Summary Page:  Former House

Name: Lieu-Dieu-en-Jard, B.M.V.

Circary at the Time: Normannia Borealis

Years of Activity: <1180-1733

Gallery:  Click Here

Map:  Click Here (Source:  © MapQuest  http://www.mapquest.com)

URL:  http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbaye_royale_Notre-Dame_de_Lieu-Dieu

Monasticon Praemonstratense (III, 23)

Approximate modern location: County of Jard, Cant. Talmont, Dep. de la Vendée, France.

Elm-Number [See below]: 213*

Other Comments: This abbey was founded by a donation from Richard the Lion Heart.


* This listing (and the numbers, with a few adjustments after 1995) is based on the map contained in Kaspar Elm's Norbert von Xanten: Adliger, Ordensstifter, Kirchenfürst, Wienand Verlag, Köln, 1984, page 328-329.