block extraction of natural gas offshore Cyprus, the Greek Cypriot government has vowed to move forward with exploration and drilling.”
Turkey mentions “gunboat diplomacy” and threatens war. What if a Turkish gunboat sinks Noble’s drilling platform.
Yet the bonanza could equally inflame conflict. Turkey has claimed the blocs to the south of Cyprus as far as Egyptian waters. “If poorly managed, Cypriot gas could harden political divisions. Ankara does not recognise the government in Nicosia and has threatened military force if Cyprus allows drilling in the disputed maritime zone,” said Rem Korteweg, an energy expert at the Centre for European Reform.
The US has begun to intervene, pushing the two sides to renew peace talks. The Greek and Turkish Cypriots have signed a document laying out general principles.
Cypriot Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides said that while the two countries were nowhere near an agreement, he was hopeful that progress would be made, and in the meantime, drilling would continue. “Groups like Noble Energy, ENI and Total would not be investing billions in exploration here if they really thought Turkey was going to stop them,” the foreign minister said.
Turkey is opposed to Cyprus exporting oil and gas – saying the energy wealth also belongs to Turkish Cypriots — and been accused of “gunship diplomacy” by the Greek Cypriots. Turkey lays claim to the hydrocarbon blocks to the south of Cyprus and extending to the border of Egyptian waters.
The ongoing issue was resurfaced in international media earlier this month when a Norwegian ship exploring in Cypriot waters was intercepted by a Turkish warship and forced to retreat.
Cypriot officials believe that there may be as much as 60 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of natural gas in Cypriot waters.
A second axis is the strategic relations cultivated between Greece, Cyprus and Israel, as evidenced by Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s upcoming visit to Nicosia next week and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following in late November.
A third axis concerns the deepening of cooperation with major powers, which involves providing support in various forms. In a letter sent to Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday, French President Francois Hollande stressed that “the position of France with regard to the right of Cyprus to exploit freely the natural resources within its Exclusive Economic Zone is clear and firm,” adding that “international law, and specifically the Law of the Sea, must be respected by all states including Turkey.”
Finally, there is the energy dimension. Amid Turkey’s provocations in Cyprus’s EEZ – where several Western firms, including US company Noble Energy, are currently operating – Greek Energy Minister Yiannis Maniatis is set to visit the US for talks with his American counterpart Ernest Moniz and Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Catherine Novelli. Maniatis will also meet with representatives of American energy giants and give a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a prominent American think tank based in Washington DC, as well as Columbia University in New York, regarding energy developments in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Greek minister is expected to analyze the role of Greece and Cyprus in boosting Europe’s energy security, which is also a key strategic objective for Washington.
By invoking international law, being on military alert, strengthening strategic alliances with regional players, and harmonizing with the geostrategic interests of the US and EU (as well as the economic interests of large international companies) in the region, Athens and Nicosia are taking cautious and systematic steps during a difficult period hoping to find more substantial backing among their allies and partners.
Holding Turkey to account for its violation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea is certainly the first step that Greece and Cyprus must take in response to Turkey’s growing assertiveness in the Eastern Mediterranean over the past few weeks. After Ankara sent the Barbaros, a seismic survey vessel, inside Cyprus’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ), and given its intention to set up a drilling platform within the island’s maritime borders, it makes sense to stress the recognition of Cyprus’s international status and national sovereignty.
While such raids had occurred since soon after the Muslim conquest of the region, the terms Barbary pirates and Barbary corsairs are normally applied to the raiders active from the 16th century onwards, when the frequency and range of the slavers’ attacks increased and Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli came under the sovereignty of the Ottoman Empire, either as directly administered provinces or as autonomous dependencies known as the Barbary States. Similar raids were undertaken from Salé and other ports in Morocco.
Göke (1495) was the flagship of Kemal Reis at the Battle of Zonchio.
Corsairs captured thousands of ships, and long stretches of coast in Spain and Italy were almost completely abandoned by their inhabitants, discouraging settlement until the 19th century. From the 16th to 19th century, corsairs captured an estimated 800,000 to 1.25 million people as slaves.[2] Some corsairs were European outcasts and converts such as John Ward and Zymen Danseker.[3]Hayreddin Barbarossa and Oruç Reis, the Barbarossa brothers, who took control of Algiers on behalf of the Ottomans in the early 16th century, were also famous corsairs. The European pirates brought advanced sailing and shipbuilding techniques to the Barbary Coast around 1600, which enabled the corsairs to extend their activities into the Atlantic Ocean,[3] and the impact of Barbary raids peaked in the early to mid-17th century.
Until the American Declaration of Independence in 1776, British treaties with the North African states protected American ships from the Barbary corsairs. Morocco, which in 1777 was the first independent nation to publicly recognize the United States, became in 1784 the first Barbary power to seize an American vessel after independence. The Barbary threat led directly to the creation of the United States Navy in March 1794. While the United States managed to secure peace treaties, these obliged it to pay tribute for protection from attack. Payments in ransom and tribute to the Barbary states amounted to 20% of United States government annual expenditures in 1800.[21] The First Barbary War in 1801 and the Second Barbary War in 1815 led to more favorable peace terms ending the payment of tribute. However, Algiers broke the 1805 peace treaty after only two years, and subsequently refused to implement the 1815 treaty until compelled to do so by Britain in 1816.
After the war with the Barbary pirates in 1805 the Colors were inscribed with the words “To the Shores of Tripoli.” After Marines participated in the capture of Mexico City and the Castle of Chapultepec (also known as the Halls of Montezuma) in 1847, the words on the Colors were changed to read “From the shores of Tripoli to the Halls of Montezuma.” The unknown author of the first verse of the hymn reversed this order to read “From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli.”
In 1929 the Commandant of the Marine Corps authorized the first official version of the The Marines’ Hymn, in which the fourth line of the first verse originally read “On the land as on the sea.” This was revised to its present version on Nov. 21, 1942, when the Commandant of the Marine Corps approved changing this line to “In the air, on land, and sea,” acknowledging the important role of aviation within the Corps:
The Battle of Derna is where US Marines gained their nickname “Leathernecks.” Composite by Coffee or Die Magazine.
On April 27, 1805, Marine Lt. Presley O’Bannon led a handful of Marines on a daring raid against a Libyan sea fortress held by Barbary pirates. The Marines were ultimately victorious, and when O’Bannon hoisted the 15 stars and 15 stripes of the star-spangled banner over the occupied fort, it marked the first time the American flag was raised in victory on foreign soil.
The monumental achievement occurred during the Battle of Derna in the First Barbary War. The famed raid has since been immortalized in Marine Corps lore in the form of the iconic first lines of the Marines’ Hymn: “From the Halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli, we fight our country’s battles in the air, on land, and sea.”
The First Barbary War, also known as the Tripolitan War, began in 1801 when President Thomas Jefferson ordered the US Navy and US Marine Corps to regain control of the Mediterranean.
