Pierre Brûlart, marquis de Sillery

Pierre Brûlart, Marquis de Sillery, Viscount Puisieux, Baron Grand Pressigny (1583 – 22 April 1640) served Louis XIII as joint Minister of Foreign Affairs and War from 1617 to 1626.

Pierre Brûlart, Marquis de Sillery, Viscount Puisieux, Baron Grand Pressigny
Chapelle du Sacré-Cœur, Marines
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs & War
In office April 1617 – March 1626
Preceded by	Cardinal Richelieu
Succeeded by	Raymond Phelypeaux, seigneur d'Herbault
French Ambassador to Spain
In office 1612–1612
Personal details
Born	1583 Paris
Died	22 April, 1640 Marines
Nationality	French
Other political affiliations	Order of Saint Michael
Spouse(s)	Magdelaine de Neufville (died 1613) Charlotte d'Estampes (1597-1677)
Children	Charlotte (1619-1697); Louis-Roger Brûlart, Marquis de Sillery (1619-1691); Nicolas (died after 1677), Claude, Marie Eléonor (died 1687), Françoise, Eléonor Adam (died 1699)[1]

Life

Pierre's father, Nicolas Brûlart ca 1605

Pierre Brûlart was born in 1583, son of Nicolas Brûlart, marquis de Sillery, 1544–1624 and Claude Prudhomme.[2] His father was combined Secretary of State for War & Foreign Affairs from 1606 to 1616 and Chancellor of France 1607 to 1624.

In 1613, his first wife, Magdalena de Neufville, died childless; his second marriage was to Charlotte d'Estampes (ca. 1597–1677) in 1615. They had seven children who survived to adulthood; Charlotte 1619–1697, Roger Louis 1619–1691, Nicolas (died after 1677), Claude, Marie Eléonor (died 1687), Françoise and Eléonor Adam (died 1699).

As was then common, only Charlotte and Roger Louis married and the other five entered religious orders. Marie Eléonor became Abbess of the Benedictine convent founded at Avenay by Bertha of Val d'Or at the end of the sixth century CE.[3] One of the most prestigious religious institutions in Champagne, this was testimony to the family's status; it was so popular, limits were placed on the numbers accepted.[4]

He died in April 1640 and was buried in the Chapelle du Sacré-Cœur, built in Marines by his father.[5]

References

1. Anselme de Saint Marie, Augustin, Du Forny (ed) (1730). Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France, des Pairs etc Volume 16. Compagnie des Libraires. p. 527.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
2. Richelieu et la maison de Savoie: l'ambassade de Paricelli Gabriel comte de Mun 1907 -"(1) Nicolas Brûlart de Sillery, chancelier de France (1544-1624), un des plénipotentiaires de Vervins (1599) et le ... (2) Pierre Brûlart, marquis de Puisieux (1583-1640), fils du précédent, fut pourvu à dix-sept ans d'une charge.. "
3. "Bertha of Avenay (fl. 6th c.); Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
4. Evergates, Theodor (1999). Aristocratic Women in Medieval France. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-0812235036.
5. Anselme de Saint Marie, p. 527

Sources

• Anselme de Saint Marie, Augustin, Du Forny (ed) (1730). Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France, des Pairs etc Volume 16. Compagnie des Libraires.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
• Evergates, Theodor (1999). Aristocratic Women in Medieval France. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0812235036.