Anne Charlotte de Lorraine-Brionne (1755-1786), was a French aristocrat, she was Princess Abbess of the Imperial Remiremont Abbey in France in 1782-1786. [1]
Born into the House of Guise, cadet branch of the powerful House of Lorraine, she was the second daughter and third child of Louis de Lorraine, Prince of Lambesc, Count of Brionne and his third wife, Princess Louise Julie Constance of Rohan-Rochefort (1734-1815).
She was elected Coadjutrice in 1775 and succeeded as Princess-Abbess of Remiremont in 1782. She visited the abbey for the first time in 1784 and rarely after that. [2]
Remiremont is a town and commune in the Vosges department, northeastern France, situated in southern Grand Est. The town has been an abbatial centre since the 7th century, is an economic crossroads of the Moselle and Moselotte valleys, and is also a stepping stone for tourists wishing to explore the Vosges and neighbouring Alsace. Remiremont is also known as La Belle des Vosges.
Remiremont Abbey was an abbey that was founded as a house of nuns near Remiremont, Vosges, France. It later became a community of secular canonesses.
Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine was Queen of Sardinia as the wife of Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia. She was born a Princess of Lorraine as the daughter of Leopold, Duke of Lorraine and Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans. She became the coadjutor bishop of Remiremont Abbey in 1734, before her marriage to Charles Emmanuel III. She died from puerperal fever, after childbirth.
Claude of Lorraine was the Duchess of Lorraine by marriage.
Louise Adélaïde de Bourbon was a French nun. She was the last Remiremont abbess and founded at the beginning of the Bourbon Restoration a religious community that became famous among French Catholics under the name of Bénédictines de la rue Monsieur. She constructed the Hôtel de Mademoiselle de Condé, named after her.
Anne Charlotte of Lorraine was the Abbess of Remiremont and Mons. She was the thirteenth of fourteen children of Leopold, Duke of Lorraine, and his spouse Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans. Her mother was the niece of Louis XIV of France and sister of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans and Regent of France during the minority of Louis XV.
Élisabeth Charlotte Gabrièle of Lorraine was a Princess of Lorraine. She died of smallpox aged 10. She was the Titular Abbess of Remiremont.
Catherine of Lorraine was the Abbess of Remiremont.
François Marie de Lorraine was a French nobleman and member of the House of Lorraine. He was known as the prince de Lillebonne. He was also the Duke of Joyeuse.
Béatrice Hiéronyme de Lorraine was a member of the House of Lorraine and was the Abbess of Remiremont. She was a member of the household of Le Grand Dauphin and was the supposed wife of her cousin the Chevalier de Lorraine. She died childless.
Louis of Lorraine was a member of the House of Guise, a cadet branch of the House of Lorraine. He married three times and through his daughter, is an ancestor of the present House of Savoy. He was the Grand Squire of France and Governor of Anjou.
Princess Maria Christina of Saxony was a Princess of Saxony and later Abbess of Remiremont.
Dorothea Maria zu Salm (1651-1702), was a German-Roman monarch as Princess Abbess of the immediate Imperial Remiremont Abbey in the Duchy of Lorraine which then formed a part of the Holy Roman Empire, but later on was annexed by France in 1766.
Anne Marie Thérèse of Lorraine, was a Princess of Lorraine and was later a Princess Abbess of the Imperial Remiremont Abbey in France.
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Barbara of Salm (1570–1611), in France called Barbe de Salm, was a German-Roman monarch as Princess Abbess of the Imperial Remiremont Abbey in France.
Marguerite IV d'Haraucourt, (15??–1568), was a German-Roman monarch as Princess Abbess of the Imperial Remiremont Abbey in France. She was abbess twice: a first term 1520–28, and a second in 1544–68.
Renée de Dinteville, (15??-1580), was a German-Roman monarch as Princess Abbess of the Imperial Remiremont Abbey in France.
Madeleine de Choiseul (1500-1578), was a German-Roman vassal as Princess Abbess of the Imperial Remiremont Abbey in France. She was abbess twice, in 1520 and in 1544. She took over upon the death of Alix de Choiseul's death in 1520, who had fulfilled the role from 1507 to 1520. Upon her appointment, it is said that she was not revered by her other Ladies.
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