About Marie de Bretagne
Marie of Brittany, was the Abbess of Fontevraud Abbey in Southern France from 1457 to 1477. She was the first child of Richard Count of Étamps and Margaret Countess of Vertus. During her time as Abbess, Marie instituted considerable reforms to Fontevraud Abbey under the commission of Pope Sixtus IV.
- Occupation
- nun
- Position held
- abbess
- Born
- 1424
- Died
- October 19, 1477
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