Maixent Poitevin (a.k.a. Maixent de La Bidollière), was a 16th Century French squire and

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. Barrister and alderman (avocat and ) of

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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

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- his idea of overflowing the

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allowed Catholics to keep the city under control. La Bidollière, died after 1595, was brother of the poet .

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