Pierre Brûlart, marquis de Sillery


Pierre Brûlart, Marquis de Sillery, Viscount Puisieux, Baron Grand Pressigny served Louis XIII as joint Minister of Foreign Affairs and War from 1617 to 1626.

Life

Pierre Brûlart was born in 1583, son of Nicolas Brûlart, marquis de Sillery, 1544–1624 and Claude Prudhomme. 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 in 1615. They had seven children who survived to adulthood; Charlotte 1619–1697, Roger Louis 1619–1691, Nicolas, Claude, Marie Eléonor, Françoise and Eléonor Adam.
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. 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.
He died in April 1640 and was buried in the Chapelle du Sacré-Cœur, built in Marines by his father.

Career