In 1104, Countess Bertrade of Montfort at Fontevrault.

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Countess Bertrade of Montfort at Fontevrault: In 1104, under the influence of the monk Robert of Arbrissel, Queen Bertrade decided to abandon her marriage and her privileges and left the court to go to the Fontevrault Abbey near a spring called Evrault fountain in Anjou. - Histoire Populaire de la France, Tome Premier, Ch. Lahure's Publication, circa 1860

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