Templar connections figure heavily in the story of the Shroud. Both Geoffrey de Charny and his wife, Jeanne de Vergy had grandfathers who were seneschals (sheriffs) who had been ordered by Philip IV to round up Templars within their districts. Of the 16 French knights to escape Philips purge, "most were Burgundians and kinsmen of each other or of the de Charny, de Joinville and de Vergy families." - Noel Currer-Briggs, The Shroud and the Grail - A Modern Quest for the True Grail (1987)
The Prieuré de Sion, usually rendered in English translation as Priory of Sion (occasionally as 'Priory of Zion'), is an alleged thousand-year-old cabal featured in various conspiracy theories, as well as being listed as a factual ancient mystery religion in the bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. It has been characterized as anything from the most influential secret society in Western history to a modern Rosicrucian-esque ludibrium, but, ultimately, has been shown to be a hoax created in 1956 by Pierre Plantard, a pretender to the French throne. The evidence presented in support of its historical existence is not considered authentic or persuasive by established historians, academics, and universities, and the evidence was later discovered to have been forged and then planted in various locations around France by Plantard and his associates. Nevertheless, many conspiracy theorists insist on the truth of the Priory's role as a powerful secret society. [1]
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