{{Short description|French politician}}

{{Infobox person | name = Charles I d'Amboise | image = Charles_d'Amboise..png | caption = | birth_date = 1430 | birth_place = | death_date = 22 February 1481 | death_place = | occupation = politician, military figure | spouse = Catherine de Chauvigny (m. 1447) | children = * 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 | term_start = | term_end = | term_start2 = | term_end2 = }} '''Charles I d'Amboise''' (1430 – 22 February 1481<ref>{{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}}</ref>) 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]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> [[Louis XI of France|Louis XI]] appointed him governor of Île-de-France, Champagne and Burgundy.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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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