According to the US Marine Corps, “pirates from the four Barbary States of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya continuously raided US ships, stealing their cargo and valuables, capturing their crew to ransom them back to the United States, and charging fees for safety in the Mediterranean.”
An artist’s depiction of the Philadelphia aground off Tripoli in October 1803. Wikimedia Commons photo.
Yusuf Karamanli, the reigning pasha of Tripoli, ordered the flagstaff cut down in front of the US Consulate in May 1801; the action constituted a declaration of war. In response, Jefferson increased the number of US Navy vessels and US Marines in the region. The US military engaged in minor confrontations with the Barbary Pirates for two years before the conflict came to a head.
In 1803, the USS Philadelphia ran aground off the shore of Tripoli during a storm, and pirates imprisoned the ship’s crew. The US bombarded Tripoli with their naval vessels and offered a hefty ransom payment in exchange for the Americans. When negotiations failed, US naval agent William Eaton suggested allying with Hamet Karamanli, the older brother of the pasha.
“As a result of these negotiations, Eaton, assisted by US Navy Lieutenant John H. Dent (later replaced by Midshipman George Mann), was able to assemble a mixed force of some 400 men, composed of 38 Greek mercenaries, 25 mostly European artillerists, 90 men serving under Hamet Karamanli directly, 190 camels and their drivers, a small force of Arab cavalry, and eight US Marines commanded by First Lieutenant Presley Neville O’Bannon,” a Naval History and Heritage Command article reads.
At the beginning of March 1805, the motley crew traveled overland some 500 miles over a span of six weeks from Alexandria, Egypt, across the North African desert to their objective in Derna: the easternmost town under Tripoli’s control. The troops overcame mutiny, hunger, thirst, and religious tension before arriving in Derna on April 25, 1805.
Eaton prepared a letter calling for the surrender of the stronghold despite, being outnumbered by 945 cavalry troops and 1,250 infantry soldiers defending the harbor fortress. Governor Mustapha Bey’s reply to Eaton’s offer allegedly said, “My head or yours.”
While the USS Nautilus, USS Hornet, and USS Argus launched a barrage of cannon fire from the sea, O’Bannon and his Marines and mercenaries endured enemy musketry to seize enemy batteries.
“The Assault on Derna, Tripoli, 27 April 1805.” Artwork by Charles Waterhouse. Photo courtesy of the US Marine Corps History Division/Naval History and Heritage Command.
“After only 45 minutes, the enemy artillery was neutralized, and after two-and-a-half hours, Derna had been taken,” according to the US Marine Corps.
Two Americans were killed in action and three more were wounded, while the number of casualties of the Tripolitians remains unknown. Although Yusef sent reinforcements, the city of Derna fell to the Americans. Eaton planned to continue fighting to capture more land across Tripoli. Instead, Eaton’s orders demanded his return to Egypt following the signing of a treaty to end the war.
Ultimately, the Battle of Derna marked the beginning of several Marine Corps traditions. It proved the Marine Corps was an expeditionary force capable of rapidly deploying anywhere in the world. The Marines also acquired their “Leatherneck” nickname after Barbary pirates discovered the Marines’ high leather collars added a layer of protection against sabers. In addition, O’Bannon and Mann acquired a souvenir from the war — the so-called Mameluke Sword — for their tenacity in battle. The memento later served as the model for the US Marine Corps officer sword. Mann’s sword is currently on display in the US Naval Academy Museum.
On this day, February 18th. I claim all the Belmont that was deeded to the University of California. I suspect parts of Belmont was scurred for King Carlos 111 and was GIVEN to the Sisters of Norte Dam De Nmur who are connected to the House of Bourbon. No way would they pay for such expensive land. I insister the University of California make public all Deeds and Bill of Sales to this Sacred Property that I believe Carl Janke was the Caretaker of. This why this land was not developed, long with the Janke property that included Twin Pines Park. Right after the Sisters bought the property, Belmont became a City in 1926. This is why Carl Janke dressed as King Carlos for the Masque Ball. He might be related to him. His son took the name Charles. U demand a DNA tese!
I gifted the New Orleans Territory to my late fiancé Virgoa Hambley. This was a ACT OF GOD because there is poweful eivdence I descnd from the Meringian Franks. I can Unifiry all of Europe against all it foes! Come gather around me – all Knight Templars!
King John De California
Did you know that Yo Solo is Spanish for “I Alone?” In fact, that motto has something to do with Spanish Louisiana Governor Bernardo de Gálvez and how he was honored for his bravery during the American Revolution! Check out this video to learn about this lesser-known history and discover how Spanish Louisiana aided the American Patriots in their fight against the British during the American Revolution.
In 1780 King Carlos sent an official request to Spanish America, asking that they donate to the American colonial cause. He asked for 2 pesos per Spanish citizen and one peso per Indian. There are some rare books with lists of those people who gave “donativos.” For example, there is New Mexico’s Contribution to the American Revolution[2].
Loans were also made. For example, Havana residents donated to De Grasse’s expedition to Yorktown in 1781. Mexico later repaid this money with interest. [3]
On October 1, 2013 on the day the Government of the United States ceased to exist due to the successful take-over of our Democracy by the Tea Party secessionists, I, John Presco, proposed to, Virginia Hambley de Bourmont, and she accepted.
With this proposal, I presented to my fiancé the Louisianans Territory as held by her illustrious French Ancestors.
Let it be known, that on this day, October 2, 2013, that I John Gregory Presco lay claim to the California and the Oregon Territory as it was known to my illustrious ancestors the Benton and Fremont family, who egregiously ignored the Constitution and the Economic Idealogy of Jeane-Baptise Say, who married into the de Bourmont Anjou family, who are this very day trying to restore the Monarchy of France. Good luck!
I believe the only chance the Orlean de Anjou claimants have, is to back the New Found Kingdoms in America that take in most of the land west of the Missouri River – that was illegally taken by the ideology of ‘Manifest Destiny’ as promoted by my kindred, Senator Thomas Hart Benton. Now that this democracy ceases to exist, I hereby make null and void the purchase of the Oregon Territory from Britain.
Let it be known, that I, the rightful King of California and Oregon, will return California to Mexico and the Mexican People, if they back my claim, and make my bride-to-be and her beloved kindred – the Titular and Dynastic Rulers of the New Kingdom of California-Mexico!
It is my desire to see my kindred merrily taking part in all festivities these great people are known for, with pomp, and royal flare that will be paid for by the Mexican people via a Royal Tax. This is a small price to pay for solving half of the immigration problem.
Sincerely
John Presco
Titular King of Oregon and California
P.S. also let it be known I am the Rightful Leader of the Republican Party – in exile!
