Jacques de Clermont d'Amboise (c.15251587) was the third son of Louis de Clermont, Lord of Gallerande, butler of the king, and Renée d'Amboise.
Titles
Georges d'Amboise, Cardinal of Rouen, protector of Jean d'Amboise gave him the lands of Bussy and Saxe-Fontaine on condition that the family use the name and arms of the
house of Amboise
The House of Amboise was one of the oldest families of the French nobility whose followed filiation dated back to the early twelfth century. It took its name from the town of Amboise in Touraine.
The house of Amboise formed the two branches of T ...
; thus, the name Clermont-Amboise was adopted.
Jacques held numerous titles including Baron de Bussy, Bussy le Chateau, Cuperly, Ban de Bussy, Courtisols, Vanault le Chatel, Vavray the Great, the Little Vavray, Maurupt, Pargny, Cheppes, Cernon, Vernancourt, Vésigneul sur Coole, and Fontaine sur Coole.
Military career
Jacques was captain of a company of lances for
Francis I of France
Francis I (; ; 12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy. He succeeded his first cousin once removed and father-in-law Louis&nbs ...
and was made a Knight of the
Order of St Michael.
Family
On 26 June 1550 he married Catherine de
Beauvau, lady of Moineville or Mognéville, and they had six children:
*Renée, Princess of Cambray (1546-9 October 1595), married in 1579 to Jean de Montluc,
Marshal of France
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, the intimate friend of the brave Louis de Bussy d'Amboise
*Margaret, married April 6, 1583 Olivier de Chastellux, Baron and Viscount de Chastellux of Avallon. She a friend of
François d'Amboise
François d'Amboise (1550 – 1619) was a French jurist and writer. He was counsellor to the Parlement of Brittany and advocate general to the Grand Conseil.
Biography
François d'Amboise was born in Paris, the son of Jean d'Amboise, ord ...
lawyer and master of requests of the king (son of Jean d'Amboise)
*Françoise
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Louis
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* Louis (coin), a French coin
* HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy
See also
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(b.1549), called "''le Brave Bussy''", a page to
Charles IX of France
Charles IX (Charles Maximilien; 27 June 1550 – 30 May 1574) was List of French monarchs, King of France from 1560 until his death in 1574. He ascended the French throne upon the death of his brother Francis II of France, Francis II in 1560, an ...
at the age of 12. He accompanied his cousin
Francis
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(son of Jean d'Amboise), King Henry III, in Poland.
*Hubert, who died at the siege of Issoire in 1577.
*George, Lord of Mognéville (d.1586), a
Huguenot
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, he married Lucrèce Castel san Nazare.
He married secondly, Jeanne de Romecourt, niece of the governor of Saxe-Fontaine, by whom he had one daughter:
*Renée II, married to Jean de la Fontaine of Ognon, Baron Mussignan.
Sources
*Father Anselm
*Testament of Cardinal Georges d'Amboise II in the departmental archives of Rouen
* J. Balteau, ''Dictionary of Biography''
References
* ''This page is a translation of
its French equivalent.''
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1520s births
1587 deaths
Jacques
Jacques or Jacq are believed to originate from the Middle Ages in the historic northwest Brittany region in France, and have since spread around the world over the centuries. To date, there are over one hundred identified noble families related t ...
16th-century French people