Maixent Poitevin (a.k.a. Maixent de La Bidollière), was a 16th Century French squire and jurist.
Barrister and alderman (avocat and echevin [fr]) of Poitiers in Poitou, France since September 9, 1559, he eventually became mayor of the town in 1564. He served two one-year terms.
But he had gone down in history for his role as the town's captain [fr] when it was besieged in 1569 during the French Wars of Religion - his idea of overflowing the Clain allowed Catholics to keep the city under control.
La Bidollière, died after 1595, was brother of the poet Jean Poitevin [fr].
Citations
- Rédet 1883, p. 126.
- Bernstein 2004, p. 40-41.
- Liberge 1846, p. 237-238.
Sources
- Bernstein, Hilary J. (2004). Between Crown and Community: Politics and Civic Culture in Sixteenth-century Poitiers. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press. ISBN 0801442346.
- Liberge, Marin (1846). Le Siège de Poitiers (in French). Poitiers: Létang.
- Rédet, Louis (1883). Inventaire des Archives de la ville de Poitiers (in French). Poitiers: Société des antiquaires de l'Ouest (Poitiers, France).
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