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title: Fontevraud Abbey, France
author: Jean-Etienne Minh-Duy Poirrier
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11540/fontevraud-abbey-france/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Fontevraud Abbey, France
_Authored by Jean-Etienne Minh-Duy Poirrier_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/11540.jpg)
## Image Caption
A panoramic view of Fontevraud Abbey near Chinon, France. The abbey was founded in 1101 CE by Robert of Arbrissel (c. 1045 – 1116 CE). The abbey was the [burial](https://www.worldhistory.org/burial/) place of several English monarchs, including King [Henry II of England](https://www.worldhistory.org/Henry_II_of_England/) (r. 1154 - 1189 CE), his wife Eleanor of Aquitane (r. 1137 - 1204 CE), their son King [Richard I of England](https://www.worldhistory.org/Richard_I_of_England/) (r. 1189 - 1199 CE), and and Isabella of Angoulême (1165 - 1199 CE). Joan of [England](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/england/), queen-consort of [Sicily](https://www.worldhistory.org/sicily/) from 1177 -1189 CE and countess of Touluse from 1196 until her [death](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Death/) in 1199 CE, and her son Raymond VII of Toulouse (r. 1222 - 1249 CE) were also buried in Fontevraud Abbey. Image has been cropped slightly.
## Cite This Work
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Poirrier, J. M. (2019, November 30). Fontevraud Abbey, France. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
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### MLA
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## License & Copyright
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