# Francis I brings Leonardo to Amboise as a court pensioner

Date: 1516

## The fact

In 1516 Francis I brought Leonardo to Amboise as a court pensioner at Clos Lucé. The pension is a dated office. Later house museums are not this act. Leonardo da Vinci's documented role is: He accepted a French royal pension and lodging at Clos Lucé. Francis paid; Leonardo did not design the whole Loire.

## Context

The Mona Lisa travelled with him in the received file. Sharing patronage with Francis is required. The setting of Francis I brings Leonardo to Amboise as a court pensioner is the public file around 1516-01-01. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Driver edu-[digital-learning-access](/drivers/edu-digital-learning-access) is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

## Evidence and sources

Official locator: Château d'Amboise — Leonardo at Amboise heritage at https://www.chateau-amboise.com/en/ (Château d'Amboise). Independent locator: Britannica — Leonardo, France and Francis I at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leonardo-da-Vinci (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Official carrier: Château d'Amboise — Leonardo at Amboise heritage (https://www.chateau-amboise.com/en/; Château d'Amboise). Independent carrier: Britannica — Leonardo, France and Francis I (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leonardo-da-Vinci; Encyclopaedia Britannica).

Official or archival record: Château d'Amboise — Leonardo at Amboise heritage (https://www.chateau-amboise.com/en/; Château d'Amboise).

## Significance

Improving path from Francis I brings Leonardo to Amboise as a court pensioner on 1516-01-01. A royal pension for a master is an education-patronage path. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

## What is established and what is not

Established: a sourced public record of Francis I brings Leonardo to Amboise as a court pensioner under 1516-01-01 for Leonardo da Vinci. Established: a sourced public record of Francis I brings Leonardo to Amboise as a court pensioner under 1516-01-01.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Do not treat later château tickets as 1516. Do not award him every Loire canal. Mixed effects of Francis I brings Leonardo to Amboise as a court pensioner are separate paths.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

The welfare reading used in this dossier is improving. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Shared responsibility is part of Francis I brings Leonardo to Amboise as a court pensioner. Naming Leonardo da Vinci does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1516-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

## People

- Leonardo da Vinci: https://factrail.ai/people/leonardo-da-vinci

## Drivers

- Digital Learning Access: https://factrail.ai/drivers/edu-digital-learning-access

## Sources

- https://www.chateau-amboise.com/en/
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leonardo-da-Vinci

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/ldv-amboise-1516