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Royal Abbey of Our Lady of
Fontevraud or
Fontevrault (in French:
abbaye de
Fontevraud) was a
monastery in the
village of
Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, near Chinon,...
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Fontevraud-l'Abbaye (French pronunciation: [fɔ̃təvʁo labei] ) is a
commune in the
western French department of Maine-et-Loire. It is
situated both in the...
- Duke of
Bourbon and
later John III,
Count of
Auvergne Renée,
Abbess of
Fontevraud François,
Count of Vendôme (1470–1495) Louis,
Prince of La Roche-sur-Yon...
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brother became King
Louis XII of
France in 1498. Anne
became abbess of
Fontevraud in 1477. This was an
abbey in
which both
monks and nuns lived, but which...
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attempting to
poison the king. To
avoid arrest, she
sought refuge in
Fontevraud Abbey,
where she died two
years later, but none of this can be confirmed...
- The
Fontevraud Gradual (often
known as the
Gradual of
Eleanor of Brittany) is an
antiphonary or
gradual of the mid-13th century,
owned by
Eleanor of Brittany...
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Sophie and Thérèse (who died at
Fontevraud at the age of eight) and Louise, were sent to be
raised at the
Abbaye de
Fontevraud,
because the cost of raising...
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Arbrissel (c. 1045 – 1116) was an
itinerant preacher, and
founder of
Fontevraud Abbey. He was born at
Arbrissel (near Retiers, Brittany) and died at Orsan...
- Gabrielle,
whose vows were only four
years old, the
abbess of the
wealthy Fontevraud Abbey.
Gabrielle was
appointed abbess in 1670 and it is said[weasel words]...
- she was
barely two
years old, Thérése was
taken to the
Royal Abbey of
Fontevraud in the
Anjou province of France. This was done
because Cardinal Fleury...
