Rex Deus

The families that claim descent from the House of David, keeping their genealogy like a weapon.

Rex Deus: the claim that families descended from Jesus and Second Temple priestly lines survive in European nobility, guarding their bloodline through the Templars and Grail lore — the thesis laundered from 'Holy Blood, Holy Grail' (1982) through 'The Da Vinci Code.' Documented: the 20th-century paper trail is a confessed fabrication — Pierre Plantard's Priory of Sion documents were planted in the Bibliothèque nationale and exposed (associate Philippe de Chérisey admitted forging the parchments). The bloodline endures in lore precisely because genealogy that old is unfalsifiable.