Maixent Poitevin

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 echevin) 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 has gone down in history for his role as captain of the besieged town during the French Wars of Religion: three years later, in 1569, his idea of overflowing the Clain allowed Catholics to keep the city under control.

La Bidollière died after 1595, and was brother of the poet Jean Poitevin.

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. Search this book on

• Liberge, Marin (1846). Le Siège de Poitiers (in French). Poitiers: Létang.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) Search this book on

• Rédet, Louis (1883). Inventaire des Archives de la ville de Poitiers (in French). Poitiers: Société des antiquaires de l'Ouest (Poitiers, France).CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) Search this book on

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