Emery d'Amboise
Emery d'Amboise (also Aimery d'Amboise , Emery Chaumont ; † November 13, 1512 in Rhodes ) was from 1503 the 41st Grand Master of the Order of St. John .
He came from the Amboise family and was a younger son of Pierre d'Amboise , Lord of Chaumont . Cardinal Georges d'Amboise , Prime Minister of King Louis XII, is one of his 16 siblings . from France. In July 1503 Emery became Grand Master of the Order of St. John. In 1510 he won in a sea battle off Montenegro a victory over the Egyptian Mamluken Sultan al-Ghuri .
The D'Amboise gate of the fortress in Rhodes , which leads to the west coast and belongs to the German tongue, is named after him.
Individual evidence
- ↑ See The Gates of Rhodes
literature
- Pierre d'Avity / Johann Ludwig Gottfried : Archontologiae Cosmicae. Book III. Origo Ordinum Militarium, tam Regularium. Jennisius, Frankfurt am Main 1628.
Web links
- Emery d'Amboise at cilialacorte.com
- Emery d'Amboise at smom-za.org
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Pierre d'Aubusson |
Grand Master of the Order of St. John 1503–1512 |
Guy de Blanchefort |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Amboise, Emery d ' |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Aimery d'Amboise, Emery Chaumont |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Grand Master of the Order of Malta |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 13, 1512 |
| Place of death | Rhodes |