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AMBOISE , a See also:town of central See also:France in the See also:department of See also:Indre-et-See also:Loire, on the See also:left See also:bank of the Loire, 12 M. E. of See also:Tours by the See also:- ORLEANS
- ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
- ORLEANS, DUKES OF
- ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
- ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
- ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
- ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
- ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
- ORLEANS, PHILIP I
- ORLEANS, PHILIP II
Orleans railway. Pop. (1906) 4632. Amboise owes its celebrity to the imposing See also:chateau which overlooks the Loire from the rocky See also:eminence above the town. The Logis du Roi, the most important portion, was the See also:work of See also:Charles VIII.; the other wing was built under See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis XII. and See also:Francis I. The ramparts are strengthened by two massive towers containing an inclined See also:plane on which horses and carriages may ascend. The See also:chapel of St See also:Hubert, said to contain the remains of Leonardo da See also:Vinci, who was summoned to Amboise by Francis I., See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of France, and died there in 1519, is in the See also:late See also:Gothic See also:style; a delicately carved See also:relief over the See also:doorway represents the See also:con-version of St Hubert. The hotel de ville is established in a See also:mansion of See also:Renaissance See also:architecture; a town gateway of the 15th See also:century, surmounted by a See also:belfry, is also of architectural See also:interest. See also:Iron-See also:founding, See also:wool-See also:weaving, and the manufacture of boots and See also:farm implements are among the See also:industries.
Amboise at the end of the 11th century was a lordship under the See also:counts of See also:Anjou, one of whom, See also:Hugues I., rebuilt the See also:ancient See also:castle. Its territory was See also:united to the domain of the See also:crown of France by Charles VII. about the See also:middle of the 15th century, and thenceforth the chateau became a favourite See also:residence of the See also:French See also:kings. The See also:discovery in 156o of the " See also:conspiracy of Amboise," a See also:plot of the See also:Huguenots to remove Francis II. from the See also:influence of the See also:house of See also:Guise, was avenged by the See also:death of 1200 members of that party. In 1563 Amboise gave its name to a royal See also:edict allowing freedom of See also:worship to the Huguenot See also:nobility and gentry. After that See also:period the chateau was frequently used as a See also:state See also:prison, and Abd-el-Kader was a See also:captive there from 1848 to 1852. In 1872 it was restored by the See also:National See also:Assembly to the house of Orleans, to which it had come by See also:inheritance from the See also:duke of Penthievre in the latter See also:half of the 18th century.
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