Pierre Brûlart, lord of Genlis and Crosne (c. 1535 – 12 April 1608) was a French statesman of the sixteenth century.
Offices
* Secretary of State under
Charles IX of France
Charles IX (Charles Maximilien; 27 June 1550 – 30 May 1574) was King of France from 1560 until his death in 1574. He ascended the French throne upon the death of his brother Francis II in 1560, and as such was the penultimate monarch of the ...
and
Henri III
Henry III (french: Henri III, né Alexandre Édouard; pl, Henryk Walezy; lt, Henrikas Valua; 19 September 1551 – 2 August 1589) was King of France from 1574 until his assassination in 1589, as well as King of Poland and Grand Duke of ...
* Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 8 June 1569 to 1588.
Family
He was the son of Noel Brulart, Lord of Crosne 1557 and Isabeau Bourdin, lady Chapet (1589).
He married Madeleine Chevalier (1610 / 1611) on 10 September 1571, with children:
* Gilles
* Charles
* + Christmas
* Peter
* + Louis / 1646
* Magdalena
* Nicolas 1659
* Mary 1631
* Elizabeth
He belonged to a house from St Martin at Blois.
He was Secretary to the King in 1557, and commandments of Queen Catherine de' Medici in 1564. At the death of
Florimond III Robertet d'Alluye
Florimond III, Baron Alluye (1540? – 1569) was governor of Orléans, and Secretary of State to Francis II of France, and Charles IX of France.
Life
He married, in 1557, Joan of Halluyn of Vienne, god-daughter of Catherine de Medici (she broke ...
, King
Charles IX appointed him Secretary of State from 8 June 1569.
He was at the king's marriage with
Elizabeth of Austria, was reading the contract and signed the ratification.
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1535 births
1608 deaths
French Foreign Ministers
16th-century French diplomats