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Anne d'Orléans (1464 – 1491 in Poitiers) was a French abbess. She was the youngest child of Charles, Duke of Orléans, and Maria of Cleves. Her only brother became King Louis XII of France in 1498. Life. Anne became abbess of Fontevraud in 1477. This was an abbey in which both monks and nuns lived, but which was always ruled by an ...
In 1189, Fontevraud became a royal necropolis, housing the tombs of Henry 2nd, Eleanor of Aquitaine and Richard the Lionheart. Over seven centuries, 36 abbesses, often drawn from high nobility, and sometimes even of royal blood, succeeded one another in running the Abbey.
The 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, in the former French Duchy of Anjou. It was founded in 1101 by the itinerant preacher Robert of Arbrissel .
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24 de abr. de 2020 · Anne d’Orléans (1464-1491) fut la vingt-sixième abbesse de l'abbaye de Fontevraud. Biographie Né en 1464, elle est la fille de Charles I er , duc d’Orléans, et de Marie de Clèves et la sœur de Louis XII 1 .
Anne of Orléans, Abbess of Fontevraud. C. Petronille de Chemillé. Eleanor of Brittany (abbess) Matilda of Anjou. R. Gabrielle de Rochechouart de Mortemart (nun) Categories: French Roman Catholic abbesses. Fontevraud Abbey. Order of Fontevraud. Christian abbesses by abbey.
The Abbess of Fontevrault was supreme over all the religious of the order, and the heads of the dependent houses were prioresses. Each Brigittine house was independent and was ruled by an abbess who was supreme in all temporalities, but in matters spiritual was forbidden to interfere with the priests, who were under the confessor general.
22 de fev. de 2024 · Why visit Fontevraud Abbey? The Abbey of Fontevraud is a monument not to be missed in the Loire Valley for several reasons: History, The Royal Abbey of Fontevraud is one of the largest monastic cities in Europe inherited from the Middle Ages.
