Flabémont

Title

Flabémont

Also Known As

Flabonis Mons

Dates

Founded 1132; dissolved 1790

Dedication

Mary of the Assumption

Affiliation

Belval

Medieval Diocese

Toul

Circary

Lorraine

History

Flabémont was founded in the late 1130s by Guy d'Aigremont, with the consent of Hugues I, lord of Vaudémont. The first brothers came from Belval. It became a commendatory abbey in the early 16th century, and was sacked during the Thirty Years' War. The abbey was suppressed in 1790. Part of the former abbatial complex survives today, in private hands.

Heads of Community

Abbots

Étienne, 1140-1180
Hugues, 1183-1201
Gauthier, 1204-bef. 1211
Aubert, 1214-1219
Conon, fl. 1224
G., fl. 1232
Nicolas, fl. 1238
Hugues II (or Huon), 1249-1253
Jean I, 1255-1256
Hugues III, 1259-bef. 1262
Nicole, 1272-1273
Aubri, fl. 1276
Jean II, fl. 1289-1293
Gérard de Serocourt, 1303-1324
Richard de Maleraut, 1330-1342
Jean de Chatenoy, 1345-1346
Richard, 1346-1356
Hugue de Fouchécourt, 1374-1383
Joffroi de la Marche, 1388-1399
Simon de Marseroy (or de Mazirot), 1409-1435
Jean de Marey, 1435-1450
Didier de Grand, 1450-1468
Jean de Serocourt, 1468-?
Jean Baretti, 1473-1478
Antoine Miquel de Monthureux-sur-Saône, 1479-1527
Jean Pasel (or Paltetz), 1527-1554
Anne de Châtelet, 1554-1590
Nicolas Roussel, 1590-1596
René du Châtelet, 1596-1598

Status

Abbey

Archival Sources

Épinal, Archives départementales des Vosges

18 H 1-18 H 28

Douai, Bibliothèque Marceline Desbordes-Valmore

MS 63, fol. 167v-169v.

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale

Médailles et Antiques, MATR-056 (13th c.; seal)

Bibliography

Cossin, E. “Le huitième centenaire de l’abbaye de Flabémont.” Bulletin Paroissial Vosgien, March 1940.

Image Credit

Former abbey of Flabémont, 2015. Wikimedia.

Files

Collection

Lorraine

Citation

“Flabémont,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/272.

Geolocation

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