During the reign of the third Bourbon king of Spain, Charles III (1759-88), the Bourbons introduced important reforms at home and in the colonies. To modernize Mexico, higher taxes and more direct military control seemed to be necessary; to effect these changes, the government reorganized the political structure of New Spain into twelve intendencias , each headed by an intendente under a single commandant general in Mexico City, who was independent of the viceroy and reported directly to the king.
The economic reforms were directed primarily at the mining and trade sectors. Miners were given fueros and were allowed to organize themselves into a guild. Commerce was liberalized by allowing most Spanish ports to trade with the colonies, thus destroying the old monopoly held by the merchants of the Spanish port of Cádiz.
The Bourbon reforms changed the character of New Spain by revising governmental and economic structures. The reforms also prompted renewed migration of Spaniards to the colonies to occupy newly created government and military positions. At the same time, commerce, both legal and illegal, was growing, and independent merchants were also welcomed. The new monied classes of miners and merchants were the real promoters of the successes of the reforms enacted by the Bourbons.
Data as of June 1996
The beginning of the eighteenth century in Spain coincided with the crowning of Spain’s first Bourbon king. Under the Habsburgs, Spain had been ruined by wars abroad and conflicts at home. The new Bourbon administration that assumed power in 1707 was determined to effect structural changes in Spain’s government and the economy to centralize power in the monarch. The colonies also received increased attention, mainly in terms of their defense and the reorganization of their economies.
The House of Bourbon-Parma (Italian: Casa di Borbone di Parma) is an Italian cadet branch of the House of Bourbon. It is thus descended from the Capetian dynasty in male line. The name of Bourbon-Parma comes from the main name (Bourbon) and the other (Parma) from the title of Duke of Parma. The title was held by the Spanish Bourbons as the founder was the great-grandson of Duke Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma. Since 1964 a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon-Parma rules Luxembourg as Grand Duke.
Louise Marie Thérèse d’Artois (Louise Marie Thérèse; 21 September 1819 – 1 February 1864) was a duchess and later a regent of Parma. She was the eldest daughter of Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, younger son of King Charles X of France and his wife Carolina of Naples and Sicily, daughter of King Francis I of the Two Sicilies.
Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma (Zita Maria delle Grazie Adelgonda Micaela Raffaela Gabriella Giuseppina Antonia Luisa Agnese; 9 May 1892 – 14 March 1989) was the wife of Emperor Charles of Austria. As such, she was the last Empress of Austria, Queen of Hungary and Croatia, and Queen of Bohemia. Born as the seventeenth child of the dispossessed Robert I, Duke of Parma and his second wife Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal, Zita married the then Archduke Charles of Austria in 1911. Charles became heir presumptive to the Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria in 1914 after the assassination of his uncle Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, and acceded to the throne in 1916 after the old emperor’s death. After the end of World War I in 1918, the Habsburgs were deposed when the new countries of Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs were formed. Charles and Zita left for exile in Switzerland and later Madeira, where Charles died in 1922. After her husband’s death, Zita and her son Otto served as the symbols of unity for the exiled dynasty. A devout Catholic, she raised a large family after being widowed at the age of 29, and never remarried. Asteroid 689 Zita is named in her honour.
On October 1, 2013 on the day the Government of the United States ceased to exist due to the successful take-over of our Democracy by the Tea Party secessionists, I, John Presco, proposed to, Virginia Hambley de Bourmont, and she accepted. With this proposal I presented to my fiancé the Lousianana Territory as held by her illustrious French Ancestors.
Let it be known, that on this day, October 2, 2013, that I John Gregory Presco lay claim to the California and the Oregon Territory as it was known to my illustrious ancestor the Benton and Fremont family, who egregiously ignored the Constitituion and the Economic Idealalogy of Jeane-Baptise Say who married in to the de Bourmont Anjou family who are this very day trying to restore the Monarchy of France. Good luck! I believe the only chance the Orlean de Anjou caiments have, is backing the New Found Kingdoms in America that take in most of the land west of the Missouri River, that was illegally taken by the idealogy of ‘Manfest Destiny’ as promoted by my kindred, Senator Thomas Hart Benton.
Let it be known, that I, the rightful King of California and Oregon whill return Calfinofrina to Mexcio and the Mexican People if they back my claim and make my bride to be and her beloved kindred the Titular and Dnynastic Rulers of the New Kingdom of Mexico. It is my desire to see my kindred merrilyt takingpart in all festitifities these great people are known for, with pomp, and royal flare.
Sincerely
John Presco
Titular King of Oregon and California
Robert I (Italian: Roberto I Carlo Luigi Maria di Borbone, Duca di Parma e Piacenza; 9 July 1848 – 16 November 1907) was the last sovereign Duke of Parma and Piacenza from 1854 to 1859, when the duchy was annexed to Sardinia-Piedmont during the unification of Italy. He was a member of the House of Bourbon, descended from Philip, Duke of Parma the third son of King Philip V of Spain and Elizabeth Farnese.
The agreement includes the possible purchase of the main NDNU campus in Belmont, including Ralston Hall, Koret Field, NDNU Theater, and Cunningham Chapel. The property included in the agreement is outlined above with a yellow dashed line. https://belmont.stanford.edu/about
To: Governor Newsom
From: John Presco
I am the great grandson of Carl Janke, the founder of Belmont. I suspect he was a member of the Turnverein Germans who came with John Sutter to California from Saint Louis, and later brought six portable homes around the Cape to Belmont California in 1848. It stands to reason Janke already has buyers for these homes. After much study I conclude the Franciscan Order bought some of these homes and placed them on a large parcel of land they called Belmont, or Canada del Diablo. I have a theory the Monks saw Mount Diablo from a hill above Belmont. The setting sun created what is called, Alpenglow, that turned Diablo a crimson red. Was this a sign to build a Mission here that I suspect Count Leonetti was ordained to support, and is why he came West with a wagon train, and cattle? Cipriani did not dismantle his home in Italy and have it shipped to Belmont. I suspect the house he assembled with 5,000 screws was one of the Janke houses, that was built atop the primetime structure the Monks made that was raised. Building atop the original structure may have sustained land grant rules, Janke’s house is within Ralston Hall this day.
I suspect Cipriani lived in San Francisco after he was appointed Italian Council, and added a structure for his residence when he came to stay in Belmont, that was under his protectorate. He may have left the Mission in charge of a unknown person when he moved to Italy. Carl Janke had to be fully aware of this. How William Ralston came to own this Mission, needs to be investigated. He might have had a religious agreement, that was not respected by William Sharon when he moved in. I can not find an history of contact with Carl Janke and Sharon. Both men had to be aware of the two graves mentioned by Russel Estep who was a founding member of the Belmont Historic Society. I suspect they are the graves of Franciscan Monks that were put in a designated Franciscan cemetery. There is a sculpture of Saint Francis in back of Ralston Hall made by Benny Buffano. I suspect it was paced there after the two tombstones were removed. I suspect there are other Franciscan buried on the hill, who got wooden markers that deteriorated, are a simply engraved rock that were taken as souvenirs.
