Maria de Taye (died 28 July 1637) was the 25th abbess of Forest Abbey at Vorst in the Duchy of Brabant (now in Belgium) from 29 January 1609 until her death.
Lady Maria de Taye | |
|---|---|
| Abbess of Forest Abbey | |
| In office | 29 January 1609 – 28 July 1637 |
| Predecessor | Adrienne du Petit-Cambrai |
| Successor | Françoise de Bette |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 28 July 1637 |
She was originally from Gooik. During her time as abbess she overstretched the abbey's finances by purchasing a refugium in Brussels. She also commissioned paintings from Hieronymus van Orley to adorn the abbey church, and commissioned an atlas of the abbey's property from the surveyor Filips de Dijn.[1]
References
edit- ^ P. Leroy, "Domein van de abdij van Vorst", in Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), p. 207.
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