Eudes de Montreuil was a 13th-century French master builder, sculptor and

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. He may have died in 1289. Under the reign of

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, Montreuil erected many buildings in Paris, mainly churches, the chapel of the

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, the église des Chartreux, the église des Blancs-Manteaux, the , the , the église de Sainte-Catherine, the Hospice of the Quinze-Vingts. He is attributed the main portal of the church of

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(Yvelines). He carved his own tomb: a bas-relief representing him holding a

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and surrounded by his two wives. This tomb disappeared in the fire of the church of the Cordeliers of Paris on 15 November 1580.M. Héber, Picturesque and historical dictionary, or Description of architecture, painting, sculpture, engraving... natural history, antiquities and dates of the establishments and monuments of Paris, Versailles, Marly, Trianon, Saint-Cloud, Fontainebleau, Compiègne, other royal houses and castles about fifteen leagues around the capital... with the catalogue of the most famous ancient and modern artists and their lives., Éd C. Hérissant (Paris) 1766 De Montreuil may have been the father of architect

Pierre de Montreuil Pierre de Montreuil (died 17 March 1267) was a French architect. The name formerly given to him by architectural historians, Peter of Montereau (in French, Pierre de Montereau), is a misnomer. It was based on his tombstone inscription ''Musterolo ...

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