On this day, I John Presco claim this hill, and all the grounds that were designated to the College of Norte Dame De Namur. One article on the Ralston house says there were four acres. I will go by this area, that I suspect includes much of Twin Pines Park where Carl Janke was buried under a Bay tree, along with his wife, and possibly his mother-on-law. This suggests Janke understood there was an established and ordained graveyards that surrounded a stone mission, that my have been an attraction to Janke’s These Park, which may be the first in California. I suspect Simon Mezes created a fictional Spanish family, the Tanforan family, and took the large track of land the Governor of Mexico gave the the Franciscan Order. I suspect Simon heard the Franciscans had abandoned the Mission when they moved to San Francisco, that is named after Saint Francis.
The confusion began with the Mexican Secularization Act of 1833, officially called the Decree for the Secularization of the Missions of California. The Franciscan Order had to give up vast tracks of land, but were allowed to keep land that may have been sizable. Simon Mezes wins all of a track for the Arguello family – that might have included Franciscan property. I suspect the Franciscans sold Carl Janke a large track of their land to keep it out of the clutches of Simon Mezes who ended up with 7,000 acres. His son is born in Belmont and manages his family property.
“Mexico ceded California to the United States in 1848 and California became the 31st state in 1850. The arrival of large numbers of settlers put Mexican land titles at risk and members of the Argüello family, holders of the vast Rancho de las Pulgas, were forced to defend their land titles in court. Attorney Simon Mezes successfully defended the claim for the Argüellos and was paid for his services with nearly 7,000 acres, much of what is now Redwood City.”
My cousin (who I never met) brought up the removal of the three bodies in the middle of the night, at a Belmont Historic Society meeting in 1992. I have the minutes. She and another person wanted Denny Lawhern to ask the City to pay for a plaque to put on the Bay tree sating their Pioneer Contributions. This was never done. The original marker for the three Jankes, was replaced, I suspect because it was vandalized. I suspect it was a large metal monument – that may have been moved – three times! This marker may have contained a declaration of a land grant. Doris Vanier listed a large area of land owned by her great grandfather in a document founding ‘Carl Janke Day’ that was signed by the Mayor of Belmont – and City Seal – applied.
Because I am being stalked by someone who reads my blog, and who began to overlay his fake family history over mine – saying anyone can make a land claim – I hereby claim all the land mentioned by Mrs. Vannier. In a private letter I will say who this person is, and categorized the ill treatment I received when I posted on the BHS Facebook over three years ago. I suspect a cover-up, and possible conspiracy.
It stands to reason the Franciscan Friar did not want to live in the infamous SF Fog, and built their mission in a fog-free place, where they could climb hill and see the Wondrous Alpenglow. Was a statue of Saint Francis put on this hill Down below they could see the stone mission – with graves around it. Then came Carl Janke with his six homes. I believe my beautful vison has restored – The Truth!
I have written you several times on this matter, and you NEVER responded. You left a great grandson of a California Pioneer un-protected! There are vultures flying overhead – governor! There are DEAD BODIES without tombstones. Your beautiful wife went to Stanford. She needs to lead this study of Belmont History. I put political pressure on your family tree. Member of my Wieneke family became members of the Order of Sant Francis and founded Briarcliff College. I have a spiritual connection to Saint Francis via Meher Baba, an Avatar from India who flew into SF airport. I will make Kamala Harris aware of this after I anoint my cousin Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor the Spiritual Saint of a claim I will make – for all of California, There is such a thing as a Celestial Deed!
Governor, you and Jenny got to go to the Seibel Ranch in Montana and recognize the Christian Foundations of the old ranch building that were torn down. Thomas Siebel came from San Mateo County that has wiped out most of it’s history in order to build expensive housing for High Tech Workers. This is the fate of Belmont – who insults me this very day! They want me to go away – and die! The tenant of Christianity is the promise you can be reborn. My cousin, Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor is reborn every other day to satisfy the whimsy of attention getters. You need to talk to the Governor of Montana about making it real. Jenny needs to make another film about strong pioneer women! Franciscan Friars take a vow of celibacy, and thus are often adopted by heterosexual families whose children enter the Order. If they had offspring, then, it stands to reason the OSF would own most of California and be Dynastic.
You need to put together a panel to study what can be titled Artificial Rich Cowboy Intelligence, where an owner builds high density, high tech cities of no empathy, then movies to his mega-ranch in order to touch Indians, and get in touch with his roots – that are not in The Country! But – let’s pretend! May I suggest you levy a ‘Pretend Tax’. There might not be a God? – is the question by those left behind! Only from ones high saddle, does everything look good? Jesus on horseback, or on zn ass, riding north out of Baja California.
Siebel angers neighbors for tearing down historic buildings
GRASS RANGE, Mont. — California computer billionaire Thomas M. Siebel has angered some central Montana ranchers by tearing down two historic buildings on the N Bar Ranch he bought last June.
Former owner and manager Tom Elliott, neighboring ranchers and historians are dismayed.
“I think it’s a tragedy, personally. It’s so senseless,” Elliott said.
Siebel, a San Mateo, Calif. software mogul ranked No. 105 in Forbes magazine’s latest list of the world’s richest people, is worth an estimated $4.2 billion.
The two buildings he razed were on the National Register of Historic Places. N Bar Ranch manager Doug Groats said he had no idea the buildings has special status.
“I wasn’t aware that they needed to be protected,” Groats said. “We have all those houses that if we just let them sit there the mice and the rats would take over.”
Darrell Abbott, who lives a few miles west of the N Bar’s headquarters, said Siebel has torn down the cook house, a storage shed made of rock and an old homestead known as the Pike place.
The cookhouse was built in 1885 of square-hewn logs. The rock house, built in the 1930s, housed the electrical generating equipment for the ranch complex. The structures were two of 13 buildings at the ranch headquarters listed in 1991 by the Elliotts on the National Register of Historic Places.
A one-and-a-half story farm house built in 1930 and also listed on the register, was moved off the property.
“We like to be notified if they’re going to move any of the buildings or tear them down,” said Kate Hampton of the Montana Historical Society. “Moved buildings lose their integrity of association.”
But since the buildings are privately owned, the society has no say about what happens to the structures.
Hampton said large cattle operations from the turn of the century are significant to the state’s history. Few of them are left.
Siebel said he intends to be a good neighbor. He plan to run the N Bar as a commercial cattle operation, he said, much like the 70,000-acre Dearborn Ranch he owns near Wolf Creek. According to state officials familiar with the operation, the Dearborn’s land is conservatively managed to maintain adequate grass for cattle and wildlife. Although public hunting isn’t allowed on the ranch, some non-fee hunting by ranch employees and friends is allowed.
