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.
They had 17 children, including:
Charles I of Amboise, favourite of Louis XILouis (1433–1503), bishop of AlbiJohn VII of Amboise, bishop and Duke of LangresJacques d'AmboiseA son (1440–1498), seigneur de Bussy, married Catherine de Saint-Belin (issue)Georges d'Amboise (1460–1510), a cardinal and minister of state under Louis XIIHugues (?–1515), seigneur d'Aubijoux, married Madeleine de Lescun, dame de Sauveterre (issue)Pierre (?–1505), Bishop of PoitiersEmery (?–1512), Grand-Master of the Order of Malta, head of the armies of Francis I of France on the Milan campaignsMarie, married Jean de Hangest, seigneur de GenlisAnne, married Jacques de ChazeronLouise (?–1516), married Guillaume Gouffier de BoissyMadeleine d'Amboise (1461–1497), abbess of Charenton and of Saint MenouxMarguerite (?–1495). First married Jean Crespin, and then on 10 October 1457 Jean II de Rochechouart, baron de MortemerCatherine, dame de Linières, who married Baron Pierre de Castelnau-CaylusPierre d'Amboise died in his castle of Meillant in Berry. On his death he was buried in the nunnery of Order of Poor Ladies he had founded at Bourges.
