The Brûlart family was a family of the

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that was established in

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, in the service of the

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, which then relocated to

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. It is said to have originated from Saint-Martin-d'Ablois, the

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department in

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. The Brûlart family died out in 1793 upon the extinction of the Genlis branch.

History

The Brûlart family, formed three main branches: * Elder branch of the Lords of Sillery, land created into a marquisate by Henry IV, extinct in 1770. * Younger branch of the Lords of La Borde, including Marie Brûlart de La Borde, lady-in-waiting to

Marie Leszczyńska Maria Karolina Zofia Felicja Leszczyńska (; 23 June 1703 – 24 June 1768), also known as Marie Leczinska (), was Queen of France as the wife of King Louis XV from their marriage on 4 September 1725 until her death in 1768. The daughter of St ...

, extinct after 1738. * Younger branch of the Lords of Genlis, extinct in 1793.

Prominent members

Pierre Brûlart, seigneur de Genlis Pierre Brûlart, Lord of Genlis and Crosne ( – 12 April 1608) was a French statesman of the sixteenth century. Early life Brûlart was born in into a noble house from St Martin at Blois. He was the son of Noel Brûlart, Lord of Crosne (d. 1557 ...

(–1608), a statesman and secretary of state. *

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

(1544–1624), diplomat, Keeper of the Seals and Chancellor of France. *

Noël Brûlart de Sillery Noël Brûlart (or ''Brulart''"''Sillery''"
on Quebec toponymy commission.) de Sillery (1577 ...

(1577–1640), a diplomat who became a priest and used his fortune to establish a mission in

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. *

Pierre Brûlart, marquis de Sillery 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. Life Pierre Brûlart was born in 1583, son of Nicolas Brûla ...

(1583–1640), minister of foreign affairs. * (1619–1691), governor of the Duke of Chartres. *

Fabio Brulart de Sillery Fabio Brulart de Sillery (25 October 1655 – 20 November 1714) was a French churchman, bishop of Avranches and bishop of Soissons.''Inventaire, lecture, invention: mélanges de critique et d'histoire''. Bernard Beugnot, Jacinthe Martel, Jacques ...

(1655–1714), Bishop of Avranches and Bishop of Soissons. * Marie Brûlart (–1763), a courtier, close friend and confidante to the queen consort,

. *

Louis Philogène Brûlart, vicomte de Puisieulx Louis Philogène Brulart, Comte de Sillery and Marquis de Puysieux (or Puysieulx) (1702-1770) was a French diplomat and nobleman who served as Foreign Minister from 1747 to 1751 but was forced to retire due to ill-health. Life Louis Philogène ...

(1702–1770), a diplomat who served as foreign minister. * (1737–1793), deputy to the National Convention. * Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis (1746–1830), a writer of novels and theories of children's education. * (–1831), illegitimate daughter of Philippe d'Orléans and Félicité de Genlis.

Family tree

* (–1483) m. Denise Dourdin (d. 1466) ** (–1519) m. Jeanne Jayer (d. 1505) *** Jacques Brûlart, Lord of Heez and Aignets m. Isabelle-Antoinette Le Picart **** Jeanne Brûlart, m. Pierre Hennequin d'Ecquevilly and Boinville *** (1484–1541) m. Ambroise Regnault de Montmort de Berny **** Elder branch, ''called'' Sillery *** Noël Brûlart (1486–1557), Lord of Crosne m. Isabeau Bourdin (d. 1589) **** Denis I Brûlart de La Borde (1532–1611) m. Madeleine Hennequin ***** Younger branch, ''called'' La Borde **** (1535–1608) m. Madeleine Chevalier ***** Younger branch, ''called'' Genlis **** (d. 1597) **** Marguerite Brûlart m. Louis Alleaume **** Ambrosia Brûlart m. Raoul Avrillot de Champlâtreux (uncle of the Marie of the Incarnation) **** Madeleine Brûlart m. Thierry Cauchon de Condé (his brother, Laurent Cauchon, m. Anne Brûlart, daughter of Pierre III Brûlart de Sillery) *** Catherine Brûlart m. 1518: Louis de Longueil, Lord of Chèvreville and Bou

Elder branch, ''called'' Sillery

* (1484–1541) m. Ambroise Regnault de Montmort de Berny ** de Berny (d. 1584) m. 1543: Marie Cauchon, Lady of Sillery and of Puisieulx ***

(1544–1624), 1st Marquis of Sillery, Viscount of Puisieulx and of

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, Baron of

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Communes of Marne (department ...