“What we’re trying to do is clean it up,” Siebel said of the N Bar. “We want to improve the habitat for the wildlife, improve the riparian habitat. We want to ranch it in a responsible way.”
Siebel said the beauty of the ranch attracted him to the place. He spent time on the McKay ranch near Red Lodge as a youngster and worked on a ranch near Bellevue, Idaho, after graduating from college, he said. “Hopefully (the N Bar) will be a showcase ranch,” Siebel said. “I think it’s just a great resource. We want to improve it so it’s one of the great ranches in the state.”
Royal officials provided horses for the 20 Franciscan friars to ride up the Camino Real. All accepted the offer, except for Serra and one companion, a friar from Andalusia. Strictly following the rule of his patron saint Francis of Assisi that friars “must not ride on horseback unless compelled by manifest necessity or infirmity,” Serra insisted on walking to Mexico City. He and his fellow friar set out on the Camino Real with no money or guide, carrying only their breviaries. They trusted in Providence and the hospitality of local people along the way
Once fully implemented, the secularization act took away much of the California Mission land and sold it or gave it away in large grants called ranchos.[2][3] Secularization also emancipated Indigenous peoples of California from the missions and closed the monjeríos,[4] although only a minority of Indigenous peoples were distributed land grants, which left many of them landless to work the ranchos.[5]
After four years of trying to get the City of Belmont, and its exclusive Historic Society, to get my family History – right – and correct the egregious mistreatment of their Founding Family, I am bid by my deceased to raise them, and our history – from the dead……and do what I will!
I havea taken the liberty to rename Belmont, Jankeville, after my great, great, grandfather, Carl Jake, who I suspect was ruined by Leland Stanford who is title a ‘Robber Baron’. Leland and his greedy wife ay be responsible for the demise of Mezeville.
There are so many ways to treat my family history. One way is th author a script for a cable series that will be titled……’JANKEVILLE’
Like any worthy Western, it will begin with the Janke Stage traverse the new road from Belmont to Halfmoon Bay, with newlyweds on board. Willian Stuttmeister, and Augustus Janke were married at Ralston Hall once owned by William Ralston ‘The Man Who Built San Francisco’. When William came to Belmont, he purchased the portable house that Count Leonetti Cipriani had put together with 5,000 screws. This was one of the home Carl Janke brought around the Cape in 1848. This home s described as a “farmhouse” around which Ralston Hall was built.
With the appearance of the Heritage Masterplan, being promoted by a convicted felon on trial for Insurrection, I was found INNOCENT! Family and friends – betrayed me! I found myself…..
STANDING ALONE!
And the whistle blow. It’s high noon. Here come Leland Stanford’s half mile long train bringing 1,500 Odd Fellows to Tanforan, the German Wonderland that Carl built around an ancient oak and bay tree.
Mezesville
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The discovery of gold at Sutter’s Fort in 1848 ushered in a period of rapid change in California as thousands of immigrants flooded into the state and the non-native population grew from 20,000 to 100,000 in one year.
Mexico ceded California to the United States in 1848 and California became the 31st state in 1850. The arrival of large numbers of settlers put Mexican land titles at risk and members of the Argüello family, holders of the vast Rancho de las Pulgas, were forced to defend their land titles in court. Attorney Simon Mezes successfully defended the claim for the Argüellos and was paid for his services with nearly 7,000 acres, much of what is now Redwood City.
The building boom that resulted from the Gold Rush created a demand for lumber and over two dozen sawmills were established in the Santa Cruz Mountains to supply redwood and Douglas fir. Much of this lumber was transported to Redwood Creek and then shipped by barges on San Francisco Bay.
About a mile southeast of Mezesville was Sweeny Ranch, first owned by Myles Sweeny beginning in the late 1800s. Stanford Redwood City is located within the former ranch lands. Myles Sweeny was an Irish immigrant who made his fortune as a liquor importer and distributor in San Francisco and then became president of Hibernia Bank. The Sweenys lived in San Francisco and maintained the land in Redwood City for growing hay and grazing cattle. After his death, Sweeny’s daughters sold the ranch.
By the end of the century Redwood City had grown into a small town of some 1,600 residents. At the opening of Stanford Redwood City in 2019, the city had grown to nearly 90,000.
Françoise Blin de Bourdon was a native of Picardy. Her family belonged to the old nobility of France. She was the youngest child of Viscount Pierre Louis Blin de Bourdon and the Baroness Marie Louise Claudine de Fouquesolles.
William Stuttmeister, married Augustus Janke at Ralston Hall where the Sisters of Norte Dame de Namur found a home for their college. To find your bloodline piled in a grave together, invokes a mountain of literature. Indeed – it is the Deed of Many Stories! My dead, will go, where they will go. I own the Sea Beast of de Anjou and Merovee. Dan Brown and his wife, eavesdropped on our Gmail groups? Is that too a legend that took on real life?
The Notre Dame de Namur University campus developed around Ralston Hall Mansion. William Chapman Ralston built Ralston Hall shortly after purchasing the property in 1864.[17] William Ralston was a pivotal figure in the gold and silver bonanzas, which helped Ralston amass wealth. Ralston Hall was built with a steamboat gothic design on the interior, which is rumored to have been influenced by Ralston’s love of boating from a young age.[18] The interior of Ralston Hall is strikingly shaped like the inside of a boat.[18] Ralston Hall was built as an entertainment destination.[18] After William Ralston died, his business partner, William Sharon, came to control the mansion.[18] Sharon was a United States senator representing Nevada from 1875 to 1881.[18] Ralston Hall has been used for a variety of jobs throughout its history; Ralston Hall held one of the largest American weddings when William Sharon’s daughter Flora married Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh of England.[18] Notre Dame De Namur was chartered by the State of California in 1868 but was not affiliated with Ralston Hall until 1922.[18] The mansion was a finishing school for young women until 1898.[19] Since 1923 Ralston Hall has been affiliated with Notre Dame de Namur University.[19]
Françoise Blin de Bourdon was a native of Picardy. Her family belonged to the old nobility of France. She was the youngest child of Viscount Pierre Louis Blin de Bourdon and the Baroness Marie Louise Claudine de Fouquesolles. She received her early training at the home of her maternal grandmother. From the age of six years until she made her First Holy Communion, she attended the school of the Bernardines; she completed her education with the Ursulines of Amiens.
When Françoise was nineteen, she left Gézaincourt for Bourdon, as her parents wished her to make her debut into society. For several years she was one of the gayest members of the brilliant society of her time and was presented at the Court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. For a while the charms of the world dazzled her, but she soon tired of what seemed to her a frivolous, useless life. She became more religiously oriented.
