Longwé
Title
Longwé
Also Known As
La Mer, La Mers, Longevez, Longivadum, Longuay, Longueay, Longuery, Longum Vadum, Longuué, Longué, Longwez, Longwé-l'Abbaye, Mare, Mares, Nostre Dame de Lamer, Stae. Mariae de Mari
Dates
Founded ca. 1150; dissolved 1790
Dedication
Mary; Mary Magdalene
Affiliation
Medieval Diocese
Circary
History
The abbey of Longwé was founded ca. 1150 by Withier, count of Rethel. Its first brothers came from Clairfontaine. It was originally located at a site called Mare or Lametz, and moved to Longwé in the first half of the 13th century. Thanks to frequent bouts of destruction in warfare, much of the community's medieval archives were lost and it was never a large or prosperous house.
Longwé became a commendatory abbey ca. 1610. It was suppressed in 1790, and its abbey church was soon demolished.
Longwé became a commendatory abbey ca. 1610. It was suppressed in 1790, and its abbey church was soon demolished.
Heads of Community
Abbots
Eudes, bef. 1170
Tescelinus, 1176-1180
Henricus, fl. 1200
M.?, fl. 1201?
Jean, 1218-1228
Pierre, 1235-1244
Druardus, fl. 1261
Everardus, fl. 1262?
Jean II de Sauville, 1317-1323
Pierre II, fl. 1325
Hubert, fl. 1330
Guillaume, fl. 1346
Jean III du Chesne, ?-1393
Pierre III du Soissons, 1393-1392
Antoine Charlier, fl. 1504
Eudes, bef. 1170
Tescelinus, 1176-1180
Henricus, fl. 1200
M.?, fl. 1201?
Jean, 1218-1228
Pierre, 1235-1244
Druardus, fl. 1261
Everardus, fl. 1262?
Jean II de Sauville, 1317-1323
Pierre II, fl. 1325
Hubert, fl. 1330
Guillaume, fl. 1346
Jean III du Chesne, ?-1393
Pierre III du Soissons, 1393-1392
Antoine Charlier, fl. 1504
Status
Abbey
Archival Sources
Charleville-Mézières, Archives départementales des Ardennes
13J 63 (1930; notes)
H 134 - H 139 (16th-18th c.)
Nancy, Bibliothèque Stanislas
MS 1757 (992, vol. 10), 259-266
13J 63 (1930; notes)
H 134 - H 139 (16th-18th c.)
Nancy, Bibliothèque Stanislas
MS 1757 (992, vol. 10), 259-266
Reference
Bibliography
Colas, A. La Paroisse de Longwé-l’Abbaye. Reims: Impr. Hirt et Cie, 1928.
———. L’abbaye de Mares. Reims: Impr. Hirt, 1924.
———. “L’abbaye ‘des Mares.’” La Riposte des Ardennes, April 30, 1914.
———. “L’abbaye ‘des Mares.’” La Riposte des Ardennes, May 14, 1914.
Gerson, Gabriel. “Longwé-l’Abbaye.” Le Curieux Vouzinois, March 2008.
Haizeaux, R.C. Notice sur l’abbaye de Longwé, canton du Chesne. Guincourt: s.n., 1896.
Laurent, Paul. “Une identification nouvelle de l’abbaye et de la ville neuve de ‘Mari.’” Revue historique ardennaise 21 (1914): 5–31. https://books.google.com/books?id=_0BNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA5.
Marchal, Jean. “L’abbaye Sainte-Marie Madeleine de Longwé.” L’Ardenne Hebdomadaire, March 27, 1958.
Marchand, Jean. “Lametz ou les Mares ? A propos de l’ancienne abbaye de Prémontrés Catégorie.” Revue Historique Ardennaise, 1971.
Robert, J. “L’abbaye de Lametz.” Nouvelle Revue de Champagne et de Brie 5 (1927): 257–64.
Vincent, H. “Les chartes des Mares et de Lametz.” Revue historique ardennaise 5 (1898): 160–77. https://archive.org/details/revuehistorique02laurgoog/page/n190/mode/2up.
Image Credit
The farm of Longwé, on the site of the former abbey, 2015. Wikimedia.
Files
Collection
Citation
“Longwé,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/411.
Geolocation
Item Relations
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