List abbots of Clairvaux

List of the abbots of Clairvaux

1115 - 1153: Bernard I {{er}} (holy Bernard de Clairvaux, founder of the Abbey)
1153 - 1157: Robert I {{er}} of Bruges (initially abbot of the Dunes).
1157 - towards 1161: Fastredus (initially abbot of Cambron).
1162 - 1165: Geoffroi, former secretary of Saint Bernard (initially abbot of Igny; will be, lastly, abbot of Fosseneuve, then of Hautecombe).
1165 - 1170: Pounce (before abbot of Granselve; bishop of Clermont (- Ferrand) in 1170).
1170 - 1175: Gerard I {{er}} (initially abbot of Fosseneuve).
1176 - 1179: Henri (become in 1179 cardinal-bishop of Albano).
1179 - 1186: Pierre I {{er}} the One-eyed one (initially abbot of Igny).
1186 - 1193: Garnier of Rochefort (initially abbot of Auberive; bishop of Langres in 1193).
1193 - 1196: Guy (former abbot of Ourscamp).
towards 1214 - 1216: Conrad d' Urach Conrad Ier of Metz, the family of the dukes of Thuringe (initially abbot of Villiers, become in 1217 abbot of Cîteaux and in 1219 cardinal bishop of Oporto and Santa Ruffino).
1217 - 1221: Guillaume Ier (initially abbot of Montiers-in-Argonne).
1221 - 1223: Robert II (initially célérier of Clairvaux, then abbot of House-God (or Nerlac, in the diocese of Bourges), then finally abbot of Clairvaux).
1223 - 1224: Laurent (initially abbot of Ursariae, in Galicia).
1224 - 1232: Raoul de Pinis, or of Peyrinis, or of the Rock-Aymon (initially abbot of Igny, become in 1233 bishop of Agen then in 1235 archbishop of Lyon).
1233 - 1235: Dreux (initially abbot of Ourscamp).
1235 - 1238: Evrard (initially abbot of Larrivour).
1238 - 1239: Guillaume II (initially abbot of Villiers).
1242 - 1255: Etienne Ier de Lexinton, English (initially abbot of Savigny). It founded the College Saint-Bernard in Paris, for the instruction of the monks of Clairvaux.
1257 - 1260 or 1261: Jean Ier (initially abbot of Igny, then after 1261 abbot of Grace-God, then finally archbishop of Mitylène).
1262 - 1273: Philippe Ier (initially canon and official of Mans and abbot of Foucarmond).
1273 - 1280: Beuve, or Bovon (initially abbot of Three-Fountains).
1280 - 1284: Thibaud de Saxey (initially abbot of House-God or Nerlac, become in 1284 abbot of Cîteaux).
1284 - 1285: Gerard II (initially abbot of Igny).
1286 - 1291: Jean II (monk of Prée (Praetae), then abbot of House-God or Nerlac before 1286).
1291 - 1312: Jean III, brother of Thibaud de Saxey (initially monk of Clairvaux, then abbot of Barbel).
1312 : Guillaume III (initially abbot of Balerne and Cherlieu, in the diocese of Besancon).
1313 - 1316: Conrad II (monk of Clairvaux, initially abbot High-Combe).
1316 - 1330: Mathieu Ier de Aumella (monk of Clairvaux).
1330 - 1345: Jean IV of Aizanville, noble family (initially célérier of Clairvaux). August 2nd, 1336, he visited the abbey of Montiers-in-Argonne, as delegated general chapter of Cîteaux.
1345 - 1358: Bernard II of Laon, died in 1358.
1358 - 1359: Jean V of Buxières (named in 1359 abbot of Cîteaux, then cardinal).
1360 - 1380: Jean VI of Dullemonte, professor of theology; died 6 of the ides of June (initially prior of Clairvaux).
1380 - 1402: Etienne II of Foissy, or Foigny, professor of theology (initially abbot of Pruilly). It is the first which put the miter.
1402 - 1405: Jean VII of Martigny, professor of theology and prosecutor of the Order (initially abbot of Morimond, become in 1405 abbot of Cîteaux).
1405 - 1428: Mathieu II Plunderer or Pillaerdt (monk of the Dunes, former headmaster of the College Saint-Bernard of Paris; initially abbot of Bowsprit, in Lorraine, and of Mortemer).
1428 - 1448: Guillaume IV of Edua (monk and prior of Clairvaux, initially abbot of Mortemer). He died on December 3rd, 1448.
1449 - 1471: Philippe II of Fountains (initially abbot of Maisières).
1471 - 1496: Pierre II of Virey (initially abbot of Cherlieu).
1496 - 1509: Jean VIII Foucault or of Trawl-net, Doctor of Divinity (monk of Ferté, initially abbot of Rigny or Igny, and Fontenay).
1509 - 1552: Edme or Edmond of Saulieu, or Left-handed Edmond; young person of the priests of the abbey, elected official before April 15th, 1509.
1552 - 1571: Jerome of Souchière, Auvergnat, Doctor of Divinity. He attended the Council of Thirty and was created cardinal. He became abbot of Cîteaux, but at the request of the monks, and with the authorization of the Pope, he preserved the abbey of Clairvaux.
1571 - 1596: Lupin the Test card, Champagne (monk of Clairvaux and notary of the preceding abbot).
1596 - 1626: Denis Largentier, theologist of the Faculty of Paris (monk of Clairvaux, initially public prosecutor of the Order).
1626 - 1653: Claude Largentier, nephew of the precedent and his coadjutor since 1621, Doctor of Divinity.
1654 - 1676: Pierre III Henry, Champagne originating in the Oak, not far from Saint-Dizier (initially main of the beginners at Clairvaux, then prior of the abbeys of Larrivour, Boulancourt and Clairvaux).
1676 - 1718: Pierre IV Bouchu, doctor of the Faculty of Paris (initially abbot of Ferté). He was brother of the first president of the Parliament of Dijon.
1718 - 1740: Robert III Gassot of Deffand, elected official on May 17th, 1718 and blessed by the bishop of Langres on November 20th, 1719. He died on April 5th, 1740.
1740 - 1761: Pierre V Mayeur, Doctor of Divinity; elected official on July 6th, 1740 and died in functions on September 9th, 1761 (initially prior of Buzey).
1761 - 1792: François Blois, graduate in theology; secretary of the abbot at the time of the election of 1740 and Master of the wood of the abbey when itself was elected on December 7th, 1761. June 6th, 1780, it was made appoint a coadjutor, and the monks elected Louis-Marie Raucourt, one of them, doctor in Sorbonne, and then prosecutor of the abbey, which survived the Revolution.

In 1792, the abbey of Clairvaux is declared Bien National.

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