Georges d'Amboise (1488–1550) was a French

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and cardinal.

Biography

A member of the

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, Georges d'Amboise was born in the

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in 1488, one of the sixteen children of Jean d'Amboise, ''signeur'' of Bussy, and Catherine de Saint-Belin. He was the nephew of Cardinal

Georges d'Amboise Georges d'Amboise (1460 – May 25, 1510) was a French Roman Catholic cardinal and minister of state. He belonged to the house of Amboise, a noble family possessed of considerable influence: of his nine brothers, four were bishops. His father, ...

. Following Georges' mother's death, Jean d'Amboise became Bishop of Maillezais and

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. He was educated by preceptors Philippe Decium and Jean de Silva. Early in his ecclesiastical career, he became

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and archdeacon of the cathedral chapter of

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; he later served as the chapter's treasurer and archdeacon. On 8 August 1511 he was elected

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. He was consecrated as a

in December 1513, and he received the

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on 9 March 1514. He served as the king's

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, and later prime minister under Louis XII of France. Pope Paul III made him a

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in the

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of 16 December 1545. He was too ill to travel to

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to receive the red hat, so it was sent to him on 15 March 1546; he received the

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on 7 September 1546. He participated in the papal conclave of 1549–50 that elected

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. On 28 February 1550 he opted for the titular church of

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. Before his death, he briefly served as governor of

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. He died at the Château de Vigny, near

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, on 25 August 1550. He was buried in Rouen Cathedral.

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Biography

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