Egres Abbey ( hu, Egresi ciszterci monostor; ro, Mănăstirea Igriș; french: Abbaye de Hégerieux) was a

Cistercian The Cistercians, () officially the Order of Cistercians ( la, (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint ...

monastery in the

Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from the Middle Ages into the 20th century. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the coronation of the first king Stephen ...

, located in Egres (present-day Igriș, part of the commune of

Sânpetru Mare Sânpetru Mare ("Greater St. Peter"; hu, Nagyszentpéter or ''Rácszentpéter''; german: Großsanktpeter or ''Ratzsanktpeter''; sr, Велики Семпетар, Veliki Sempetar) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of two vill ...

Timiș County Timiș () is a county ('' județ'') of western Romania on the border with Hungary and Serbia, in the historical region of Banat, with the county seat at Timișoara. It is the westernmost and the largest county in Romania in terms of land area. T ...

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). The Egres Abbey was founded by

Béla III of Hungary Béla III ( hu, III. Béla, hr, Bela III, sk, Belo III; 114823 April 1196) was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1172 and 1196. He was the second son of King Géza II and Géza's wife, Euphrosyne of Kiev. Around 1161, Géza granted Béla a ...

in 1179 as a filial abbey of

Pontigny Pontigny () is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. Sight Its principal distinction is as the home of Pontigny Abbey. See also *Communes of the Yonne department The following is a list of t ...

. Here is attested the oldest library in the territory of present-day Romania. Here was buried king

Andrew II of Hungary Andrew II ( hu, II. András, hr, Andrija II., sk, Ondrej II., uk, Андрій II; 117721 September 1235), also known as Andrew of Jerusalem, was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1205 and 1235. He ruled the Principality of Halych from 1188 ...

and his second wife,

Yolanda de Courtenay Yolanda of Courtenay (c. 1200 – June 1233), was a Queen of Hungary as the second wife of King Andrew II of Hungary. Yolanda was the daughter of Count Peter II of Courtenay and his second wife, Yolanda of Flanders, the sister of Baldwin I a ...

References

# Magister Rogerius, Carmen miserabile # Novák Lajos, ''Az egresi cisterci apátság története'' ("History of the Cistercian Abbey of Egres"), Budapest, 1892. # Christopher Mielke, ''No Country for old Women. Burial Practices of Hungarian Queens (975-1301)'', University of Maryland 2010, p. 28 et. seq. {{DEFAULTSORT:Egres Abbey Cistercian monasteries in Hungary 1179 establishments in Europe Religious organizations established in the 1170s Banat Christian monasteries established in the 12th century Burial sites of the Capetian House of Courtenay