Maubuisson Abbey
Maubuisson Abbey (French: Abbaye de Maubuisson) was a Cistercian nunnery at Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône, now in the Val-d'Oise department of France, on the north-western outskirts of Paris. It was suppressed at the time of the French Revolution.
History
The abbey was founded in 1241 by Blanche of Castile. At the end of her life, she retired to it and died there in 1252.[1] The abbey thrived financially under royal patronage until the Hundred Years War.
In the fifteenth century the nuns twice supported rival abbesses.
Under Abbess Antoinette de Dinteville (1482–1524) the abbey enjoyed new prosperity, but this was destroyed during the French Wars of Religion, during which the abbey was looted twice by Huguenots.
After a century of decline the abbey was suppressed during the French Revolution in 1793.
Burials
The following women have tombs here.
- Blanche of Castile (d. 1252)[2]
- Catherine of Courtenay (d.1307)[2]
- Bonne of Bohemia (d.1349)[2]
- Gabrielle d'Estrées (d. 1599)
Notes
References
- Klaniczay, Gábor. (2002). Holy rulers and blessed princesses: dynastic cults in medieval central Europe. Cambridge University Press.
Coordinates: 49°02′46″N 2°07′00″E / 49.04611°N 2.11667°E