Eleanor of Brittany (abbess)

She was born in England to John II, Duke of Brittany and Beatrice of England, and in 1281 at the age of seven entered Amesbury Priory in Wiltshire, a priory of the Fontevrault order (her first cousin, twice removed, Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany is buried there).

[1] In 1317 there was a serious dispute about who should become Prioress of Nuneaton, with one Isabel of Sudley usurping the position with the backing of Walter Langton.

Eleanor appointed Katherine de Stafford, Isabelle refused to accept this, and the dispute continued, involving two appeals to the Pope, death threats, and the pillaging of the Priory in 1322, was only settled in 1328.

[1] Soon after 1313, Eleanor's cousin, Mary of Woodstock, was removed from her role as visitor of Amesbury Priory.

But Mary persevered and obtained a papal mandate requiring her reinstatement, which Eleanor appears to have obeyed.