Château-l'Abbaye
Title
Château-l'Abbaye
Also Known As
Abbatia S. Martini de Castello juxta Mauritaniam, Castellum, Castellum Abbatiale, Castellum Dei, Castellum Dei. Castellum abbatiale, Castellum Mauritanie, Castellum Mauritiniae, Castellum Mortanie, Castellum Sti. Martini, Chateau-l'Abbaye, Chateau-Mortagne, Châteaudieu, Mortagne, Mortuorum Stagnum, St Martin du Château-lès-Mortagne, St Martin du Château-près-Mortagne, Sti. Martini de Castello
Dates
Founded 1141; dissolved 1791
Dedication
Martin
Affiliation
Medieval Diocese
Circary
History
Originally an Augustinian community, in 1155 Château-l'Abbaye became a Premonstratensian community, with support from Evrard Raoul, castellan of Tournai. Its founding members coming from Vicoigne.
It was never a large community, and was abandoned between the late 14th and mid-15th centuries. Its cloister was rebuilt in the first half of the 16th century. The community was dissolved at the Revolution. Nothing remains of the former monastic complex.
It was never a large community, and was abandoned between the late 14th and mid-15th centuries. Its cloister was rebuilt in the first half of the 16th century. The community was dissolved at the Revolution. Nothing remains of the former monastic complex.
Heads of Community
Abbots
Raoul, 1155-?
Adam, fl. 1162
Raoul II, fl. 1173
Robert, fl. ca. 1180
Heribert, 1183-1190, 1197-1199
Raoul III, 1191-1197
Raynard, 1199-1205
Guérin, 1208-1215
Eudes, fl. 1221
Everard, 1229-1236
Baudouin, fl. 1240?
Robert II, 1240-1248
Etienne, 1250-1272
Jean, fl. 1290
Pierre, 1298-1299
Nicolas de Montigny, fl. 1308
Michel, 1311-1317
Jacques, fl. 1332
Gautier de Templemars, 1354-1355
Jacques II le Musit, 1355-1356
Gautier, fl. 1380
Jacques III Cornut, fl. 1401
Gerard Foucquart, ?-1410
Jean II Hanouze, 1417-ca. 1430
Goswin Corbizon, ca. 1430-1445
Gerard II Caron, 1445-?
Jean III Gourdin, 1473-1500
Jean IV Auffroit, 1500-1509
Judocus Pasquier, 1520/22-1558
Status
Abbey
Archival Sources
Lille, Archives départementales du Nord
58 H 1 - 58 H 438 (Finding Aid)
Nancy, Bibliothèque Stanislas
MS 1752 (992, vol. 5), fols. 166r-181r.
58 H 1 - 58 H 438 (Finding Aid)
Nancy, Bibliothèque Stanislas
MS 1752 (992, vol. 5), fols. 166r-181r.
Reference
Bibliography
Bénézech de Saint-Honoré, Joseph Marie Georges. “Notice abrégée sur les archives de l’ancienne abbaye de Château, près de Mortagne (Nord) (analyse de charles , 1155-1299).” Bulletin de la Commission historique du département du Nord 3 (1847): 61–69. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5516109d/f63.item.
Bocquillet, Auguste. “Les origines de Château-l’Abbaye.” Revue tournaisienne 4, no. 10 (October 1908): 157–63. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951002795655s?urlappend=%3Bseq=423.
Desreumaux, Roger. “Le monastère de Château-l’Abbaye, des origines à 1314.” Bulletin de la Commission Historique du Département du Nord 39 (1974): 27–52.
Gennevoise, Joseph. “L’abbaye Saint-Martin-du-Château de l’ordre des Prémontrés.” Bulletin de la Société d’Études de la Province de Cambrai 38 (1938): 57–132. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k97538225/f63.item.
Le Glay, André Joseph Ghislain. Mémoire sur les archives du monastère de Château-l’Abbaye. Valenciennes: E. Prignet, 1858. https://www.google.com/books/edition/M%C3%A9moire_sur_les_archives_du_monast%C3%A8re/FwuhgMlFKQUC.
Polle, André. Répertoire des personnes citées dans les archives conservées aux Archives Départementales du Nord (58H) concernant l’Abbaye des Prémontrés Saint Martin du Château dite: Abbaye de Château. 1400 - 1650. Publication AGFH 397. Valenciennes: Association Généalogique Flandre Hainaut, 2008.
Image Credit
"Chateau et Abbaye" as shown on the Cassini Map, 18th century.
Last Updated
Oct. 2026.
Files
Collection
Citation
“Château-l'Abbaye,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/262.
Geolocation
Item Relations
| This Item | DependentOn | Item: Vicoigne |