Nostradamus C2 Q82: A member of Beaufort family falls foul of Asian lenders.
Copyright: Allan Webber, December 2015

In this verse Nostradamus tells part of the story of the French royal line that he saw as most important to his prophecies of the future.

It is the story of the Bourbons and the Beauforts whose fortunes became eternal via the relationship of Henry IV, the founder of the Bourbon royal line, and his mistress Gabrielle d'Estrees, Duchess of Beaufort who would bear him two children.

Their descendants would legitimate the line through marriages into the Royal family and into the house of Guise, their long-time enemies.

There are three anagrams for Beaufort in the Prophecies and they are found in C2 Q58, C3 Q1 and C5 Q42. The second of these verses is linked to the current verse by the anagram for Englanders but Beaufort was an alias for the king's mistress and in the second line of the current verse there are adjacent anagrams for d'Estrees aliases.

The other anagrams build detail of a member of the family born in England that plays a significant role in future events.

# Demeter: Greek goddess of the harvest who presided over the grain and fertility of the earth. She was also seen as bringer of the Law and the one who presided over Life and Death.

# d'Estrees: In the late 16th century Gabrielle d'Estrees, Duchess of Beaufort was the lover of the Bourbon king, Henry IV of France. She had two children by Henry IV and through their son their lineage continues into the royal families of modern Europe.