Overview
Pierre d'Amboise (1408 – 28 June 1473) was a French nobleman of the House of Amboise. He was a son of Hugh VIII of Amboise, who was killed at the battle of Agincourt, and of Jeanne de Guénand.
Titles and offices
Conseiller and chamberlain to Charles VII.
Governor of Touraine.
Louis XI's ambassador to Rome.
Lord of Chaumont, Meillant, Sagonne, Les Rochettes, Asnières (in Blésois), Saint-Vérain, Bussy, Preuilly, Les Bordes-Guénand, Moulins, Charenton, etc.
With his cousin Louis d'Amboise, he fought alongside Joan of Arc at the Siege of Orléans (January 1429).
He participated in the "Praguerie" under the rule of Charles VII.
He participated in the League of the Public Weal under the rule of Louis XI, who, in reprisals, confiscated all his goods and had his main fortress at Chaumont destroyed.
Marriage and issue
On 23 August 1428 he married Anne de Bueil, Dame d'Aubijoux, daughter of Jean IV de Bueil and of Marguerite Dauphine d'Auvergne, countess of Sancerre.
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