# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jean-balue
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:32:59.104Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jean-balue"
name: "Jean Balue"
slug: "jean-balue"
description: "Jean Balue was a French cardinal and minister of Louis XI. Born without resources, he managed to climb the political ladder by exploiting connections, to whom he often did not remain loyal, and by making himself an indispensable agent of the king's purposes in a time of political disorder in France. His services were as much military as ecclesiastical, bringing him the critical task of defending the city of Paris against the King's enemies. His work as a diplomat in dealing with Duke Francis of Brittany and with Charles de France brought him the office of first minister to the King. Balue overreached himself in negotiating a treaty between the King and Charles the Bold, who had become Duke of Burgundy and was trying to recover all his family inheritance. Secret correspondence revealed that he might have been playing both sides in the negotiation, and he was arrested, and held on charges of treason from 1469 to 1481, while King and Pope argued over jurisdiction. After the death of King Louis and Pope Sixtus IV, the new French king, Charles VIII, appointed Balue his ambassador in Rome."
tagline: "Catholic cardinal (1422-1491)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cardinal_Jean_Balue.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1422"
deathDate: "1491-10-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.19
  momentum:             1.258741258741259
  historical:           11.82214
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_la_Balue"
    title: "Jean de la Balue"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "جان بالو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_la_Balue"
    title: "Jean de la Balue"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_La_Balue"
    title: "Jean de La Balue"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Balue"
    title: "Jean Balue"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_la_Balue"
    title: "Jean de la Balue"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_la_Balue"
    title: "Jean de la Balue"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Balue"
    title: "Jean Balue"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Balue"
    title: "Jean Balue"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannes_Baluanus"
    title: "Ioannes Baluanus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Balue"
    title: "Jean Balue"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_la_Balue"
    title: "Jean la Balue"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Balue"
    title: "Jean Balue"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8E%2C_%D0%96%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%B4%D0%B5_%D0%BB%D0%B0"
    title: "Балю, Жан де ла"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1066725"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump