Triboulet (1479–1536),[1] also known as Le Févrial or under his family name Ferrial,[note 1] was a jester for king Francis I.

[2] According to Jean Marot, historiographer of Louis XII, this king's Triboulet had a physical deformity and was "as wise at thirty as the day he was born".

When he died during the reign of Louis XII, Marot wrote a lengthy epitaph, describing the fool's talents as an entertainer, mime, dancer, and (a bad) musician, and above all, "a man of words".

[2] Quickly after his death, Triboulet became a popular fictionalized character to whom numerous anecdotes and witticisms have been attributed, some copied from Italian sources like Ludovico Ariosto.

In unknown circumstances, Ferrial found purpose in life as the court jester for King Francis I (and perhaps also earlier for Louis XII), who kept him on the court, together with François Bourcier, "governor of Triboulet" and his brother, Nicolas Le Feurial.