Thus her life passed happily until the Reign of Terror loosed its madness on the land. Early in 1793 her aged father was imprisoned at Amiens; a few months later she herself was dragged from her home by a frantic mob, all in the name of Liberty. She was taken to a house of detention at Amiens where she learned that her father, her brother, his wife, and child were all prisoners. Her entreaties to see them were harshly silenced. Every day a long list of victims was announced for execution. After seven months’ imprisonment, she read the names of her father and herself among the proscribed. The day set for their execution was July 29, 1794, but their lives were saved by the fall of Robespierre on the preceding day, As her grandmother had died from the effect of so many horrors, Françoise, after her release from prison, returned to the home of her brother in the Rue des Augustins.
In 1807 he took advantage of an amnesty to rejoin the French army and served in several campaigns until 1814. He rose in rank to become a general of division. During this period, he was suspected of being an agent of the Comte d’Artois and passing information to France’s enemies. Though he was notoriously anti-Napoleon and many officers did not trust him, he was employed again during the Hundred Days. Immediately after the campaign began, he deserted to the Prussian army with Napoleon’s plans. King Louis XVIII of France gave him a command in the Spanish expedition of 1823.
Promoted to Marshal of France, he was put in command of the Invasion of Algiers in 1830. However, after the July Revolution, he refused to recognize King Louis-Philippe of France and was sacked. After being involved in a plot against the new government, he fled to Portugal in 1832. He led the army of Dom Miguel in the Liberal Wars, and when the liberals won, he fled to Rome. He accepted another amnesty, this time in 1840, and died in France six years later.
There is reality, fantasy, and the business of illusion making. My dear friend Virginia – is the Lost Princess! I have talked about writing a new kind of book in this blog that is chock full of mini stories. My waitress says she would purchase Quibi.
Françoise Blin de Bourdon (Mother Saint-Joseph between 1816 and 1838).
This is the story of the great friendship between Julie Billiart, Françoise Blin de Bourdon, without which the Congregation would never have seen the light of day!
One of the gifts that the Congregation considers as its most precious is the fact that it is born of a deep friendship between two women. This is one of those friendships that can figure among the greatest in religious life.
Françoise possessed an immense capacity for friendship. We are going to speak especially of that which united her to Julie.
The story of 22 years of friendship between Julie and Françoise (between 1794-1816)
Born in the middle of the 18th century (Julie in 1751 and Françoise in 1756), in the north of France, from very different backgrounds, the first 40 years of their lives are not alike in their exterior circumstances but offer great similarities with respect to their relationship with God. They both had a rich interior life. Julie dies in 1816, after 22 years of friendship and collaboration with Françoise. The Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame of Namur is founded on an UNPREDICTABLE friendship between two very DIFFERENT French women. [Julie and Françoise had very different personalities: the first joyful, extroverted; the other more reserved. They also differed in their origins and education: the one from a modest milieu and who attended the village school; the other from the aristocracy with an excellent education. However, we will see how Julie and Françoise resembled one another in their way of living for God.
1. The Life of Françoise Blin de Bourdon before meeting Julie
In four words: Aristocratic, well-educated, chatelain and Carmel.
Aristocratic: A noble birth in a wealthy family, fruit of the union between the Blin de Bourdon and the Fouquesolles families. Françoise’s family was one of the oldest in Picardy, in the north of France. It traced its heritage to the eleventh century. In the Middle Ages there was an adage with respect to the name. When something was considered good, people said that it was “good as a Blin.”
Françoise Blin de Bourdon, Lady of Gézaincourt
When her parents married in 1748, her father, Pierre-Louis Blin de Bourdon, was 42 years of age and her mother, Marie-Louise-Claudine de Fouquesolles, was 17. Born on March 8, 1756, and preceded by a brother, Louis-Marie-César and a sister, Marie-Louise-Aimée, she was the third and last child and was baptized the day after her birth, on the feast of Sainte Françoise Romaine. Only 25 years of age and with two other children, 2 and 3 years old, Françoise’s mother was encouraged to leave the newborn with her parents at Gézaincourt, a vast and beautiful country manor with gardens (about 19 miles from Amiens). Aside from a few trips to Bourdon where her parents possess a chateau, she spends her childhood at Gézaincourt with her maternal grandparents, the baron and baroness de Fouquesolles. Françoise’s grandmother, with the assistance of a governess, Mademoiselle Ursula, introduces the young child to her first educational experiences, religious and secular. Françoise is raised with love. She was an obstinate and strong-willed child. * Well-educated At the age of six, Françoise became a boarder with the Benedictines in Doullens. It was there that she was confirmed when she was eight years of age. In 1768, she was sent for two or three years to the Ursulines in Amiens to complete her education. At 19, in order to prepare for her introduction into French society, she frequents the salons of Paris and is presented to the Court at Versailles. She was a friend of the sister of King Louis XVI, Madame Élisabeth.
Illustration by T.J. Bond dans Mother St. Joseph by SND, Sands and Co, Glasgow, 1964.
Françoise was 25 when her sister and brother marry and she now finds herself alone with her parents at Bourdon. This is a sacrifice for her since she got along well with her brother who was a true friend and confidant. He establishs himself in Amiens where he buys a town home on the rue des Augustins.
Three years later, at age 28: her maternal grandfather and her mother died (her grandfather on February 24, 1784, and her mother on April 2). Her mother was 53 when she died, 10 months after a carriage accident.
Françoise suffered greatly from these losses.
Chatelain and Carmel:
Françoise doesn’t stay long with her father because her duty calls her to Gézaincourt. She must assist her grandmother and assume her duties as chatelain of the vast domain. She gives herself to her grandmother and the villagers and she distributes alms to the poor. There she manages the vast domain and its dependencies. She also visits the sick and cares for them by means of medicinal herbs that she cultivates; the villagers freely ask advice of the “good young lady.” The pastor later affirms that Françoise went each day to Mass, prayed at length and received communion often. [Françoise seemed to be aware that she was preparing herself to manage the future Congregation by becoming a good administrator in order to make good decisions and expand the Institute. [Cf. Mémoire de Cécile Dupont for the purpose of obtaining her Masters in History: The SND de Namur, Educational Entrepreneurs (1804-1842), Louvain-la-Neuve, 2014].
In her writings are found notes that show a deep commitment to God. In these personal notes, she had written, in 1783, “partial conversion; imperfect light” and, in 1785 (age 29), “full or complete conversion with the unshakeable resolve to remove from my life all that could separate me from my end or goal.” She wanted to enter a Carmelite monastery.
In 1789, the Revolution breaks out. Françoise, because of her social standing, will suffer terribly during the French Revolution.
Illustration by T.J. Bond dans Mother St. Joseph by SND, Sands and Co, Glasgow, 1964.
