Michel d'Amboise

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Michel d'Amboise (* around 1505 in Naples , † after 1548; correct Michel Bâtard d'Amboise ), known as l'Esclave fortuné ( "the wealthy slave" ), was a courtier, poet and essayist.

He was the illegitimate son of Charles II d'Amboise and a now unknown woman, nephew of Catherine d'Amboise and cousin of Antoinette d'Amboise . His aunt Catherine d'Amboise, who was a patroness to some poets , supported Michel from March 1525 after her nephew Georges d'Amboise, Michel's half-brother and only son of her late brother Charles II, was killed in the Battle of Pavia in February 1525 until she chased him away because of his antics - whereupon Michel found a new patron at short notice in his cousin Antoinette d'Amboise. After breaking off this relationship, he went to Paris, where he was soon arrested for his debts. During his two-year incarceration in Châtelet (1529–1531) he used the time to write his first works:

  • Les complaintes de l'esclave fortuné
  • Les bucoliques de Baptiste Mantua
  • La penthaire de l'esclave fortuné où sont contenues plusieurs lettres et fantaisies

After his imprisonment, Michel d'Amboise continued to live on a large scale, always short of money, and did not hesitate to have several of his poems printed - the subjects were his personal financial situation and the misfortunes in the world - which he gave his patrons in the form of a Dedicated petition.

He maintained a friendship with poets such as Gilles Corrozet and François Habert , known as Le Banni de Liesse .

See also: House Amboise

Works

  • Michel d'Amboise. Various recueils de poésie parlées et chantées
  • Michel d'Amboise, Le Guidon des gens de guerre , essay, Paris, 1543. (ré-édition Galliot du Pré, Paris, 1843, 176 pages)

literature

  • Ariane Bergeron-Foote: Les œuvres en prose de Catherine d'Amboise, dame de Lignières (1481–1550) , Thèse de l ' École nationale des chartes , 2002.
  • Gallica Publication [Document électronique]: 1995. 237 pages. Les epistres d'Ovide & Response à icelles epistres par Michel d'Amboise . Reproduction: numérisation BNF de l'éd. de Lyon by Jean Temporal et Philibert Rollet, 1552, in-16 °, 12 cm
personal data
SURNAME Amboise, Michel d '
ALTERNATIVE NAMES l'Esclave fortuné; Amboise, Michel Bâtard d '
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French courtier, poet and essayist
DATE OF BIRTH around 1505
PLACE OF BIRTH Naples
DATE OF DEATH after 1548