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 | |
|---|---|
| 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
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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]
Career
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As testimony of his activity as French ambassador in Spain, there is a mention in the text of the approval of the second part of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, signed by Francisco Márquez Torres (chaplain of the archbishop of Toledo, Bernardo de Sandoval y Rojas). The text briefly mentions his participation in the marriage agreement between the Spanish infanta (princess) Anne of Austria, daughter of King Philip III, and the French monarch Louis XIII.[6]
References
edit- ^ 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.
{{cite book}}:|first1=has generic name (help) - ^ 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.. "
- ^ "Bertha of Avenay (fl. 6th c.); Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ Evergates, Theodor (1999). Aristocratic Women in Medieval France. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-0812235036.
- ^ Anselme de Saint Marie, p. 527
- ^ De Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel (1615). "'Aprobación' a la Segunda parte del ingenioso caballero Don Quijote de la Mancha (in Spanish)". Centro Virtual Cervantes.
Sources
edit- 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.
{{cite book}}:|first1=has generic name (help) - Evergates, Theodor (1999). Aristocratic Women in Medieval France. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0812235036.