François d'Amboise (1550 – 1619) was a French

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and writer. He was counsellor to the

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and advocate general to the

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Biography

François d'Amboise was born in

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, the son of Jean d'Amboise, ordinary surgeon of the king, and the brother of Adrien d'Amboise, Bishop of Tréguier, and of Jacques d'Amboise ( rector of the

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). He studied rhetoric and philosophy at the

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(Paris); in 1568 he became regent to the second grade there and taught literature and philosophy. In 1581, he became the king's lawyer in the treasury, and in 1586, advocate general to the

. In 1589, Henri III granted him letters of nobility. In 1596, Henry IV named him

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, and then, in 1604, Conseiller d'État. François d'Amboise became seigneur of Vezeul, Bourot, Neuillé-le Lierre, Brouard, Lespinière, La Huardière in

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, of Houvoy, Malnoue, Courserin, Plessis-Bourré, Hémery, and Baron of La Chartre-sur-le-Loir. He died in Paris in 1619 and was buried in the Church of Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis. His son was Antoine d'Amboise, seigneur of Clos Lucé, colonel of the regiment of

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et governor of the citadel of

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Works

François d'Amboise wrote a comedy in verse entitled the ''Néapolitaines'' (1584) and several works of poetry, including an elegy on the death of

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, ''Élégie sur le trépas d'Anne de Montmorency'' (1568). He was also responsible for an edition of the works of

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(1616). * ''Regrets facétieux et plaisantes harengues funèbres sur la mort de divers animaux pour passer le temps et resveiller les esprits mélencoliques, non moins remplis d'éloquence que d'utilité et gaillardise'', Paris, N. Bonfons, 1583. * The ''Néapolitaines'', comedy (1584)

References

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