Born ‎1075 Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France, died ‎24 Jul 1129 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel‎, age 53 or 54 years, buried Mount Of Olives Cemetery, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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1096
Lord of Touraine


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June 1098
Took part in the siege of Nicaea, at the seige of Antioch


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11 December 1098
Took part at the capture of Marre


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15 July 1099
Jerusalem, Palestine
the taking of


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12 August 1099
at the headquarters of Ascalon


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Financed Construction
from 1105 to 1120
Touraine, France
castles, abbeys, bridges, churches and monasteries


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1115
Amboise, Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France
the second stone bridge on the Loire after that of Tours (this bridge replaced a bridge made of boats)

Hugues Ist of Amboise, born around 1055, and died on July 24, 1129, was a lord of Touraine.

Origin
Hugues Ist of Amboise was the son of Sulpice Ist of Amboise, lord of Amboise and Chaumont-sur-Loire. He was, after the Count of Anjou, the most powerful lord of Touraine.

Biography
After years of war, and to reach a truce with Count Fulk IV of Anjou, Sulpice I of Amboise , his father, gave Hugues I as hostage to the count. Hugues thus remained a good part of his childhood at the court of the Count of Anjou. It is his uncle, Lisois de Verneuil, who, after the death of his father, managed to release him by threatening the count to defect at a time when it was exposed to the attacks of the count of Poitou, and Geoffroy, lord of Preuilly. After coming into possession of his property, Hugues Ist of Amboise became a knight and continued the fight against the Count of Anjou.

In 1096, Hugues was one of the first lords of Touraine to answer the call of Pope Urban II. He left the abbey of Marmoutier, along with several other lords, to go to the Holy Land, with the first crusade of Godefroy de Bouillon. Before leaving, he entrusted the guard of Amboise Castle to Robert des Roches, lord of Roche-Corbon, his brother-in-law. However, being wary of Count Foulque IV of Anjou, who sought to make himself master of the castles of Roche-Corbon and Amboise, Hugues built in 1095, the castle of Roche-Corbon, on the highest place of the rock, a square tower forming a kind of lighthouse whose fires could be seen from the fortress of Amboise. It was then easy, by means of agreed signals, to warn the garrisons of one or the other fortress, in case of attack. This tower, the only ruin of the castle existing today, is still known under the name of "Lantern of Rochecorbon".

He took part in the siege of Nicaea, was at the siege of Antioch in June 1098, and was at the capture of Marre on December 11, 1098. He participated in the taking of Jerusalem on July 15, 1099, and was at the headquarters of Ascalon on August 12, 1099. He did not return his estates until Christmas 1099.

Upon his return the war began again with Count Fulk IV of Anjou. The latter, to beat him, made alliances with Aubri lord of Montrésor and Montrichard, as well as with Josselin and Hugues de Sainte-Maure de Touraine. For his part, Hugues made an alliance with his brother-in-law, the lord of Lignières. Hugues Ist of Amboise won this war where both the Sainte-Maure de Touraine brothers and Fulk IV of Anjou died, in 1109.

Fulk's successor, Foulque V of Anjou, preferred to compromise with Hugues by giving him all his possessions around Amboise. This did not prevent Hugues Ist of Amboise from attacking his other Aubri aggressor, lord of Montresor and Montrichard. At the end of the year 1109, he defeated him on the banks of the Indre and seized his fortress of Montrichard, which he annexed to his domains.

Between 1105 and 1120, Hugues Ist of Amboise financed many construction projects throughout Touraine, including castles, abbeys, bridges, churches and monasteries. He had almost entirely rebuilt the castle of Amboise which became one of the main fortresses of Touraine. He also built, in 1115, in front of the fortress of Amboise the second stone bridge on the Loire, after that of Tours. This bridge replaced a bridge made of boats.

In 1120, Hugues Ist of Amboise again took the cross to accompany Count Fulk V of Anjou , who was going to marry the daughter of the king of Jerusalem. He participated in several expeditions, including that against Damascus, and died in Jerusalem on July 24, 1129. His body was buried on the Mount of Olives near Jerusalem.