of that town. Throughout his life he was an enlightened patron of letters and art, and it was at his orders that the Château de Gaillon near Rouen was built. The town of Amboise owes much of its importance to the renown of Georges d'Amboise, whose forebears, however, forfeited the château whence they derived their name. His nephews Louis d'Amboise, Georges II d'Amboise and François Guillaume de Castelanu de Clermont-Ludéve were also made cardinals. Popular culture His capacity as an administrator was such that he is believed to be the original "Georges" of the now-obsolete catchphrase "Laissez faire à Georges" (English: "Let George do it"). The idiom apparently first appears in French in the mid-17th century, but its relationship to the 20th-century American saying "Let George do it" is most likely coincidental. Notes and references Sources Attribution: External links Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church: Georges d'Amboise 1460 births 1510 deaths People from Loir-et-Cher 16th-century French cardinals Cardinals created by Pope Alexander VI Bishops of Montauban Archbishops of Rouen 15th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in France 16th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in France Burials at Rouen Cathedral Georges d'Amboise