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218 I Thomas Coomans
Fig. 6 Villers-in-Brabant, Cistercian church, reconstruction from the northwest
the anniversaries of his death, that of his parents and his first wife.36 By acting
in this way before his death, Henry maintained his memory and that of his
family, according to the do ut des commitment 37 — the exchange of intercessory
prayers and burial in return for offerings and donations — between princes and
religious institutions. In 1355, Duke John III was buried in Villers. His monu-
ment was placed in the middle of the choir facing the main altar, a most promi-
nent place where the monks would never forget his memory and that of the
house of Brabant.38 John III, indeed, was the last male descendent of the counts
of Leuven and his tomb marked the end of the dynasty.39
The Westbau of Villers had no liturgical function but should be understood as
an imperial, Brabantine and Lotharingian architectural and visual statement
(Fig. 6). Firstly, the abbey church affirmed its status as burial church of an impe-
rial prince with a Westbau that was unequaled by any other Cistercian ab-
36 Coomans, L'abbaye (as in note 25), pp. 222.
37 About the complex meanings of this concept, see: Arnoud-Jan A. Bijsterveld, Do lit des.
Gift Giving, Memoria and Conflict Management in the Medieval Low Countries (Midde-
leeuwse studies en bronnen 10), Hilversum 2007.
38 David Guilardian, Les sepultures des comtes de Louvain et des dues de Brabant (XIe s.-
1430), in: Tod, Grabmal und Herrschaftsrepräsentation im Mittelalter/Sepulture, mort et
symbolique du pouvoir au Moyen Age, ed. by Michel MARGUE/Martin UHRMACHER/He-
rold Pettiau (Publications de la section historique de I'lnstitut Grand-Duche de Luxem-
bourg 118), Luxembourg 2006, pp. 491-539 (especially pp. 519-521). John Ill's wife, Mary of
Evreux, had been buried in 1335 at the Franciscans in Brussels.
39 Thereafter, the crown of Brabant and Limburg passed through his daughter Joanna of Bra-
bant to the houses of Luxemburg in 1355 and Burgundy in 1404.
Fig. 6 Villers-in-Brabant, Cistercian church, reconstruction from the northwest
the anniversaries of his death, that of his parents and his first wife.36 By acting
in this way before his death, Henry maintained his memory and that of his
family, according to the do ut des commitment 37 — the exchange of intercessory
prayers and burial in return for offerings and donations — between princes and
religious institutions. In 1355, Duke John III was buried in Villers. His monu-
ment was placed in the middle of the choir facing the main altar, a most promi-
nent place where the monks would never forget his memory and that of the
house of Brabant.38 John III, indeed, was the last male descendent of the counts
of Leuven and his tomb marked the end of the dynasty.39
The Westbau of Villers had no liturgical function but should be understood as
an imperial, Brabantine and Lotharingian architectural and visual statement
(Fig. 6). Firstly, the abbey church affirmed its status as burial church of an impe-
rial prince with a Westbau that was unequaled by any other Cistercian ab-
36 Coomans, L'abbaye (as in note 25), pp. 222.
37 About the complex meanings of this concept, see: Arnoud-Jan A. Bijsterveld, Do lit des.
Gift Giving, Memoria and Conflict Management in the Medieval Low Countries (Midde-
leeuwse studies en bronnen 10), Hilversum 2007.
38 David Guilardian, Les sepultures des comtes de Louvain et des dues de Brabant (XIe s.-
1430), in: Tod, Grabmal und Herrschaftsrepräsentation im Mittelalter/Sepulture, mort et
symbolique du pouvoir au Moyen Age, ed. by Michel MARGUE/Martin UHRMACHER/He-
rold Pettiau (Publications de la section historique de I'lnstitut Grand-Duche de Luxem-
bourg 118), Luxembourg 2006, pp. 491-539 (especially pp. 519-521). John Ill's wife, Mary of
Evreux, had been buried in 1335 at the Franciscans in Brussels.
39 Thereafter, the crown of Brabant and Limburg passed through his daughter Joanna of Bra-
bant to the houses of Luxemburg in 1355 and Burgundy in 1404.