Jean de Laforcade, Seigneur de La Fitte-Juson

), a Senior Diplomat for Marie de' Medici, queen mother and Regent of France (1611–1615), and the King's Prosecutor in Oloron (1619).

I do not think I can leave here sooner than around the fifteenth of January, because it will take me fifteen days, after breaking camp, to wrap up my business…"[28] Marie de' Medici, queen mother of Louis XIII of France, in her capacity as the Regent of France, expressed her annoyance concerning the election of the Deputies for Béarn to the Assembly of Saumur in a letter dated 18 May 1611 to the Marquis de La Force: "…Pending this, I will not conceal that I found very bad the deputation made by those of the Religion alleged reformed of Béarn of Messrs. the Baron d'Arros, de Fourcade and du Casse, that they, for their part, find themselves at the Assembly of Saumur, notwithstanding the opinion [I have] of their persons, which I consider as was told to me, and they will conduct themselves there as the righteous ones at the entertainment of the State in which they have their fortunes and their families; but as the consequence, having never done this during the life of my lord the late King and not having had any reason since his death, as you all too well know, and the good treatment they received from the King, my son and I; how shall we continue should they give us reason.

What you will make them understand, and that which they will need to properly demonstrate by their actions and behavior in the said Assembly, should give me complete satisfaction, which I dare to promise should they behave according to your instructions, on the assurance I have that you will give so instruct them, as well as to others who find themselves at the said Assembly, as your loyalty and affection to service to the King, my said Sire and son, and to the State, makes me hope of you.

The Protestants felt "…they could fairly judge from the little account that had been taken of their demands, and by the fact that everything that had been granted to them was turned against them to their disadvantage and to the advantage of the Catholics, such as, the entry of the Bishops to the Conseil [Souverain de Béarn], the Mass held in the city of Pau against the content of the Edict of Nantes, and the general refusal of all their demands, be it the puny wage increase of thirty livres per year that each of their ministers might receive, or be it the gratuities the three deputies, Messieurs d'Arros, de La Fourcade and du Casse, were granted by His Majesty, whose pensions were the only wages for the little care and vigor they gave to the affairs of their temples, considering these special advantages a public shame…".

In a letter addressed to his wife, on the subject of the state of affairs in Navarre, written from Saint-Palais on 13 July 1615, he wrote: "It is by the means of Mr. de La Fourcade, who dispatched a man to Pau; and so that you can see that we are all good husbands, he will bring you news about us.

I have not yet seen the Viscount d'Échaux; he was feeling worse, as I learned there that those from Upper Navarre want to affirm the rights they claim, so what we must do will depend on the King's wishes.

[37] He was stripped of his nobility by the King before 12 May 1616,[5] probably shortly before 16 July 1613,[15] allegedly for the dérogeance of acquiring some farms in the Pays de Marsan,[citation needed] in present-day department of Landes.

Mr. de La Fourcade also sends the same wishes to you, Sir, and added his request to restore him and his family in all their charges, honors, dignities and pensions, and that the rest of his affairs are going well enough.

Mr. d'Espalungue received letters from Holland that summon him that this War of the Jülich Succession restarts, and that one of the Archdukes, whose name I did not retain, makes grand preparations and armaments to lay siege to that place there…"[5][38] "Opening of the Estates of Béarn, performed by the King, during which he was given 16000 petits écus.

After the dinner on Monday, the 19th of the month of October, we left the Council toward one o'clock in the afternoon, Messieurs de Casans, President, Laforcade, Du Pont, Loyard, Dufour, Laugar, Gillot, Lendressc, Marca, Claverie, all three of the King's staff, and I, in a red robe, to participate in the opening of the Estates, that took place in the great lower hall of the castle, where a small stage or theater was set up, on which there was a chair, on which the King sat…"[40] Jean de Laforcade apparently returned in later life to spend the last years of his life near his sons in parish of Saint-Martin de Monclaris, in the house he built, Caubeyran Manor.

[41] Jean de Forcade obtained letters from the Bishop of Bazas authorizing him burial rights in the parish church itself,[41] in the commune of Sigalens, on 20 June 1639.

Although he did not live to see it, his sons and their descendants were restored to their nobility with letters of rehabilitation issued by King Louis XIV of France[44] on 11 July 1651[44][45] or 13 June 1655,[46] that reestablished them "…in their ancient nobility…" and "…forgave them of the dérogeance committed by their father…".

[52] He married by notarized contract[53] with Odette de Rey[53] at Maître Ouzannet, notary[53][54] and secretary[54] of the commune of Laplume, Gascony, on 29 April 1554.

"…Eighth, they have produced an investigation conducted in the town of Sauveterre in Béarn, by the authority of the elected officials of Guyenne, at the request of Jean de Forcade, Squire, Seigneur de Sauroux, first cousin of the petitioners, by which it is amply verified that their ancestors were genuine nobles, and as such have always held rank at the [Order of the Nobility of the] Estates of the land of Béarn…"[45]