As abbess she faced financial strains, which she attempted to meet by selling off part of the abbey's land. She also attempted to reform the monastery, which had acquired a reputation for loose discipline. She was not notably successful in either effort.
In 1644 she commissioned a precious reliquary in Baroque style to house the relics of Saint Alena. This was probably paid for by her family. It is now in the parish church of Forest, Belgium.[2]
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^Ursmer Berlière et al., Monasticon Belge, vol. 4 (Liège, 1964), p. 211.
françoise, bette, françoise, bette, 1593, 1666, from, 1637, 1666, 26th, abbess, forest, abbey, ladyfrançoise, betteo, abbess, forest, abbeyin, office1637, 1666predecessormaria, tayesuccessorcatherine, quarrépersonal, detailsborn1593lede, county, flanders, span. Francoise Bette 1593 1666 was from 1637 to 1666 the 26th abbess of Forest Abbey 1 LadyFrancoise BetteO S B Abbess of Forest AbbeyIn office1637 1666PredecessorMaria de TayeSuccessorCatherine QuarrePersonal detailsBorn1593Lede County of Flanders Spanish NetherlandsDied1666She was born in Lede in the county of Flanders the daughter of Adrian Bette knight and Agnes de Merode de Rummen Her cousin Guillaume de Bette 1st Marquess of Lede was a knight of the Order of Santiago with links to the Habsburg court As abbess she faced financial strains which she attempted to meet by selling off part of the abbey s land She also attempted to reform the monastery which had acquired a reputation for loose discipline She was not notably successful in either effort In 1644 she commissioned a precious reliquary in Baroque style to house the relics of Saint Alena This was probably paid for by her family It is now in the parish church of Forest Belgium 2 References edit Ursmer Berliere et al Monasticon Belge vol 4 Liege 1964 p 211 Bart Fransen Recherches historiques Historisch onderzoek Bulletin of the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage 32 2006 2008 pp 95 101 nbsp This biographical article of a European noble is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Francoise de Bette amp oldid 1180007289, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
