[1] Boisseleau received a commission in the French Royal Army and saw extensive service in the Franco-Dutch War.
[1] He was one of many French soldiers sent to Ireland by Louis XIV to assist his cousin James II to keep hold of his Irish Crown.
Boisseleau was appointed Governor of Limerick by King James' representative in Ireland the Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell.
[4] Following the siege, he requested permission from his French commander, Antoine Nompar de Caumont, to leave Ireland.
He subsequently served in the French army in the Nine Years' War, including at the Siege of Namur and the Battle of Landen.