Historical place archive

Fontevrault Abbey in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Fontevrault Abbey in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

3 records3 event labels1 people1199–1199

Historical events in Fontevrault Abbey

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Exile of Joan of England
Joan of England · House of Plantagenet

Joan asked to be admitted to Fontevrault Abbey, an unusual request for a married, pregnant woman, but this request is granted

September 1199
Burial
Joan of England · House of Plantagenet

Buried at Fontevrault Abbey, 50 yrs later her son Raymond VII will be buried next to her

4 September 1199
Death of Joan of England
Joan of England · House of Plantagenet

Death of Joan of England, dies in childbirth & is veiled a nun on her deathbed

Provenance

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