Renée de Dinteville

Renée de Dinteville, (15??-1580), was a German-Roman monarch as Princess Abbess of the Imperial Remiremont Abbey in France.

She belonged to the local noble family of courtiers in Lorraine, and she was elected Coadjutrice in 1565, and succeeded as abbess in 1570, upon pressure from duke Charles III of Lorraine. She was forced to accept Barbara of Salm as her successor in 1579.

References

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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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