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The second house of Amboise was founded by Jean of Berrie, his son, who succeeded to the lords of Amboise and Chaumont sur Loire in 1255, after the death of his cousin Mahaud lady of Amboise, Countess of Chartres, daughter of Sulpice III Lord of Amboise. Jean of Berrie took the name & arms of Amboise and died in his castle of Berrie in 1274.
The Château d'Amboise would pass through Ingelger and Adelais' heirs, and he was succeeded by their son, Fulk the Red. As Fulk the Red expanded his territory, Amboise, Loches, and Villentrois formed the core of his possessions. [3] Amboise lay on the eastern frontier of the Angevins holdings. [4]
In the park is a pigeon house from the middle of 15th century built by Etienne le Loup, Amboise beadle that can shelter up to a thousand birds. In 2003, Jean Saint-Bris set up an educational and cultural course in the park of the Clos Lucé with several sound terminals and impressive machines inspired from Leonardo's mind.
The house has lost some of its original parts, but it still stands today containing a museum of da Vinci's work and inventions, and overlooks the river Loire. The Amboise conspiracy was the conspiracy of Condé and the Huguenots in 1560 against Francis II , Catherine de' Medici and the Guises .
The Châteliers oppidum (or Châtelliers) is a French archaeological site located in Amboise, in the Indre-et-Loire department, in the Centre-Val de Loire region. The site is strategically situated on a limestone spur approximately 50 meters above the confluence of the Loire and one of its tributaries, the Amasse [].
Pages in category "House of Amboise" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... Jacques d'Amboise (dancer) L. Louis de Clermont, seigneur de ...
Château de Chaumont stands above the River Loire. The name Chaumont derives from the French chauve mont, meaning "bald hill". [1] The first castle on this site, situated between Blois and Amboise, was built by Odo I, Count of Blois, in the 10th century, with the purpose of protecting his lands from attacks by his feudal rival, Fulk Nerra, Count of Anjou. [2]
The respective head of the House of Orléans is the honorary chairman of the foundation whose assets included the Château d'Amboise (family museum), the Château de Bourbon-l'Archambault and the Château de Dreux (private residence), with the Chapelle royale de Dreux, the necropolis of the Orléans royal family. When he sold further property ...