Jandeures

Title

Jandeures

Also Known As

Gendore, Gendoria, Jaindoria, Jandoria, Jean d'Heurs, Jeanderes, Jeandeures, Jeandheurs, Jeandoires, Jeandures, Jeanduria, Jeand’Heures, Jendoria

Dates

Founded 1126; Premonstratensian from 1140; dissolved 1790

Dedication

Mary

Affiliation

Riéval

Medieval Diocese

Toul

Circary

Lorraine

History

Originally a priory of canons frounded in 1126 by Thierry, castellan of Bar, in 1140 the religious community at Jandeures was ceded to the Premonstratensian abbey of Riéval. It was initially a double house, with the sisters later moving to Plainemont. The abbey church was rebuilt following a fire in 1405, and the rest of the monastic complex in the first half of the 16th century.

Jandeures became a commendatory abbey in 1744, and was suppressed in 1790. A fire in 1777 destroyed much of the abbey's library. In the 19th century, the site was turned into a private residence. Parts of the medieval monastic complex were incorporated into the château.

Heads of Community

Abbots

Thibaud, fl. 1143
Herbert, fl. 1154
Pierre, fl. 1163
Beda, 1164-1169
Rainauld, fl. 1170
Fridericus, 1174-1187
Ponsard, 1189-1190
Albert, fl. 1191
Pierre II, fl. 1200
Gerard, 1213-1218
Alard, 1229-1237
Laurentius, 1239-1245
Nicolas, fl. 1266
Dreux, 1266-1271
Gerard II, 1283-1320
Jean I de Saudrupt, 1320-1327
Jean II de Bar, 1333-1344
Jean III de La Mothe, 1374-1383
Jean IV de Mognéville, 1383-?
Gerard III de la Mothe, 1400-1420
Guillaume de Trémont, 1433-1435
Desiderius de Rosnes, 1439-1463
Franciscus I Martin, 1479-1486
Franciscus II de Contrisson, 1486-1503
Andreas de Contrisson, 1503-1532
Henri la Londre, 1532-1540
Jacques Havot, 1540-1550

Status

Abbey

Archival Sources

Bar-le-Duc, Archives départementales de la Meuse

27 H 1

27 H 2

27 H 3. (18th c.; cartulary)

Bar-le-Duc, Bibliothèque municipale

MS 90

Nancy, Archives départementales de Meurthe-et-Moselle

B 436: fol. 2 bis (1220/21); fol. 2 bis (1229); fol. 3 (1381); fol. 4 (1553); fol. 4 (1534; vidimus); fol. 4 (1420; vidimus); fol. 6 (1392; vidimus); fol. 6 (1213/14)

B 476, no. 44 (1170)

B 479. (12th-14th c.; cartulary)

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France

Coll. Lorraine 285, fol. 3 (12th-18th c)

Coll. Lorraine 348, fol. 12 (1270)

MS. nouv. acq. fr. 7425, fols. 154-189 (Cartulary extracts)

Bibliography

Arnod, Michel, and Jean Luc Demandre. L’Abbaye Notre Dame de Jandeures (Jeand’heurs). Bar-le-Duc: Syndicat d’initiative, 1977.

Labourasse, Henri-Adolphe. Jandeures, abbaye et domaine. Bar-le-Duc: Impr. de Contant-Laguerre, 1899.

———. “Notice sur l’abbaye et le domaine de Jandeures.” Mémoires de la Société des lettres, sciences et arts de Bar-le-Duc, Third Series, 8 (1899): 1–224. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k335193/f50.item.

Image Credit

The Château de Jean d'Heurs, 2011. Wikimedia.

Files

Collection

Lorraine

Citation

“Jandeures,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/270.

Geolocation

Item Relations

Item: Plainemont DependentOn This Item