Igriș Abbey [SEP] religious order
Igriș Abbey
Igriș Abbey (; (; ) is a former Cistercian monastery in Sânpetru Mare, Timiș County, Romania. The Igriș Abbey was founded in 1179 as a filial abbey of Pontigny. Here is attested the oldest library in the territory of present-day Romania.
Here was buried king Andrew II of Hungary and his second wife, Yolanda de Courtenay.
References.
1. Magister Rogerius, Carmen miserabile
2. Novák Lajos, "Az egresi cisterci apátság története" ("History of the Cistercian Abbey
the Latin Empire proclaimed her father emperor, instead.
Yolanda maintained good relations with her husband's children from his first marriage. Her husband survived her. She was buried in the Igriș Abbey of the White Monks.
Marriages and children.
By her marriage with Andrew II of Hungary (c. 1177 – 21 September 1235) she had:
- Yolanda (c. 1215 – 12 October 1251), wife of King James I of Aragon
Sources.
- Soltész, István: "Árpád-házi királynék