Charles I d'Amboise
{{Short description|French politician}}
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| name = Charles I d'Amboise
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| birth_date = 1430
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| death_date = 22 February 1481
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| occupation = French politician, military figure
| spouse = Catherine de Chauvigny (m. 1447)
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- François
- Charles II d'Amboise (1473 - 1511)
- Louis II d'Amboise
- Guy
- Marie (married to Robert II of Saarbrücken-Commercy)
- Catherine d'Amboise (1482 - 1549)
| office = Governor of Île-de-France, Champagne and Burgundy
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Charles I d'Amboise (1430 - 22 February 1481{{cite book |last1=Chalmel |first1=Jean-Louis |title=Histoire de Touraine, depuis la conquête des Gaules par les Romains, jusqu'à l'année 1790: Les antiquités de villes, terres et lieux titrés de la province, par ordre alphabétique. Gouverneurs de Touraine |date=1828 |publisher=H. Fournier |page=19 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Histoire_de_Touraine_depuis_la_conqu%C3%AAte/cGlEAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Charles+I+d%27Amboise+%2222+f%C3%A9vrier+1481%22&pg=PA19&printsec=frontcover |access-date=12 November 2024 |language=fr}}) was a French politician and military figure, a member of the House of Amboise.
He was lord of Chaumont-sur-Loire, Sagonne, Meillant, Charenton-du-Cher.{{cite book |last1=Billioud |first1=Joseph |title=Les états de Bourgogne aux XIVe et XVe siècles |date=1922 |publisher=Au siège de l'Académie |page=72 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Les_%C3%A9tats_de_Bourgogne_aux_XIVe_et_XVe/YOQAAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Charles+I+d%27Amboise+%221430%22+1481&pg=PA72&printsec=frontcover |access-date=12 November 2024 |language=fr}} Louis XI appointed him governor of Île-de-France, Champagne and Burgundy.{{cite book |last1=Thaumassière |first1=Gaspard Thaumas de La |title=Histoire de Berry. Par Gaspard Thaumas de la Thaumassiere .. |date=1689 |publisher=chez Francois Toubeau imprimeur-libraire juré de l'université & de la ville |page=670 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Histoire_de_Berry_Par_Gaspard_Thaumas_de/jvO2zo9pxYcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Charles+I+d%27Amboise+Gouverneur+de+l%27%C3%8Ele-de-France&pg=PA670&printsec=frontcover |access-date=12 November 2024 |language=fr}} He was admitted to the Order of Saint Michael.
Family
He was the oldest son of Pierre d'Amboise. He had six children with his wife Catherine de Chauvigny (1447–1485).
- François
- Charles II d'Amboise (1473 - 1511)
- Louis II d'Amboise
- Guy
- Marie, married to Robert II of Saarbrücken-Commercy(† 1504), who was Count of Roucy, and had issue.
- Catherine d'Amboise (1482 - 1549)
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