Bourgueil Abbey

Bourgueil Abbey
Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Bourgueil-en-Vallée
Plan of Bourgueil Abbey, c. 1600
Bourgueil Abbey is located in France
Bourgueil Abbey
Location within France
Site
LocationBourgueil, France
Coordinates47°16′46″N 0°10′18″E / 47.27944°N 0.17167°E / 47.27944; 0.17167

Bourgueil Abbey (French: Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Bourgueil-en-Vallée) was a Benedictine monastery located at Bourgueil, historically in Anjou, currently in Indre-et-Loire and the diocese of Angers. The founder was Emma of Blois, daughter of Theobald I of Blois, and by her marriage, duchess of Aquitaine.[1]

  1. ^ Bernard S. Bachrach, Fulk Nerra, the Neo-Roman Consul, 987-1040, (University of California Press, 1993), 48.