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Encyclopedia > Amboise plot

The Amboise conspiracy, or Tumult of Amboise (1560), was a failed attempt by Huguenots and the house of Bourbon to wrest power over France, by abducting the young king, Francis II and arresting François (the Duke of Guise) and his brother Charles (cardinal of Lorraine).


Rumors of the plot reached Charles ahead of time, and the conspirators were massacred. In the following weeks, 1200 bodies hung on iron hooks on the façade of the Château d'Amboise and from nearby trees, enraging the Huguenot opponents of the house of Guise and adding to the tensions which culminated in the French Wars of Religion.



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Amboise - LoveToKnow 1911 (353 words)
AMBOISE, a town of central France in the department of Indre-et-Loire, on the left bank of the Loire, 12 m.
Amboise at the end of the 11th century was a lordship under the counts of Anjou, one of whom, Hugues I., rebuilt the ancient castle.
The discovery in 1560 of the " conspiracy of Amboise," a plot of the Huguenots to remove Francis II.
Amboise Conspiracy Of: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library (795 words)
AMBOISE, CONSPIRACY OF 1560, plot of the Huguenots (French Protestants) and the house of Bourbon to usurp the power of the Guise family, which virtually ruled France during the reign of the young Francis II.
AMBOISE, CONSPIRACY OF 1560, plot of the Huguenots (French Protestants) and the house...de Bourbon, prince de Conde, provided for a march on the castle of Amboise, the abduction of King Francis II, and the arrest of Francois, duc...
The Conspiracy of Amboise (1560), by which the Huguenots attempted to end the persecutions suffered at the hands of Francis II, was a...
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