Nicolas Brûlart de Sillery

Nicolas Brûlart de Sillery (1544 – 1 October 1624) was a foreign minister and Lord Chancellor of France.

Nicolas Brûlart de Sillery
Born17 December 1544 
Died1 October 1624  (aged 79)
Sillery 
OccupationDiplomat 
Position heldambassador (15871595) 
Titlesseigneur 

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

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

  • 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
Nicolas de Neufville de Villeroy
Joint Secretary of State for War & Foreign Affairs
1606–1616
Succeeded by
Claude Mangot
Preceded by
Pomponne de Bellièvre
Chancellor of France
1607–1624
Succeeded by
Guillaume du Vair


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