Ambroise de Loré (1396, château de Loré,

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May 24, 1446, Paris) was baron of Ivry in

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, a French military commander, and comrade-in-arms of

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. A reforming commisar of trades and police and "Garde de la prévôté de Paris" (guard of the

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), he became Provost of Paris from 1436 to 1446. He also fought at the battles of Agincourt, La Brossinière,

Orléans Orléans (,"Orleans"
(US) and Patay.

Life

He was born at the Chateau de Loré in

(

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). His first exploit in arms was at the

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in 1415; he followed the party of the

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s and attached himself to the Dauphin Charles. He waged continual warfare against the English in

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until the advent of

. He fought at Jargeau, at

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and at Patay (1429). Using his fortress of Saint-Céneri as a base of operations during the next few years, he seized upon Matthew Gough near Vivoin in 1431, and made an incursion as far as the walls of

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, whence he brought away three thousand prisoners. Taken captive himself in 1433, he was exchanged for

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. In 1435 he and

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defeated the English near

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, and in 1436 he helped the

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, to expel them from Paris. He was appointed Provost of Paris in February 1437, and in 1438 he was made "judge and general reformer of the malefactors of the kingdom." He was present in 1439 at the taking of

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, in 1441 at that of

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, and he died on 24 May 1446.

References

*''Nouvelle Biographie Generale'', volume xxxi *''Revue Historique du Maine'', volumes iii and vi {{DEFAULTSORT:Lore, Ambroise De 1396 births 1446 deaths French soldiers People of the Hundred Years' War 15th-century French military personnel Medieval French knights French prisoners of war in the Hundred Years' War