Maubeuge Abbey
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Mauberge Abbey was a women's religious house at Maubeuge
, in what is now northern France, close to the present border with Belgium
. It is best known today as the abbey built by Saint Aldegonde, and the educational institution for the young Jan Gossaert, a renaissance painter known as Mabuse after the abbey.
, that is, a community of both men and women, this abbey was founded in 661 by the young Aldegonde, who was abbess there until her death in 684, and was also buried there. She was succeeded as abbess by her two nieces, first Aldetrudis and then Madelberte. The abbey soon became a Benedictine nunnery, which was later turned into a community of canonesses.
Saint Amalberga of Maubeuge
became a member of the community later in the eighth century.
Maubeuge was made a royal abbey in 864, under the Treaty of Meersen, which divided Lotharingia
. In the eleventh century the abbess was a powerful local figure.
The abbey was dissolved during the French Revolution
in 1791.
Maubeuge
Maubeuge is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.It is situated on both banks of the Sambre , east of Valenciennes and about from the Belgian border.-History:...
, in what is now northern France, close to the present border with Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
. It is best known today as the abbey built by Saint Aldegonde, and the educational institution for the young Jan Gossaert, a renaissance painter known as Mabuse after the abbey.
History
Initially founded as a double monasteryDouble monastery
A double monastery is an institution combining a separate monastery for monks and an abbey for nuns. Examples include Coldingham Monastery in Scotland, and Einsiedeln Abbey and Fahr Abbey in Switzerland, controlled by the abbot of Einsiedeln...
, that is, a community of both men and women, this abbey was founded in 661 by the young Aldegonde, who was abbess there until her death in 684, and was also buried there. She was succeeded as abbess by her two nieces, first Aldetrudis and then Madelberte. The abbey soon became a Benedictine nunnery, which was later turned into a community of canonesses.
Saint Amalberga of Maubeuge
Amalberga of Maubeuge
Saint Amalberga of Maubeuge was a Lotharingian saint who lived in the 7th century. She is said to have been the sister or niece of Pippin of Landen. She married Count Witger, Duke of Lotharingia and Count of Brabant. She was the mother of Saint Emebert, Saint Reineldis, Saint Pharaildis and Saint...
became a member of the community later in the eighth century.
Maubeuge was made a royal abbey in 864, under the Treaty of Meersen, which divided Lotharingia
Lotharingia
Lotharingia was a region in northwest Europe, comprising the Low Countries, the western Rhineland, the lands today on the border between France and Germany, and what is now western Switzerland. It was born of the tripartite division in 855, of the kingdom of Middle Francia, itself formed of the...
. In the eleventh century the abbess was a powerful local figure.
The abbey was dissolved during the French Revolution
French Revolution
The French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...
in 1791.
Abbesses
- Aldegonde (661 - 684 †)
- Aldetrude (684 - nk)
- Madelberte (nk - 705 † )
- Théotrade (nk - 935 †)
- Ansoalde (1012)
- Guiscende (1106)
- Fredescente (1106)
- Chrestienne (1138)
- Frehesecende (1149)
- Liduide (1171, during a vacancy)
- Chrestienne or Christine (1173)
- Ermengarde (1175)
- Emme (1177–1202)
- Eusile (1213)
- Eusile (1235–1245)
- Marguerite de Fontaine (1247–1278)
- Elizabeth (1278–1292)
- Béatrix de Faukemont (1292–1339)
- Marie de Faukemont (1351–1371)
- Gertrude de Trazegnies (1381–1429)
- Marguerite de Gavre, called d'Hérimez (1429 - 1443 †)
- Péronne de Landas (1444–1467)
- Iolende de Gavre (1468–1482)
- Antoinette de Hénin-Liénard, called de Fontaine (1483)
- Michelle de Gavre (1507–1547)
- Françoise de Nouvelle (1548 - 1557 †)
- Marguerite de Hinckart (1558 - 1578 †)
- Antoinette de Sainzelle (1581–1596)
- Christine de Bernaige (1599–1624)
- Bonne de Haynin (1625–1643)
- Marie de Noyelles (1644 - 1654 †)
- Marguerite d’Oignies (1655)
- Ferdinande de Bernaige (1660–1669)
- Anne-Chrétienne de Beaufort (1672–1698)
- Claire-Hyacinthe de Noyelles (1699–1719)
- Izabelle-Philippine de Hornes (1719–1741)
- Marie Thérèse Charlotte de Croï (1741–1774)
- Adrienne-Florence de Lannoy (1775–1791)
Sources
- Moreira, Isabel (2000), Dreams, Visions, and Spiritual Authority in Merovingian Gaul, Appendix B, The Earliest Vitae of Aldegund of Maubeuge