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Plantard, Pierre, 1920-2000

 Person

Biography

Pierre Plantard de Saint-Clair was a French draughtsman, best known for being the principal perpetrator of the alleged hoax Priory of Sion, by which he claimed from the 1960s onwards that he was a direct and legitimate male line Merovingian descendant of Dagobert II and the "Great Monarch" prophesied by Nostradamus.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Goblet of the Grandmaster of the The Prieuré de Sion, Undated

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-020
Content Description

A carved horn cup ascribed to having belonged to Pierre Plantard and the Priory of Sion.

Dates: Undated