Boffille de Juge
Boffille de Juge (died 1502), French-Italian adventurer and statesman, belonged to the family of del Giudice, which came from
bishopric of Castres, confiscated from John of Armagnac. He also entrusted him with diplomatic negotiations with Flanders and England.[1]
In 1480 Boffille married Marie d'Albret, sister of
René of Alençon, and showed such zeal in the discharge of his functions that Louis XI rewarded him by fresh gifts. However, the bishop of Castres recovered his diocese (1483), and the heirs of the duke of Nemours took legal proceedings for the recovery of the county of Castres.[1]
Boffille, with the object of escaping from his enemies, applied for the command of the armies of the republic of Venice. His application was refused, and he further lost the viceroyalty of Roussillon (1491). His daughter Louise married against his will a gentleman of no rank, and this led to terrible family dissensions. In order to disinherit his own family, Boffille de Juge gave up the county of Castres to his brother-in-law, Alain d'Albret (1494). He died in 1502.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Prinet, Leon Jacques Maxime (1911). "Juge, Boffille de". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 544–545. This cites:
- P. M. Perret, Boffille de Juge, comte de Castres, et la république de Venise (1891)
- F. Pasquier, Inventaire des documents concernant Boffille de Juge (1905).
