List of Abbots of Clairvaux
The following people were Abbots of Clairvaux ( France ):
- 1115–1153: Bernhard I.
- 1153–1157: Robert I of Bruges (previously Abbot of Dunes)
- 1157-around 1161: Fastredus (previously Abbot of Cambron)
- 1162–1165: Gottfried von Auxerre (previously Secretary to Bernards, Abbot of Igny, then Abbot of Fossanova and Hautecombe )
- 1165–1170: Pontius (previously abbot of Granselve, then bishop of Clermont)
- 1170–1177: Gerhard I (previously abbot of Fossanova)
- 1177–1179: Heinrich von Marcy (afterwards Cardinal Bishop of Albano)
- 1179–1186: Petrus Monoculus (previously Abbot of Igny)
- 1186–1193: Garnier de Rochefort (previously abbot of Auberive, then bishop of Langres)
- 1193–1196: Guy (previously abbot of Ourscamp)
- around 1214–1216: Konrad von Urach (previously abbot of Villiers, then abbot of Cîteaux and cardinal bishop of Porto)
- 1217–1221: Wilhelm I (previously abbot of Montiers-en-Argonne)
- 1221–1223: Robert II (then abbot of Maison-Dieu (or Nerlac))
- 1223–1224: Laurent (previously abbot of Ursariae)
- 1224–1232: Raoul de Pinis or de Peyrinis or de la Roche-Aymon (previously Abbot of Igny, then Bishop of Agen and Archbishop of Lyon)
- 1233–1235: Dreux (previously abbot of Ourscamp)
- 1235–1238: Evrard (previously Abbot of Larrivour)
- 1238–1239: Wilhelm II (previously abbot of Villiers)
- 1242–1255: Stephen of Lexinton (previously Abbot of Savigny), founder of the Collège Saint-Bernard in Paris
- 1257–1260 or 1261: John I (previously abbot of Igny, then abbot of Grâce-Dieu and titular archbishop of Mitylène)
- 1262–1273: Philip I (also abbot of Foucarmond)
- 1273–1280: Beuve or Bovon (previously abbot of Trois-Fontaines)
- 1280–1284: Thibaud de Saxey (previously abbot of Maison-Dieu or Nerlac, then abbot of Cîteaux )
- 1284–1285: Gerard II (previously Abbot of Igny)
- 1286–1291: John II (previously abbot of Maison-Dieu or Nerlac)
- 1291-1312: John III. (afterwards Abbot of Barbeau)
- 1312: Guillaume III. (previously abbot of Balerne and Cherlieu)
- 1313–1316: Konrad II. (Previously abbot of Hautecombe)
- 1316-1330: Mathieu I de Aumella
- 1330-1345: Jean IV d'Aizanville
- 1345-1358: Bernard II. De Laon
- 1358–1359: Jean V. de Buxières ( cardinal )
- 1360-1380: Jean VI. de Dullemonte
- 1380–1402: Etienne II. De Foissy or de Foigny (previously abbot of Pruilly)
- 1402–1405: Jean VII. De Martigny (previously abbot of Morimond, then abbot of Cîteaux)
- 1405–1428: Mathieu II. Pillard or Pillaerdt (previously abbot of Beaupré in Lorraine and of Mortemer)
- 1428–1448: Guillaume IV. De Edua (previously abbot of Mortemer)
- 1449–1471: Philippe II. De Fontaines (previously abbot of Maisières)
- 1471–1496: Pierre II. De Virey (previously abbot of Cherlieu)
- 1496–1509: Jean VIII. Foucault or de Chalon (previously abbot of Rigny or d'Igny and of Fontenay)
- 1509–1552: Edme or Edmond de Saulieu or Edmond Gaucher
- 1552–1571: Jérôme Souchier (also abbot of Cîteaux, participant in the Council of Trento and cardinal)
- 1571–1596: Lupine Le Mire
- 1596-1624: Denis Largentier
- 1624-1653: Claude Largentier
- 1654–1676: Pierre III. Henry (also prior of the monasteries of Larrivour, Boulancourt and Clairvaux)
- 1676–1718: Pierre IV. Bouchu (previously abbot of la Ferté)
- 1718-1740: Robert III. Gassot du Deffand
- 1740–1761: Pierre V. Mayeur (previously Prior of Buzey)
- 1761–1792: François Le Blois
Titular abbot
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- 1945–1950: Matthäus Quatember
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