About Maixent Poitevin
Maixent Poitevin was a jurist and squire.
Landscape of Poitiers in 1569, besieged by the Protestant army of Gaspard de Coligny. Maixent Poitevin (a.k.a. Maixent de La Bidollière), was a 16th Century French squire and jurist.
Barrister and alderman (avocat and ) 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 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 .
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Mayor and Captain of the town of Poitiers in 1566, Poitou, France
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