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grand prior Prior (or prioress) is an ecclesiastical title for a superior in some religious orders. The word is derived from the Latin for "earlier" or "first". Its earlier generic usage referred to any monastic superior. In abbeys, a prior would be low ...

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Basilica of Saint-Denis The Basilica of Saint-Denis (french: Basilique royale de Saint-Denis, links=no, now formally known as the ) is a large former medieval abbey church and present cathedral in the commune of Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris. The building ...

. This list is drawn mostly from Félicie d'Ayzac, ''Histoire de Saint-Denys'' (Paris, 1861), Vol. 1, pp. cxxiii–cxxxi.

Abbots

For the first part of this list, dates may indicate attestations and not dates of reign. * Dodo: 627 * Chunuald: 632 * Aigulf: before 639 * Wandebercht: 647 * Charderic: 678×690 * Chaino: 690–696 * Dalphinus: 709/710 * Chillardus: 710–716 * Turnoald: 717 * Hugh I: 718–730 * Berthoald: 723 * Godobald: 726 * Amalbert: 749 *

Fulrad Saint Fulrad (french: Fulrade; la, Fulradus) was born in 710 into a wealthy family, and died on July 16, 784 as the Abbot of Saint-DenisBunson and Bunson 2003, pp.345. He was the counselor of both Pippin and Charlemagne. Historians see Fulrad ...

: 750–784 * Maginarius: 789–793 * Fardulf: 793–806 *

Waldo of Reichenau Waldo of Reichenau (sometimes Walto) (c. 740 - 814, Paris) was a Carolingian abbot and bishop. He belonged to a noble Frankish family from Wetterau. His father was Richbold Count of Breisgau and his older brother was Rupert Baron von Aargau. In 78 ...

: 806–814 *

Hilduin Hilduin (c. 785 – c. 855) was Bishop of Paris, chaplain to Louis I, reforming Abbot of the Abbey of Saint-Denis, and author. He was one of the leading scholars and administrators of the Carolingian Empire. Background Hilduin was from a pr ...

(† 841): 814–841 *

Louis Louis may refer to: * Louis (coin) * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also Derived or associated terms * Lewis ( ...

: 841–867 *

Charles the Bald Charles the Bald (french: Charles le Chauve; 13 June 823 – 6 October 877), also known as Charles II, was a 9th-century king of West Francia (843–877), king of Italy (875–877) and emperor of the Carolingian Empire (875–877). After a ser ...

: 867–877 (''

in commendam In canon law, commendam (or ''in commendam'') was a form of transferring an ecclesiastical benefice ''in trust'' to the ''custody'' of a patron. The phrase ''in commendam'' was originally applied to the provisional occupation of an ecclesiastical ...

'') * Gozlin I: 877–886 * Ebles: 886–903 (''in commendam'') *

Robert I Robert I may refer to: *Robert I, Duke of Neustria (697–748) *Robert I of France (866–923), King of France, 922–923, rebelled against Charles the Simple *Rollo, Duke of Normandy (c. 846 – c. 930; reigned 911–927) * Robert I Archbishop of ...

: 903–923 (''in commendam'') * Hugh II: 923–956 (''in commendam'') * Hugh III: 956–??? (''in commendam'') * Gozlin II * Gerard * Robert II: 980 * Odilo: 994 * Vivian: 998 * Hugh IV: 1049–1062 * Raynier: 1067 * William I: 1071 * Yves I: 1091 For the remainder of the list dates are regnal dates. * Adam: 1094/1099–1122 *

Suger Suger (; la, Sugerius; 1081 – 13 January 1151) was a French abbot, statesman, and historian. He once lived at the court of Pope Calixtus II in Maguelonne, France. He later became abbot of St-Denis, and became a close confidant to King Lo ...

: 1122–1151 * Odo II of Deuil: 1151–1162 * Odo III of Taverny: 1162–1169 * Yves II: 1169–1173 * William II of Gap: 1173–1180, dismissed by the king * Hugh V Foucaut: 1186–1197 * Hugh VI of Milan: 1197–1204 * Henry I Troon: 1204–1221 * Pierre d'Auteuil: 1221–1229 * Odo IV: 1228–1245 *

William III William III or William the Third may refer to: Kings * William III of Sicily (c. 1186–c. 1198) * William III of England and Ireland or William III of Orange or William II of Scotland (1650–1702) * William III of the Netherlands and Luxembourg ...

