Charles II d'Amboise

Born at Chaumont-sur-Loire into the House of Amboise, Charles was the nephew of Cardinal Georges d'Amboise, prime minister of King Louis XII of France, and the son of Charles I d'Amboise, governor of Champagne and Bourgogne.

Charles d'Amboise acted as governor of Paris, of the Duchy of Milan, of the seignory of Genoa, and of the province of Normandie.

In 1501 he was made French lieutenant general and then vice-roy for Lombardy, becoming a friend of Leonardo da Vinci during his stay in Milan.

In 1510, he took command of the French forces fighting against Pope Julius II in the Romagna, for which he was excommunicated.

He died of an illness at Correggio, seven hours before news reached him of the lifting of his excommunication.