François de Boivin
François de Boivin (or Boyvin), Baron du Villars (died 1618) was a French chronicler.
He entered the service of Marshal Charles de Brissac, as secretary, and accompanied him to Piedmont in 1550 when the marshal went to take command of the French troops in the war with Spain. Remaining in this service he was sent after the defeat of the French at St Quentin in 1557 to assure the French king Henry II of the support of Brissac.[1]
He took part in the negotiations which led to the treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis in April 1559, but was unable to prevent Henry II from ceding the conquests made by Brissac.[1]
Boivin wrote his Mémoires sur les guerres démêlées tant en Piedmont, qu'au Montferrat & Duché de Milan par feu Messire Charles de Cossé, conte de Brissac […] (1606)[2], which, in spite of some drawbacks, is valuable as the testimony of an eye-witness of the war. An edition, carefully revised, appears in the Mémoires relatifs de l'histoire de France, tome x., edited by JF Michaud and JJF Poujoulat (1850). He also wrote Instruction sur les affaires d'état (1610).[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Chisholm 1911, p. 155.
- ^ François de Boyvin du Villars (1606). Memoires du sieur François de Boyvin, chevalier, Baron du Villars, Bailly de Gez, Conſeiller et Maiſtre d'Hoſtel ordinaire de la Royne. Sur les guerres demeslees tant en Piedmont, qu'au Montferrat & Duché de Milan par feu Meßire Charles de Cossé, conte de Brissac, Mareſchal de France, & Lieutenant general delà les Monts, pour le Roy Henry ſecond, commençans en l'annee 1550. & finiſſans en 1559 (in French). Paris: Iean Gesselin. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
- ^ Chisholm 1911, pp. 155–156.
Sources
[edit]- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Boivin, François de". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 155–156.
