Editing Château d'Amboise (section)

===Decline ===
Amboise never returned to royal favour. At the beginning of the 17th century, the huge château was all but abandoned when the property passed into the hands of [[Gaston, Duke of Orléans]], the brother of the Bourbon King [[Louis XIII]]. After his death it returned to the Crown and was turned into a prison during [[the Fronde]], and under [[Louis XIV]] it held disgraced minister [[Nicolas Fouquet]] and the [[Antoine Nompar de Caumont|duc de Lauzun]]. [[Louis XV]] made a gift of it to his minister [[Étienne François de Choiseul, Duke of Choiseul]], who had recently purchased the [[Château de Chanteloup]] to the west. The [[Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre|Duke of Penthièvre]], a minor royal, bought it after Choiseul's death. At his own death in 1793, the castle was confiscated by the State. Emperor [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] gifted Amboise to [[Roger Ducos]] who, after an engineering assessment, decided to destroy a large part of the castle in order to reduce its costs. Ducos was himself exiled in 1816 and Amboise recovered by the [[Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans|Duchess of Orléans]], Penthièvre's daughter and mother of future King [[Louis Philippe I]]. 

Since 1840, the Château d'Amboise has been listed as a ''[[monument historique]]'' by the [[French Ministry of Culture]]. King Louis-Philippe began restoring it during his reign but with his abdication in 1848, the château was confiscated by the government.<!--the following reference does not cover the previous statement--> The captive Emir [[Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri|Abd Al-Qadir]], who resisted the [[French conquest of Algeria|French colonisation of Algeria]], and an entourage of family and retainers were transferred to Château d'Amboise in November 1848.<ref>{{harvnb|Garrett|2010|p=101}}</ref> In 1852 an article in ''[[Bentley's Miscellany]]'' noted that before Abd Al-Qadir took up residence in the château, it had frequently been visited by tourists.
{{blockquote|Amboise, a few years since, was a smiling, lively little town, and the castle was a pleasure residence of the last king; the gardens were delicious, the little chapter of St. Hubert a gem, restored in all its lustre, and the glory of artists and amateurs. All is now changed: a gloom has fallen on the scene, the flowers are faded, the gates are closed, they pretty pavilions are shut-up; there are guards instead of gardeners, and a dreary prison frowns over the reflecting waters, which glide mournfully past the towers.|''Bentley's Miscellany'', 1852<ref>{{harvnb|Anon|1852|p=258}}</ref>}}

Later that year, in October, President [[Napoleon III|Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte]] visited Abd al-Qadir at Amboise to give him the news of his release.<ref>{{harvnb|Garrett|2010|p=102}}</ref> In 1873, Louis-Philippe's heirs were given control of the property and a major effort to repair it was made, directed by [[Eugène Viollet-le-Duc]]. During the [[Nazi German|German invasion]] in 1940 the château was damaged further. Today, the present [[Count of Paris]], a descendant of Louis-Philippe, repairs and maintains the château through the [[Fondation Saint-Louis]].