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    Villers Abbey (French: Abbaye de Villers) is a former Cistercian abbey located in the town of Villers-la-Ville, Walloon Brabant, Belgium. Founded in 1146...
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    and Tilly. The most notable historical site in Villers-la-Ville is the Villers Abbey, a Cistercian abbey founded in 1146 by twelve monks and three lay...
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    Villers-Bettnach Abbey (Latin: Villerium; German: Weiler-Bettnach) is a former Cistercian abbey in the commune of Saint-Hubert in the Moselle department...
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    anonymous chaplain at La Cambre Abbey. However, Martinus Cawley suggests that Arnulf II of Ghistelles, abbot of Villers Abbey 1270–1276, is its likely author...
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  • Les Trois Mousquetaires by Alexandre Dumas, directed by Pascal Racan, Villers Abbey, 2010 Eunice Woods originated the role of Milady in The Three Musketeers...
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    Sainte-Cécile, and Villers-devant-Orval. Other population centers include: Azy, Conques, Laiche, Martué, Lambermont, Le Ménil, and Watrinsart. Orval Abbey is located...
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    Holland, in his bid for election as king of Germany. He founded Valduc Abbey in 1232. His first marriage was to Marie of Hohenstaufen (April 3, 1207–1235...
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    her friend, the Cistercian monk Gobert d'Aspremont, moved her body to Villers Abbey. On the following Sunday her remains were moved to the section of the...
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    Sint-Agatha-Rode, Brabant. She died on 29 May 1275 in Marburg, and was buried in Villers Abbey in Brabant. There is a statue representing her and her son Henry in...
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    Orval Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Orval) is a Cistercian monastery founded in 1132 in the Gaume region of Belgium, located in Villers-devant-Orval, part...
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