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Nicolas Brûlart de Sillery

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Nicolas Brûlart de Sillery
Chancellor of France
In office
10 September 1607 – 1 October 1624
MonarchsHenry IV
Louis XIII
Preceded byPomponne de Bellièvre
Succeeded byÉtienne I d'Aligre
Personal details
Born1544
Died1 October 1624

Nicolas Brûlart, marquis de Sillery (1544 – 1 October 1624) was a French nobleman who served as Keeper of the Seals and Chancellor of France.

Early life

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He was son of Pierre Brûlart, seigneur de Berny, and Marie Cauchon, dame de Sillery et de Puisieux.

Personal life

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He married Claude Prudhomme on 24 November 1574 and had five daughters and two sons, including Pierre Brûlart, marquis de Sillery, who was Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 24 April 1617 to 11 March 1626.

Sources

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  • Bernard Barbiche & Ségolène Dainville-Barbiche, Sully, Paris, 1997.
  • Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, Historiettes, Paris, 1960, édition révisée et annotée par Antoine Adam.
  • Pierre Chevallier, Louis XIII, page 690.
  • Phillipe Tamizey de Larroque, Lettres de Peiresc aux frères Dupuy, paris, 1888, tome 1, page 804.
  • Suzanne et René Pillorget, France baroque, France Classique, Dictionnaire, Paris, 1995, pages 173 et 174.


Preceded by Joint Secretary of State for War & Foreign Affairs
1606–1616
Succeeded by
Claude Mangot
Preceded by Chancellor of France
1607–1624
Succeeded by