In 1793, the members of the Blin de Bourdon family (her father, more than 80 years of age, and Françoise’s brother) were among those falsely accused of having fled the country, were imprisoned. In February of 1894, Françoise is arrested in place of her grandmother – who dies on March 18 – and is conducted to prison in Amiens. Because of overcrowding in the prisons, prisoners were given the option of begin transferred to the Carmelite monastery where the Carmelites were being held captive. Only Françoise accepted the transfer. [Françoise will not encounter them but she hears them pray.] It is only after the death of Robespierre that they will all be freed on August 3 and 4, 1794; Françoise then rejoins her brother at the Hotel Blin, in Amiens. The Viscount leaves for Bourdon; Françoise stays in Amiens. It is there that she will meet Julie.
A few words on Julie’s life: As for Julie, she suffers terribly during the French Revolution because of her fidelity to the Church and her deep faith. Forced to flee her village that she had never left, at 40 years of age, paralyzed, having lost the use of speech, having known several dwellings in Gournay-sur-Aronde and in Compiègne, she was retrieved in October of 1794 by an aristocrat well known in Cuvilly, the Countess Baudoin.
2. The Meeting
A Little after Julie’s arrival at the Hotel Blin (cf. April’s theme), Madame Baudoin proposes to Françoise that she meet Julie.
Comic of Saint Julie, Editions du Signe, 2000.
Françoise, who didn’t have too many occupations at the time, accepts. Françoise was to write later about this encounter in her Memoires:
“This young woman had leisure in abundance and was quite willing tocome, though when she found she could not understand the invalid’s labored speech the visits seemed less attractive…. Finally, in spite of a natural repugnance which she had at first experienced, a friendship grew between them, as events will show.”
Julie is immediately drawn to Françoise. She had already seen her in a vision (see the theme for the month of May) and recognizes her.
In the beginning, the encounter with Julie (43 years old) and Françoise (38) is difficult: Julie could hardly express herself and Françoise does not understand her.
It is interesting to note that it is Françoise who ministers to Julie. She makes the decision to perform an act of charity, a work of compassion. According to Saint Francis de Sales, the love of friendship is not merely a feeling but a resolute effort following a decision…. What begins with an act of compassion is transformed into one of the most beautiful examples of spiritual friendship between two women.
One of the foundations of friendship is that it should grow in time. Very quickly, then, the bonds of affection grew between the two women. Visits become more and more frequent. Both had an affinity for things spiritual.
3. In the friendship between Julie and Françoise, we can see 3 stages.
The first state is situated between 1794-1799.
The friendship begins
with a resemblance between the two women. (The two women had been tested by the SUFFERING endured during the height of the French Revolution – Julie, paralyzed, and Françoise tested by the deaths of her mother and her grandparents and by a period of terrifying imprisonment. Both emerged from their sufferings more FAITH-FILLED and committed to growth in goodness.
The friendship between Julie and Françoise is the only perfect kind of friendship, the Ancients would say: it is based on goodness or virtue. Julie and Françoise resembled one another in their goodness. And, the RECIPROCITY in the recognition of the GOOD proper to each one is evident. There is a mutual benevolence which expresses itself by the fact that each desires growth in the love of God for the other. It is a “Jesus-centered affectionate friendship.” We can say that, from the beginning, the friendship between Julie and Françoise was of a spiritual order.
Saint Augustin writes that he would feel the need to approach, to know and to bind himself in friendship to a person whose love for Christ had been proven in some trial or persecution. Such was the case for Julie and Françoise whose love for Christ had been tested before their encounter.
Soon, a little community forms around Julie’s bedside. In addition to Françoise, the daughters of Madame Baudoin invited their friends, the young women of the Méry and Doria families. Father Thomas, in hiding at the Hotel Blin, guides the group and celebrates the Eucharist. Children are baptized and confirmed in Julie’s room. But this association had only an ephemeral existence. Françoise remains as Julie’s only companion.
Françoise stays one year in Amiens.
Between 1795 and 1797, Françoise travels to Gézaincourt and to Bourdon to be near her sick father. During these two years of separation, Françoise and Julie write many letters to each other. Françoise returns to Amiens after the death of her father. The letters from Julie to Françoise are saved: 33 letters where one can discover the affection that they had for one another. They expressed their friendship. And, as Saint Francis de Sales said: the lack of communication (union of hearts) can end a friendship.
Julie quickly becomes the “Mother” in their correspondence. While Françoise is the one of social standing and the first to offer her assistance, it is Julie who becomes the spiritual director in whom there is complete trust.
After the death of her father, Françoise was free to consecrate herself to God as she wished. But, she had doubts as to the shape of the project: she was hesitating to become a Carmelite. It is then that Julie informs her what she had seen in a vision when she was hiding in Compiègne: some women religious and among them was the face of Françoise that Julie did not recognize at the time. Françoise returns to Amiens with confidence.
The end of 1797, a new “Terror” breaks out. Father Thomas, pursued into the Hotel Blin, escapes his aggressors on June 15, 1799. The next day, Father Thomas, Françoise, Julie and her niece, Felicity, seek shelter in Bettencourt. Together, they evangelize the village. Julie’s health improves and she begins to speak.
In every friendship, there is a second and a third phase:
Between 1799-1803 (this is the second stage of their friendship relationship): Happy period where they live together in Bettencourt – the friends share their interior life and each shares in the qualities of the other.
Importance of communication: ) cf. Aristotle: “”If friends are not able to be present to one another and if they are not able to communicate, the friendship will die.”) Friendship has to be worked at and takes time.
There begins the time that Saint Francis de Sales calls, “the gentle struggle of friendship”. Friendship requires frankness; misunderstandings are inevitable (and there will be some between Julie and Françoise, notably due to the distance between them and their exchange of letters when one will be in Amiens and the other at Namur).
Friendship is strengthened through many shared difficulties, patience exhibited, tenderness, consideration, sharing of burdens.
There is a visible change in Julie and Françoise’s relationship from director and directee to that of a mutually recognized equality.
In February, 1803, Father Thomas, Julie and Françoise return to Amiens. The two friends receive some orphan girls in a modest house on the rue Neuve.
The third and last stage in the development of true friendshipis its perfection: union in diversity. Friends at this point communicate every aspect of themselves becoming one of heart and soul. As Aristotle said: “One soul in two bodies.”
Testimonies abound related to the obvious union of Julie and Françoise who were in total harmony despite striking temperamental differences (cf. Memoires, Blin): “Mère Julie, in a spirit of humility and Christian prudence, which never relies on itself alone, consulted [Mother Blin] as collaborator and friend… and the two were one in heart and soul.” “Mère Julie’s character was very different from Mother Blin’s but they were so united that there was never any real disagreement between them.” Julie was rather extroverted, quick to act; Françoise was reserved, introverted.
On February 2, 1804, Julie, Françoise and Catherine Duchâtel (who will die a few months later) make their vow of chastity and commit to consecrate their life to Christian education. They take the name, Sisters of Notre Dame, and received a rule from Father Varin. Françoise, as was the custom at the time, takes the name Sister Saint Joseph.
