The Merovingian nobles Adelard, Lord of Denain, and his wife Grinuara founded this abbey for their daughters Harlindis and Relindis in “a small and useless wood" near the river Meuse.
Merovinški plemići Adelard, vladar Denain i njegova žena Grinuara osnovali su opatiju za svoje kćeri Harlindis i Relindis u „maloj i beskorisnoj šumi” u blizini rijeke Meuse.