BOFFILLE DE JUGE (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
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When John of Anjou, duke of Calabria, was conquered in Italy (1461) and fled to Provence, Boffille followed him
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He was given by Duke John and his father, See also: - KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
Rene, the charge of upholding by force of arms their claims on Catalonia
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See also: - LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
XI., who had joined his troops to those of the princes of Anjou, attached Boffille to his own person, made him his See also: - CHAMBERLAIN (0. Fr. chamberlain, chamberlenc, Mod. Fr. chambellan, from O. H. Ger. Chamarling, Chamarlinc, whence also the Med. Lat. cambellanus, camerlingus, camerlengus; Ital. camerlingo; Span. camerlengo, compounded of 0. H. Ger. Chamara, Kamara [Lat.
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH (1836— )
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE (1828– )
- CHAMBERLAIN, SIR NEVILLE BOWLES (1820-1902)
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 See also: - JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
of Armagnac, duke of Nemours (1476), and the temporalities of the bishopric of Castres, confiscated from John of Armagnac
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He also entrusted him with diplomatic negotiations with Flanders and England
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In 1480 Boffille married Marie d' Albret, sister of Alain the Great, thus confirming the feudal position which the king had given him in the south
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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
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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
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Boffille, with the object of escaping from his enemies, applied for the command of the armies of the republic of Venice
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His application was re-fused, and he further lost the viceroyalty of Roussillon (1491)
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His daughter Louise married against his will a gentleman of no rank, and this led to terrible family dissensions
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In See also: - ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
to disinherit his own family, Boffille de Juge gave up the countship of Castres to his brother-in- law, Alain d'Albret (1494)
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He died in 1502
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Perret, Boffille de Juge, comte de Castres, et la rEpublique de Venise (1891); F
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Pasquier, Inventaire des documents concernant Boffille de Juge (1905)
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