Françoise d'Amboise
Françoise d'Amboise (born May 9, 1427 in Thouars Castle , † November 4, 1485 in Coets near Nantes ) was Duchess of Brittany as the wife of Duke Peter II. She was the daughter of the wealthy Louis d'Amboise , Vice Count of Thouars .
To escape the violence of her surroundings, Françoise's mother, Louise Marie de Rieux, fled with her to the court of the Duke of Brittany in Vannes and later to Nantes . At the age of three she was betrothed to Peter of Bretagne, the Duke's second son, for political reasons, whom she married in 1442 at the age of 15. After the unexpected death of the heir, Peter succeeded him as heir to the throne and in 1450 became his heir, the Duchy of Brittany.
As Duchess, Françoise took a discreet but active part in the government of the country and devoted herself primarily to the poor and sick, but also to legal issues. The marriage remained childless. When Peter II died in 1457, she came into conflict with the French King Louis XI. who wanted to get her remarried. In 1463 she founded the first French Carmelite monastery in Bodon together with the monk Jean Soreth , of which she also became the prioress.
She was buried in the Notre-Dame church in Nantes. A few years later she was beatified.
literature
- Eugène Lafolye: Compte des dépenses de Françoise d'Amboise, Editeur Vannes, 1889.
- J.-L. Chalnel: Histoire de la Touraine, 1841, Volume IV.
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Franziska von Amboise. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 2, Bautz, Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-032-8 , Sp. 113.
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| SURNAME | Amboise, Françoise d ' |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | by marriage Duchess of Brittany |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1427 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Thouars Castle |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 4, 1485 |
| Place of death | Coets near Nantes |