Amboise (noble family)

Coat of arms of the House of Amboise

The Amboise house is the family of the Lords (Sires) of Amboise from the 11th to the 15th centuries.

history

The family acquired the Amboise estate as a dowry from the Hersende de Buzançais , who married Lisois de Bazougers , Seneschal of Count Fulko Nerra of Anjou . Their son Sulpice d'Amboise transferred his feudal oath in 1050 from Anjou to the Count of Blois . In the 12th century, the city was the scene of a brilliant court under Hugues I d'Amboise († 1128), Sulpice's son.

The Amboise reign was confiscated and incorporated into the crown in 1434 because Louis d'Amboise was involved in a conspiracy against Georges de La Trémoille , one of the king's favorites. A few years earlier, the Amboise had inherited the vice-county of Thouars , which went to the La Trémoille house through Louis' daughters .

The younger line in Chaumont-sur-Loire lasted longer , even if it also lost its property after Pierre d'Amboise's participation in the Ligue du Bien public . This branch of the family died out in its marital line in 1525 and is particularly noticeable for the large number of ecclesiastical dignitaries who descended from it, including Cardinal Georges d'Amboise , the minister of King Louis XII.

First row of stems

(each father and son or daughter, unless otherwise stated)

• Hugues de Lavardin, around 986
• Lisois de Bazougers, 1004/61 Lord of Amboise, 1044 Lord of Chaumont
• Sulpice I d'Amboise, † probably 1081
• Hugues I, † 1129/30, Sire d'Amboise
• Sulpice II., † 1153, Sire d'Amboise
• Hugues II, † 1190/94, Sire d'Amboise
• Sulpice III., † 1218, Sire d'Amboise; ∞ before 1196 Elisabeth of Blois , 1217 Countess of Chartres , † 1248
• Hugues III., † before 1228, 1226 Sire d'Amboise
• Mahaut, † 1256, his sister, Dame d'Amboise etc, 1250 Countess of Chartres;
• ∞ I 1221 Richard, Vice Count of Beaumont-sur-Sarthe , 1228 Sire d'Amboise, † 1242
• ∞ II 1235 John II, 1235 Count of Soissons , Count of Chartres , Sire d'Amboise, † 1270/72

Second row of stems

(each father and son or daughter, unless otherwise stated)

• Hugues d'Amboise, † before 1216, brother of Sulpice III.
• Jean I. de Berrie, 1258 Sire d'Amboise, † 1274
• Jean II, † before 1304, Sire d'Amboise
• Pierre I, † before 1322, Sire d'Amboise
• Ingelger I., † before 1373, called le Grand Sire d'Amboise; ∞ I before 1330 Marie von Flandern, daughter of Johann von Flanders, lord of Crévecoeur; ∞ II before 1356 Isabeau de Thouars, Countess von Dreux and Benon ( House of Thouars )
• Jeanne d'Amboise, Vice Countess of Châteaudun around 1400, † before 1403
• Pierre II. D'Amboise , whose half-brother, Sire d'Amboise, 1397 Vice Count of Thouars , Count of Benon, † 1418/22,
• Ingelger II. D'Amboise, † before 1410, his brother
• Louis d'Amboise , † 1469, Vice Count of Thouars , Count of Benon,
• Françoise d'Amboise , † 1485, his daughter, ∞ Peter II Duke of Brittany , † 1459
• Perronelle, † 1453, her sister, ∞ Guillaume d'Harcourt, Count of Tancarville
• Marguerite, † 1475, her sister, ∞ Louis I de La Trémoille, Count of Guînes , Count of Benon, Vice-Count of Thouars , † 1483

The Lords of Chaumont in the 14th and 15th centuries

(each father and son)

• Hugues I d'Amboise, Sire de Chaumont-sur-Loire , † before 1346, son of Jean II d'Amboise
• Jean d'Amboise, lord of Chaumont, † 1346/47
• Hugues II d'Amboise, lord of Chaumont, † 1404/06
• Hugues III, d'Amboise, Lord of Chaumont, X 1415
• Pierre d'Amboise , Lord of Chaumont, † 1473

The last three generations (excerpt)

1. Pierre d'Amboise , Lord of Chaumont, † 1473; ∞ Anne de Bueil, daughter of Jean IV. De Bueil , Count of Sancerre
   1. Charles I. d'Amboise , count of Brienne in 1475 , † 1481
      1. Charles II d'Amboise , † 1511
         1. Georges d'Amboise, X 1525
         2. Michel Bâtard d'Amboise, † after 1548
      2. Louis II. D'Amboise, † 1517, 1501 Bishop of Autun , 1503–1510 Bishop of Albi , cardinal
      3. Guy d'Amboise, † before 1508, lord of Ravel ; ∞ Francoise Dauphine de l'Espinasse, Dame de Saint-Ilpize et de Combronde , † after 1510, daughter of Érard dit Béraud Dauphin de l'Espinasse, Seigneur de Combronde et de Jaligny , and Antoinette de Polignac
         1. Catherine d'Amboise; ∞ François II. De La Tour Vice Count of Turenne , † 1534
         2. Antoinette d'Amboise , Dame de Ravel, ∞ Antoine de La Rochefoucauld , Admiral of France , † 1537
      4. Marie d'Amboise, † 1519; ∞ I 1487 Robert II of Saarbrücken, 1497 Count von Roucy , † 1504; ∞ II 1509 Jean VI. de Créquy
      5. Catherine d'Amboise , † 1549, mistress of Chaumont etc .; ∞ I Christophe de Tournon; ∞ II Philibert de Beaujeu; ∞ III Ludwig von Kleve, Count of Auxerre , † 1545
   2. Jean d'Amboise, † 1516, Lord of Bussy
      1. Jean d'Amboise, † 1510, 1498–1510 Bishop of Langres
      2. Jacques d'Amboise, X 1515, Lord von Bussy
      3. Georges II d'Amboise , † 1550, 1511 Archbishop of Rouen , 1546 cardinal
      4. Geoffroy d'Amboise, † 1518, 1510 abbot of Cluny
      5. Gentien (or Gustave) de Bussy d'Amboise (illegitimate), † 1576, 1533 Bishop of Tarbes
   3. Hugues d'Amboise, † before 1502, descendants: the Counts of Aubijoux, † 1656
   4. Jean d'Amboise, † 1498, 1481–1497 Bishop of Langres
   5. Louis I. d'Amboise , † 1503, 1474–1503 Bishop of Albi
   6. Jacques d'Amboise , † 1516, abbot of Cluny from 1485–1510 , bishop of Clermont from 1505–1516
   7. Aimery d'Amboise , † 1512, 1503–1512 Grand Master of St. John
   8. Georges d'Amboise , † 1510, 1482–1484 and 1491–1494 Archbishop of Narbonne , 1484–1491 Bishop of Montauban , 1494–1510 Archbishop of Rouen , 1498 Cardinal, Minister of State of Louis XII.

literature

• Detlev Schwennicke: European Family Tables XIII (1990), panels 1-5