Charles I d'Amboise

Charles I d' Amboise ( † February 22, 1481 in Tours ) was one of the most active feudal lords in France of King Charles VII. He was eldest son of Pierre d' Amboise, the brother of Cardinal Georges d' Amboise. He was lord of Chaumont -sur -Loire, Sagonne, Meillant, Charenton, Dompuis and Dampierre. 1475 he was appointed Count of Brienne, in 1477 he became Lord of Arcis- sur- Aube.

With the accession of King Louis XI. he first fell out of favor, but then became one of his closest confidants. Louis XI. eventually made ​​him a Knight of the Ordre de Saint -Michel. He was a royal envoy, commander of the royal army, Governor of Champagne (1473-1481), Burgundy (1477-1481) and from 1480 deputy of the king in the Île- de -France.

On August 23, 1428, he married Catherine de Chauvigny ( † after December 16, 1485 ), daughter of André de Chauvigny, Mr. Ravel and Jacqueline de Beaujeu. The couple had six children:

• François, Grand Master of the Order of St. Lazarus
• Charles II d' Amboise ( * 1472/73, † 1511), Marshal of France and Governor of Milan.
• Louis II d' Amboise ( * 1477, † 1517), cardinal, bishop of Albi and Autun.
• Guy, Mr. Ravel.
• Marie, † 1519; ∞ I 1487 Robert II of Saarbrücken, 1497 Count of Roucy, † 1504; ∞ II 1509 Jean VI de Créquy
• Catherine d' Amboise, † 1549; ∞ I Christophe de Tournon; ∞ Philibert II de Beaujeu; ∞ III 1542 Louis of Cleves, Count of Auxerre, † 1545

Charles I d' Amboise was buried in the Franciscan church in Amboise.

• Mr. (France)
• Graf ( Brienne )
• House Amboise
• Frenchman
• Knight of the Order of Michael
• Born in the 15th century
• Died in 1481
• Man