Valroy Monastery
| Valroy Cistercian Abbey | |
|---|---|
| location |
France region Grand Est Ardennes department |
| Coordinates: | 49 ° 34 ′ 40 " N , 4 ° 5 ′ 6" E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
300 |
| founding year | 1147 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1791 |
| Mother monastery | Igny Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
|
Daughter monasteries |
no |
The Valroy Monastery (Val-le-Roi; Vallis Regis) is a former Cistercian abbey in the commune of Saint-Quentin-le-Petit in the Ardennes department , Grand Est region , in France . It was about 26 km northwest of Rethel and 41 km north of Reims near today's La Bouverie in the valley of the Barres stream between Saint-Quentin-le-Petit and Sévigny.
history
The monastery was founded in 1147 by Hugues I de Roucy and his wife Richildis von Hohenstaufen, a daughter of Emperor Frederick I , and occupied by monks from Igny Monastery . It thus belonged to the filiation of the Clairvaux Primary Abbey . It owned several agricultural properties in the area, including La Grange-aux-Bois in Sévigny, Montigny in Nizy, La Croix in Le Thour, Écoret in Chivres, Les Mortiers in Wagnon and Herbay in Signy-le-Petit. The monastery flourished until the 16th century in Coming fell. The number of monks then fell to nine in 1768. During the French Revolution , the monastery was closed, sold and then demolished. The location and floor plan of the monastery were only discovered again after the First World War .
Buildings and plant
Some spoils have been preserved in La Bouverie .
literature
- Bernard Peugniez: Routier cistercien. Abbayes et sites. France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse. Nouvelle édition augmentée. Éditions Gaud, Moisenay 2001, ISBN 2-84080-044-6 , p. 119.