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PIBRAC, GUY DU FAUR, SEIGNEUR DE (1529-1584) , French jurist and poet, was born at Toulouse, of an old family of the magistracy. He studied law there with Jacques Cujas, and afterwards at Padua. In 1548 he was admitted to the bar at Toulouse, at once took high rank, and rose to be juge-mage, an office in Languedocian cities about equal to that of prev3t. He was selected in 1562 as one of the three representatives of the king of France at the council of Trent. In 1565 he became general advocate
chancellor his brother Henry
Henry
chancellor of Marguerite of France, queen of Navarre. Although he was fifty, her beauty and intellectual gifts led him to aspire to win her affection; but he was rejected with disdain. He died in 1584. His oratorical style was too pedantic, but quotations from the classics had a fresher meaning in his day. He was the friend of Ronsard, de Thou and L'H8pital, and left, among other literary remains, elegant and sententious quatraines.End of Article: PIBRAC, GUY DU FAUR, SEIGNEUR DE (1529-1584) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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