The Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, just beyond the outskirts of early medieval Paris, was the burial place of Merovingian kings of Neustria. At that time, the Left Bank of Paris was prone to flooding from the Seine, so much of the land could not be built upon and the Abbey stood in the middle of fields, or prés in French, thereby explaining its appellation.
The Abbey was founded in the 6th century by the son of Clovis I, Childebert ...
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Contained by:
People interred here:
- Childeric II ,
- George Douglas, 1st Earl of Dumbarton ,
- Louis César, Count of Vexin ,
- William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus
Also known as:
- Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Pres,
- Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris