Georges d'Amboise
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Georges d'Amboise was a French Roman Catholic cardinal and minister of state. He belonged to the house of Amboise, a noble family possessed of considerable influence: of his nine brothers, four were b
Contemporary illustration of Cardinal d’Amboise walking behind Louis XII, from a copy of Remèdes de l'une et l'autre, a French translation of Petrarch, 1503
Medallion commemorating Georges d'Amboise, designed by Pierre Regnier and struck between 1634 and 1640
Château de Meillant, near Bourges (Cher).
Pope Julius II
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Pope Julius II was head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 1503 to his death, in February 1513.
Georges d'Amboise
…influence; the troops were dismissed, and an Italian was appointed as Pius III (1503); and again, on the death of Pius within the month, another Italian, Julius II (1503–13), was chosen. On 4 December 1503 Cardinal d'Amboise received as compensation the title of papal legate for life in France and of Avignon…
Portrait of Pope Julius II, 1511–1512
Bust of Julius II
Woodcut by Hans Burgkmair
Giuliano della Rovere (left, future Julius II), and Julius II's nephew, Clemente della Rovere (right), who safeguarded Giuliano's affairs while he fled to France following a dispute with Alexander VI