: 1246–1253 * Henry II Mallet: 1254–1258, resigned * Matthew of Vendôme: 1258–1286 *Renaud de Giffard: 1286–1304 *Gilles I de Pontoise: 1304–1325 *Guy I de Châtres: 1326–1343, resigned * Gilles II Rigaud: 1343–1351 *Gauthier II de Pontoise: 1351–1354 *Robert III de Fontenay: 1354–1363 *Guy de Monceau: 1363–1393 *Philippe I de Vilette: 1393–1418 *Jean I de Borbon: 1418–1431 *Guillaume IV Farréchal: 1431–1442 *Philippe II de Gamaches: 1442–1464 * Jean II Jouffroy: 1464–1474 * Jean III de Villiers: 1474–1499 *Antoine de la Haye: 1499–1505 *Pierre II de Gouffier: 1505–1517 * Aymar Gouffier de Boisy: 1517–1519 *Jean d'Orimont: 1519–1529 *

Louis II de Bourbon-Vendôme Louis may refer to: * Louis (coin) * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also Derived or associated terms * Lewis ( ...

: 1529–1557 (''in commendam'') *

Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine Charles de Lorraine (c. 1525 – 26 December 1574), Duke of Chevreuse, was a French Cardinal, a member of the powerful House of Guise. He was known at first as the Cardinal of Guise, and then as the second Cardinal of Lorraine, after the death o ...

: 1557–1574 * Louis III de Lorraine: 1574–1589 *

Charles III Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms. He was the longest-serving heir apparent and Prince of Wales and, at age 73, became the oldest person to ...

: 1589–1594 * Louis IV de Lorraine: 1594–1622 * Henri III de Lorraine: 1622–1642 *

Armand de Bourbon-Conti Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti (11 October 162926 February 1666), was a French nobleman, the younger son of Henri II, Prince of Condé and Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency, daughter of Henri I, Duke of Montmorency. He was the brother of ...

: 1642–1654 * Jules Cardinal Mazarin: 1654-1661 * Jean-François Paul de Gondi: 1662-1679

Grand priors

In 1691,

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suppressed the title of abbot and subsequent superiors bear the title of grand prior. Its revenues were given to the

Maison royale de Saint-Louis The Maison Royale de Saint-Louis was a boarding school for girls set up on 15 June 1686 at Saint-Cyr (what is now the commune of Saint-Cyr-l'École, Yvelines) in France by king Louis XIV at the request of his second wife, Françoise d'Aubigné, Mar ...

. *Charles le Bouyer: 1691 *Julien Raguideau: 1693 *Pierre Arnould de Loo: 1696 *Mathieu Gilbert: 1702 *Charles Petey de l'Hostellerie: 1705 *Pierre Arnould de Loo: 1708 *Denys de Sainte Marthe: 1711 *Robert Marchand: 1714 *Denys de Sainte Marthe: 1717 *François Anseaume: 1720 *Pierre Richer: 1723 *Pierre du Biez: 1729 *Joseph Castel: 1736 *Pierre du Biez: 1741 (par commission) *Joseph Avril: 1741 *Pierre Boucher: 1748 *Jacques Nicolas Chrestien: 1751 *Pierre Boucher: 1760 *Jacques Nicolas Chrestien: 1763 (elected at Marmoutiers) *Joseph Delrue: 1766 *René Gillot: 1767 *Jacques Nicolas Chrestien: 1770 *Pierre Français Boudier: 1773 *André de Malaret: 1775 *Pierre Bourdin: 1778 *Pierre François Boudier: 1781 *Pierre Bourdin: 1784 *André de Malaret: 1788 *François Verneuil: 1791 In 1792, the abbey was secularized amidst the

French Revolution The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799. Many of its ideas are considere ...

. In October 1793, the tombs of the abbey were desecrated. On 25 March 1809, the buildings were given to the

Maison d'éducation de la Légion d'honneur The maisons d'éducation de la Légion d'honneur were the French secondary schools set up by Napoleon and originally meant for the education of girls whose father, grandfather or great-grandfather had been awarded the Légion d'honneur. Access is s ...

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