On October15, 1805, Julie, Françoise, Victoire Leleu and Justine Garson make their religious vows. The next day, Mère Julie is elected superior general. On June 18, 1806, the statutes of the Association called Notre Dame are approved by Napoleon. The opening of free schools is authorized. Françoise brings her wealth to the Congregation.
A conflict breaks out in Amiens with the superior of the Congregation, Father de Sambucy. He demands that Sister Saint Joseph bequeath the totality of her fortune to the house in Amiens exclusively. The two foundresses refuse these propositions. Father de Sambucy skillfully influences the Bishop of Amiens, Monsignor Demandolx, and succeeds in obliging Julie to leave the diocese of Amiens on January 12, 1809.
Illustration by T.J. Bond dans Mother St. Joseph by SND, Sands and Co, Glasgow, 1964.
During this conflict, Françoise gives witness to her deep friendship for Julie (sharing of burdens).
The first Sisters of Notre Dame are established in Namur on July 7, 1807, at the request of Monsignor Pisani de la Gaude. The Bishop of Namur welcomes them with great kindness and offers them a house near the bishopric. Sister Saint Joseph is named superior of the community. Thanks to Françoise’s fortune, the Sisters buy a larger house, rue des Fossés (the actual Motherhouse). Namur become the Motherhouse of the Sisters of Notre Dame. Many schools are established.
4. After Julie’s death(After 22 years of friendship, Françoise will live another 22 years without Julie)
In 1816, after Mère Julie’s death, Mother Saint Joseph is elected superior general and will remain so until the end of her life. She faithfully continues the work of her friend; she edits the rule, completes foundations in Liège and Dinant, creates those at Thuin, Verviers, Philippeville and Bastogne.
Her great concern will be to preserve the unity of the Congregation under the Dutch regime between 1815-1830. By forbidding all foreign teaching authority, William I, is the source of many worries for Mother Saint Joseph. -King William fixes the number of sisters authorized to be in each house. -The Sisters are obliged to take an examination before a Committee of Instruction. -Françoise wants to resign as superior general in favor of a sister of Flemish origin for the good of the Congregation.
Finally, in December of 1824, she receives the document of naturalization and becomes a citizen of the Netherlands.
[After having caused so much worry, King William 1 comes to Namur in 1829. He visits the school and leaves saying to her “Madame, a woman like you should never die!” (cf. the Annals of the Congregation)] -Meanwhile, Mother Saint Joseph had accepted to take responsibility for hospices since the schools were no longer viable.
Mother Saint Joseph and King William I, illustrated by T.J. Bond dans Mother St. Joseph by SND, Sands and Co, Glasgow, 1964.
In 1835, in spite of the opposition of some sisters, she keeps intact the spirit of the Institute. This is what is called the great trial; a sad trial that came from her own daughters who threatened the existence of the Institute. One sister plotted the Reform of the Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame (18 sisters were in on the secret, one of whom was the Mistress of Novices). Their intention was to establish two membership categories: lay sisters who would be responsible for the domestic tasks and choir sisters for teaching. The intended goal of this new organization was to educate in the boarding school girls of the leisure class. This project directly targeted two of the original three essential founding purposes of the Institute: -equality of the sister -dedication to the instruction of the poor
The preservation of the general government had already earned for Julie an expulsion from Amiens.
With the assistance of Sister Ignace Goethals, Mother Saint Joseph prevailed in this struggle but at the price of great suffering. Three sisters left the Institute; the others recognized their errors and, after public reparation, were readmitted. Françoise died at Namur, at the age of 82, (February 9, 1838).
5. Conclusion
What touches us particularly with Françoise is the contrast between this woman of the nobility who tried to live simply (in the Congregation, there is no distinction between lay and choir sisters). And, this was not easy for her or her family. In Amiens, when she went into town dressed in a religious costume, this caused an embarrassment, to the discomfort of her family. Françoise came from the highest ranks of French aristocracy but she never used her fortune to exert any influence or power over others. As Sister Jo Ann Recker explains, her true power of influence resided, rather, in her ability to transform the life of others by means of friendship. And Françoise possessed a tremendous capacity for friendship. She had the unique ability to forget self and to be sincerely concerned about the welfare of the other: from her grandmother whom she loved so much, to her childhood friend, (Jeanne de Franssu with whom she remained close until her death), to her friend, Julie Billiart, and her dear sister in religion, Sister Anastasia Leleu. She was able to see the greatest good in each person she encountered. God drew Julie and Françoise together for something special. He led them to a unity in diversity to make possible the development of the Institute.
May this example of friendship between two women be a source of inspiration for you!
Ave Maria! Ave Maria! maiden mild! Listen to a maiden’s prayer! Thou canst hear though from the wild Thou canst save amid despair Safe may we sleep beneath thy care Though banish’d, outcast and reviled – Maiden! hear a maiden’s prayer; Mother, hear a suppliant child! Ave Maria!
Five days ago, I sent my daughter and her unborn child a photograph of what I believe is an angel hovering over the head of Mary Dominica who is Mary Magdalene Rosamond’ cousin. None of the women on Heather’s empowerment group, responded, this is because they are witch-base. I am fighting off witches that hover over my unborn grandchild. Kim Haffner is one of them. I suspect she has been sending pregnant Heather – poison!
I was born this day to Rosemary Rita Rosamond. None of the witches honor my mother and Heather’s grandmother. They are frauds. Many women’s empowerment groups honor the grandmother.
The piece was composed as a setting of a song (verse XXIX from Canto Three) from Walter Scott‘s popular epic poem The Lady of the Lake,[2] in a German translation by Adam Storck [de] (1780–1822),[3] and thus forms part of Schubert’s Liederzyklus vom Fräulein vom See. In Scott’s poem the character Ellen Douglas, the Lady of the Lake (Loch Katrine in the Scottish Highlands), has gone with her exiled father to stay in the Goblin’s cave as he has declined to join their previous host, Roderick Dhu, in rebellion against King James. Roderick Dhu, the chieftain of Clan Alpine, sets off up the mountain with his warriors, but lingers and hears the distant sound of the harpist Allan-bane, accompanying Ellen who sings a prayer addressed to the Virgin Mary, calling upon her for help. Roderick Dhu pauses, then goes on to battle.[4]
Schubert’s arrangement is said to have first been performed at the castle of Countess Sophie Weissenwolff in the little Austrian town of Steyregg and dedicated to her, which led to her becoming known as “the lady of the lake” herself.[5]
The opening words and refrain of Ellen’s song, namely “Ave Maria” (Latin for “Hail Mary”), may have led to the idea of adapting Schubert’s melody as a setting for the full text of the traditional Roman Catholic prayer “Ave Maria“. The Latin version of the “Ave Maria” is now so frequently used with Schubert’s melody that it has led to the misconception that he originally wrote the melody as a setting for the “Ave Maria”
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