Marguerite IV d'Harcourt

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.

She was elected in 1520, but was deposed in 1528. In 1544, she became abbess for a second term. During her reign, Remiremont was forced to submit to the sovereignty of the Duchy of Lorraine.

References

http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/womeninpower/Womeninpower1540.htm

Abbesses of Remiremont

Alix de Parroye (1453–1474) Jeanne II d'Anglure (1474–1505) Agnes II de Dammartin (1505–1507) Alix de Choiseul (1507–1520) Madeleine de Choiseul (1520) Nicole de Dammartin (1520) Marguerite IV d'Harcourt (1520–1528) Marguerite III de Neufchâtel (1528–1544) Madeleine de Choiseul (1544) Marguerite IV d'Harcourt (1544–1568) Renée de Dinteville (1568–1580) Barbara of Salm (1580–1602) Elizabeth of Salm (1602–1611) Catherine of Lorraine (1612–1648) Élisabeth Marguerite d'Orléans* (1648–1657) Anne Marie Thérèse de Lorraine (1657–1660) Dorothea Maria of Salm (1660–1702) Élisabeth Charlotte de Lorraine (1700–1711) Béatrice Hiéronyme de Lorraine (1710–1738) Anne Charlotte de Lorraine (1738–1773) Maria Christina of Saxony (1773–1782) Charlotte de Lorraine (1782–1786) Louise Adélaïde de Bourbon (1786–1790)

* Was "titular abbess" ^ acted as Administratrice while "Abbess" was away Catholicism portal

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