Nicolas Brûlart de Sillery

Nicolas Brûlart de Sillery
Chancellor of France
In office 10 September 1607 – 1 October 1624
Monarchs	Henry IV Louis XIII
Preceded by	Pomponne de Bellièvre
Succeeded by	Étienne I d'Aligre
Personal details
Born	1544
Died	1 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

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

Personal life

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