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Françoise d’Amboise (29 May 1427 – 4 November 1485) was born in the castle of Thouars. She was the daughter of the rich noble Louis d’Amboise prince of Talmont and Viscount of Thouars.To escape from the violence of the times she fled with her mother Louise-Marie de Rieux to the court of Brittany which resided in Vannes and later on in Nantes. At the age of three she had been engaged to Peter the second son of John VI Duke of Brittany for political reasons.
