Charles I d'Amboise (1430 - 22 February 1481) was a French politician and military figure, a member of the

House of Amboise The House of Amboise was one of the oldest families of the French nobility whose followed filiation dated back to the early twelfth century. It took its name from the town of Amboise in Touraine. The house of Amboise formed the two branches of T ...

. He was lord of

Chaumont-sur-Loire Chaumont-sur-Loire (, ), commonly known as Chaumont, is a commune and town in the Loir-et-Cher department and the administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire, France, known for its historical defensive walls and its castle. Château de Chaumo ...

Sagonne Sagonne () is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. Geography Sagonne is farming village situated by the banks of the small river Sagonin, some 37 km southeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D76 ...

Meillant Meillant () is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.Charenton-du-Cher Charenton-du-Cher () is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. Geography An area of farming, forestry and a little light industry comprising the village and several hamlets situated by the banks of both ...

Louis XI Louis XI (3 July 1423 – 30 August 1483), called "Louis the Prudent" (), was King of France from 1461 to 1483. He succeeded his father, Charles VII. Louis entered into open rebellion against his father in a short-lived revolt known as the ...

appointed him governor of Île-de-France, Champagne and Burgundy. He was admitted to the

Order of Saint Michael The Order of Saint Michael () is a French dynastic order of chivalry, founded by King Louis XI of France on 1 August 1469, in response to the Order of the Golden Fleece founded by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, Louis' chief competitor fo ...

Family

He was the oldest son of Pierre d'Amboise. He had six children with his wife Catherine de Chauvigny (1447–1485). * François *

Charles II d'Amboise Charles II d'Amboise, Seigneur de Chaumont (1473 – 11 March 1511) was a French nobleman, who acted as French governor of Milan (1503–1511) during the reign of Louis XII and as a French commander during the War of the League of Cambrai. ...

(1473 - 1511) * Louis II d'Amboise * Guy * Marie, married to Robert II of Saarbrücken-Commercy(† 1504), who was

Count of Roucy This article is a list of the counts of Roucy. In medieval France, Roucy was a county held by a succession of noble families. By the Late Middle Ages, it was one of seven titles that was made a peer within the provincial peerage of the greater Co ...

, and had issue. *

Catherine d'Amboise Catherine d'Amboise (; 1475–1550) was a prose writer and poet of the French Renaissance. She wrote both verse and novels, including ''Book of the Prudent and Imprudent'' 'Livre des Prudents et Imprudents''(1509) and ''Fainting Lady's Complaint a ...

(1482 - 1549)

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Charles Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''* ...

Military governors of Paris