Joseph Boniface de La Molle is believed to have been born around 1530.

The Provencale lover of Marguerite de Valois (and many other women), during the early part of her marriage to Henri III of Navarre.

He served Francois Duc D'Alencon , Marguerite's brother and youngest son of King Henri II of France and Catherine de Medici.

He was implicated in plots with Francois and Henri, which due to Catherine de Medici's hatred of him, led to him being tortured and beheaded in 1574, along with his friend Count Hannibal de Coconat .