Pierre d'Amboise (1408 – 28 June 1473) was a French nobleman 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 a son of

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, who was killed at the

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, and of Jeanne de Guénand.

Titles and offices

*Conseiller and chamberlain to Charles VII. *Governor of

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. *

Louis XI Louis XI (3 July 1423 – 30 August 1483), called "Louis the Prudent" (french: le 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 revol ...

's ambassador to

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. *Lord of

Chaumont Chaumont can refer to: Places Belgium * Chaumont-Gistoux, a municipality in the province of Walloon Brabant France * Chaumont-Porcien, in the Ardennes ''département'' * Chaumont, Cher, in the Cher ''département'' * Chaumont-le-Bois, in the Cô ...

Meillant Meillant () is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. ...

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 wi ...

, Les Rochettes, Asnières (in Blésois),

Saint-Vérain Saint-Vérain () is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France, in the historical region of Puisaye. See also *Communes of the Nièvre department The following is a list of the 309 communes of the Nièvre department of France. Th ...

Bussy Bussy may refer to: People *Bussy (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * Bussy Mansell (1623–1699), Welsh politician *Bussy Mansel, 4th Baron Mansel (died 1750), Welsh peer *Charles Joseph Patissier, Marquis de Bussy-C ...

, Preuilly, Les Bordes-Guénand, Moulins, Charenton, etc. *With his cousin

Louis d'Amboise Louis d'Amboise (died 1511) was a French Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. A member of the House of Amboise, Louis d'Amboise was born in the Kingdom of France, ca. 1479. He was a cousin of Cardinals François Guillaume de Castelnau-Clermont-L ...

, he fought alongside

Joan of Arc Joan of Arc (french: link=yes, Jeanne d'Arc, translit= �an daʁk} ; 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the corona ...

at the

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(January 1429). *He participated in the "

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" under the rule of Charles VII. *He participated in the

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under the rule of

, who, in reprisals, confiscated all his goods and had his main fortress at Chaumont destroyed.

Marriage and issue

On 23 August 1428 he married Anne de Bueil, Dame d'Aubijoux, daughter of Jean IV de Bueil and of Marguerite Dauphine d'Auvergne, countess of Sancerre. They had 17 children, including: * Charles I of Amboise, favourite of

*Louis (1433–1503),

bishop of Albi The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Albi (–Castres–Lavaur) (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Albiensis (–Castrensis–Vauriensis)''; French: ''Archidiocèse d'Albi (–Castres–Lavaur)''), usually referred to simply as the Archdiocese of Albi, is a ...

* John VII of Amboise, bishop and Duke of Langres * Jacques d'Amboise *A son (1440–1498), seigneur de Bussy, married Catherine de Saint-Belin (issue) *

Georges d'Amboise Georges d'Amboise (1460 – May 25, 1510) was a French Roman Catholic cardinal and minister of state. He belonged to the house of Amboise, a noble family possessed of considerable influence: of his nine brothers, four were bishops. His father ...

(1460–1510), a cardinal and minister of state under

Louis XII Louis XII (27 June 14621 January 1515), was List of French monarchs, King of France from 1498 to 1515 and King of Naples from 1501 to 1504. The son of Charles, Duke of Orléans, and Maria of Cleves, he succeeded his 2nd cousin once removed and b ...

*Hugues (?–1515), seigneur d'Aubijoux, married Madeleine de Lescun, dame de Sauveterre (issue) *Pierre (?–1505),

Bishop of Poitiers The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Poitiers (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Pictaviensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Poitiers'') is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church in France. The archepiscopal see is in the city of Poitiers. The ...

*Emery (?–1512), Grand-Master of the

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, head of the armies of

Francis I of France Francis I (french: François Ier; frm, Francoys; 12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy. He succeeded his first cousin onc ...

on the Milan campaigns *Marie, married Jean de Hangest, seigneur de Genlis *Anne, married Jacques de Chazeron *Louise (?–1516), married Guillaume Gouffier de Boissy * Madeleine d'Amboise (1461–1497), abbess of Charenton and of Saint Menoux *Marguerite (?–1495). First married Jean Crespin, and then on 10 October 1457 Jean II de Rochechouart, baron de Mortemer *Catherine, dame de Linières, who married Baron Pierre de Castelnau-Caylus Pierre d'Amboise died in his castle of

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. On his death he was buried in the nunnery of

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he had founded at

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References

*Carré de Busserolle, "Dictionnaire géographique, historique et biographique de l'Indre et Loire" T.1, 1878, p. 35. *

Louis Moréri Louis Moréri (25 March 1643 – 10 July 1680) was a French priest and encyclopedist. Life Moréri was born in 1643 in Bargemon, a village in the ancient province of Provence. His great-grandfather, Joseph Chatranet, a native of Dijon, had set ...

, "Dictionnaire historique". *

François de Belleforest François de Belleforest (1530 – 1 January 1583) was a prolific French author, poet and translator of the Renaissance. He was born in Samatan (actual department of Gers), into a poor family, and his father (a soldier) was killed when he was se ...

, "Les grandes annales et histoire générale de France" T.2, 1579, p. 1125. *P. Champion, "Louis XI" T.1, pp. 130–134. {{DEFAULTSORT:Amboise, Pierre d' 1408 births 1473 deaths Pierre d'Amboise