• Pierre Plantard de Saint-Clair (born Pierre Athanase Marie Plantard, 18 March 1920 – 3 February 2000) was a French technical artist, best known for being...
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  • in France in 1956 by Pierre Plantard in his failed attempt to create a prestigious neo-chivalric order. In the 1960s, Plantard began claiming that his...
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    Maudit), a 1967 book by Gérard de Sède, with the collaboration of Pierre Plantard. After reading it, Henry Lincoln persuaded BBC Two to produce a series...
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  • Priory of Sion, and is widely considered to be a forgery created by Pierre Plantard and Philippe de Chérisey. Thirteen of the 27 pages of the document...
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  • within the context of the Priory of Sion and to promote the claim that Pierre Plantard was the direct descendant of Dagobert II. He considered himself a satirist...
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  • and scholars who have debunked the Priory of Sion hoax argue that Pierre Plantard created the Dossiers Secrets d'Henri Lobineau and the fictitious biography...
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    Frankish kings from Dagobert II, and Pierre Plantard claimed to be descended from that monarch. Pierre Plantard and Gérard de Sède fell out over book...
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    a facsimile edition by Pierre Belfond, Paris, part of les classiques de l’occultisme, containing a foreword by Pierre Plantard and the second one, in...
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    Sion hoax - the main protagonist of which was Pierre Plantard, who for a time adopted the name Pierre Plantard de Saint-Clair. Christianity portal Scotland...
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  • organization", whereas the Priory of Sion is a hoax created in 1956 by Pierre Plantard, which Plantard admitted under oath in 1994, well before the publication of...
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  • the Holy Grail, Guillaume de Gisors has been alleged to be the third Grand Master of the Priory of Sion (1266–1307). Pierre Plantard Rennes-le-Château...
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  • Plantard collaborated next on the subject of Rennes-le-Château, resulting in the publication of L'Or de Rennes in 1967. Originally a Pierre Plantard manuscript...
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  • of the foundational elements for the Priory of Sion hoax created by Pierre Plantard and Philippe de Chérisey in the 1960s, and it was fused with the notion...
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    Robert Charroux Trésors du monde in 1962, that caught the attention of Pierre Plantard, who, through motives which remain unclear, used and adapted Corbu's...
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  • at the instigation of Pierre Plantard as part of an elaborate hoax to promote a society known as the Priory of Sion, and Plantard claimed to be descended...
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    False Margaret (c. 1260–1301), who impersonated the Maid of Norway Pierre Plantard (1920–2000), the mastermind behind the Priory of Sion hoax who claimed...
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    all resistance. The event has been used in the history proposed by Pierre Plantard and other pseudo-historical theories. In this context, the Cutting...
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    Jesus, inspired by the "Priory of Sion" story developed by Pierre Plantard in the 1960s. Plantard playfully sold the story as non-fiction, giving rise to...
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  • Merovingian dynasty on the throne of Francia. Actually created by Pierre Plantard in the 1960s. It was an important influence on the 1982 pseudohistorical...
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  • The role of the Priory was inspired by earlier writings primarily by Pierre Plantard, who in the 1960s and 1970s had publicized documents from the secretive...
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    following the death of Jesus, from whom the then-living French draughtsman Pierre Plantard claimed descent. Interest in this hoax saw a resurgence following the...
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    Saunière during the late 19th century. This was later utilised by Pierre Plantard in his development of the Priory of Sion mythology. Jackson 1999, p...
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  • lung cancer. Yuriy Lituyev, 74, Soviet athlete and Olympic medalist. Pierre Plantard, 79, French draughtsman and impostor. Alla Rakha, 80, Indian tabla...
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    Sandri, the protégé of Pierre Plantard, Rigamonti is the leader of the latest incarnation of the known hoax created by Plantard in the 1950s. He is also...
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    company based in Paris, France. Michel Saloff Coste Jean-Pierre Willem Michel Gauquelin Pierre Plantard Wikimedia Commons has media related to Guy Trédaniel...
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    through articles in the press, eventually catching the attention of Pierre Plantard and inspiring the 1967 book L'Or de Rennes by Gérard de Sède. Since...
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  • L'Or de Rennes in 1967 by Gérard de Sède, that was co-authored with Pierre Plantard, where it was claimed that Hoffet received in Paris the parchments...
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  • L'Ermite", that for "stylistic reasons suggest that this was written by Pierre Plantard and/or Philippe de Chérisey". Philippe de Chérisey confessed to having...
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    Esperanza de Sarachaga — sister of Alexis de Sarachaga Priory of Sion — Pierre Plantard's fraternity Sédir — founder of Les Amitiés Spirituelles Paul Vulliaud...
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  • – Henri René Guieu, science fiction writer (b. 1926) 3 February – Pierre Plantard, draughtsman, principal perpetrator of the Priory of Sion hoax (b....
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