JUGE, BOFFILLE DE (d. 1502)

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JUGE, BOFFILLE DE (d. 1502) , French-Italian adventurer and statesman, belonged to the family of del Giudice, which came from Amalfi, and followed the fortunes of the Angevin dynasty. When John of Anjou, duke of Calabria, was conquered in Italy (1461) and fled to

Provence

PROVENCE (Provincia, Proenza)

, Boffille followed him. He was given by Duke John and his father, King Rene, the charge of upholding by force of arms their claims on Catalonia. Louis XI., who had joined his troops to those of the princes of Anjou, attached Boffille to his own person, made him his

chamberlain

and conferred on him the vice-royalty of Roussillon and Cerdagne (1471), together with certain important lordships, among others the countship of Castres, confiscated from James of Armagnac, duke of Nemours (1476), and the temporalities of the bishopric of Castres, confiscated from John of Armagnac. He also entrusted him with diplomatic negotiations with Flanders and England. In 1480 Boffille married Marie d' Albret,

sister

SISTER

of Alain the

Great

GREAT

, thus confirming the feudal position which the king had given him in the

south

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

. He was appointed as one of the judges in the trial of Rene of Alencon, 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 countship of Castres. Boffille, with the object of escaping from his enemies, applied for the command of the armies of the republic of Venice. His application was re-fused, and he further lost the viceroyalty of Roussillon (1491). His daughter Louise married against his will a

gentleman

GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its
original
- ORIGINAL
and strict signification, a
term
- TERM
denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

of no rank, and this led to terrible family dissensions. In order to disinherit his own family, Boffille de Juge gave up the countship of Castres to his brother-in-law, Alain d'Albret (1494). He died in 1502.
See P. M. Perret, Boffille de Juge, comte de Castres, et la rEpublique de Venise (1891); F. Pasquier, Inventaire des documents concernant Boffille de Juge (1905). (M. P.*)

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