| Pierre Brûlart | |
| Office1: | Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs & War |
| Term Start1: | April 1617 |
| Term End1: | March 1626 |
| Predecessor1: | Cardinal Richelieu |
| Successor1: | Raymond Phelypeaux, seigneur d'Herbault |
| Office2: | French Ambassador to Spain |
| Term Start2: | 1612 |
| Term End2: | 1612 |
| Birth Date: | 1583 |
| Birth Place: | Paris |
| Death Date: | 22 April 1640 |
| Death Place: | Marines |
| Nationality: | French |
| Otherparty: | Order of Saint Michael |
| Spouse: | 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] |
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 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]