Catherine d'Amboise
Catherine d'Amboise ( 1482 - January 1, 1549 ) was a French poet and patroness .
Life
She was the youngest of six children of Charles I d'Amboise , Lord of Chaumont-sur-Loire , and Catherine de Chauvigny, sister of Charles II d'Amboise , Marshal of France and niece of Cardinal Georges d'Amboise , the First Minister of King Louis XII. .
She married three times:
- Christophe de Tournon, Lord of Beauchastel , Bailli von Vivarais , cupbearer of Charles VIII , † probably 1500
- 1501 Philibert de Beaujeu, Lord of Lignières and Amplepuis , Seneschal of Auvergne , † 1542
- 1542 Ludwig von Kleve (Louis de Clèves), Count of Auxerre , † 1545
After her nephew Georges d'Amboise, son of her late brother Charles II, died in the Battle of Pavia in February 1525, she inherited all of her family's estates, Chaumont-sur-Loire , Meillant , Sagonne , Charenton , Ravel , Dampierre and other. At the same time, she brought Georges half-brother Michel Bâtard d'Amboise, who was around 20 years old , to her castle Lignières near Bourges , but later sent him away when she was bothered by his way of life.
See also: House Amboise
Works
- Complainte de la dame pasmée contre fortune, 1525, Bibl. Nationale, n ° 19738s.
- Chant royal, 1541, Recueil de poésies; Bibl. National. n ° 2282 (18 sheets).
- Les Dévotes Épistres, Éd. Yves Giraud, Friborg, Éditions universitaires Friborg, 2002 ISBN 978-2-8271-0923-4 .
- Poésies, Ed. Catherine M Muller, Montréal, CERES, 2002 ISBN 978-0-919089-63-1 .
Web links
- Ariane Bergeron-Foote: Les Œuvres en prose de Catherine d'Amboise, dame de Lignières (1481–1550) (thèse de doctorat), École nationale des chartes, 2002.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Amboise, Catherine d ' |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1482 |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 1, 1549 |