, Lord of

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and Bréançon, m. 1574: Claude Prudhomme **** (d. 1640), 2nd Marquis of Sillery and Puisieulx, Baron of Grand-Pressigny and Lord of Ferrières and Etableau, m. 1615: Charlotte d'Estampes de Valençay (1597–1677) ***** Charlotte Brûlart (–1697) m. 1640: François d'Estampes, Marquis of Mauny ***** Nicolas-François Brûlart ***** (1619–1691), 3rd Marquis of Sillery, m. 1638: Marie-Catherine de La Rochefoucauld ****** Charles-Roger Brûlart (1640–1719), 4th Marquis of Sillery, m. 1668: Claude Godet de Renneval ******* Félix-François Brûlart (d. 1707), ''styled'' Count of Sillery m. Claudine-Anne Brulart (–1740) ******

(1655–1714) ****** Carloman-Philogène Brûlart (–1727), m. 1697: Marie-Louise Bigot ******* Louis-Philogène Brûlart de Sillery (1702–1770), m. 1722: Charlotte-Félicité Le Tellier de Louvois de Souvré (1708–1783) ******** Adélaïde-Félicité Brûlart m. 1744: Louis-Charles-César Le Tellier de Louvois de Courtanvaux,

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(1695–1771) ****** Louis Brûlart (1642–1664) ****** Charles-Henri (–1664), Lord of

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****** Achille Brûlart (d. 1674) ****** François Brûlart (d. 1668) *** Mathieu Brûlart, Lord of Berny m. Marie de Boudeville, Lady of Vaux **** Pierre Brûlart m. Marie-Madeleine de Cerisiers ***** Noël Brûlart (d. 1714), Lord of Vaux *** Marie Brûlart m. Louis II Durand de Villegagnon *** Anne Brûlart m. 1582: Laurent Cauchon *** Madeleine Brûlart (d. 1635) m. 1587: Guichard Faure **** Angélique Faure m. 1612: Claude de Bullion ***

Noël Brûlart de Sillery Noël Brûlart (or ''Brulart''"''Sillery''"
on Quebec toponymy commission.) de Sillery (1577 ...

(1577–1640) ** Marie Brulart m. Charles Le Prévost *** Madeleine Le Prévost (b. 1566) m. 1587: Charles III d'O de Baillet (d. 1639).

Younger branch, ''called'' La Borde

* Denis I Brûlart (1532–1611) Lord of Reullée, Baron of

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and of La Borde ** Nicolas I Brûlart (d. 1627) m. 1593: Marguerite-Marie Bourgeois d' Origny *** Denis II Brûlart, Marquis of La Borde, x 1623 Marie Massol de Rouvres **** Nicolas II Brûlart (1627–1692), Marquis of La Borde, Baron of

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and

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, m. (1) Marie Cazet de Vautort, (2) 1669: Marie Bouthillier de Chavigny ***** Jacqueline-Charlotte Brûlart (–1743) m. 1689: André-Louis de Loménie, Count of Brienne. ***** Marie Brûlart de La Borde (–1763) m. (1) 1704: Louis-Joseph de Béthune Marquis of Charost, (2) 1732: Charles Philippe d'Albert, 4th Duke of Luynes ***** Anne Brûlart (d. 1711) m. Gaspard II de Vichy de Montceaux, Count of Champrond (1664–1736) **** Noël Brûlart (1632–1694), Count of Rouvres m. (1) Jeanne Gruyn des Bordes (d. 1686), (2) 1695: Bonne-Marie Bachelier de Beaubourg (d. 1716) ***** Madeleine Brûlart (–1761), Lady of Rouvres m. 1696: Louis Tissart ***** Denis-Noël Brûlart (1670–1739), Marquis of Rouvres *** Françoise-Marguerite Brûlart m. 1613: Claude de Saulx-Tavannes de Buzançais ** Noël Brûlart (d. ), Baron of Sombernon, Lord of Mâlain

Younger branch, ''called'' Genlis

* (1535–1608), Lord of Genlis and of Crosne ** Gilles Brûlart (1575–1637) m. (1) Anne de Hallwin, Lady of

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*** Florimond I Brulart (–1685), 1st Marquis of Genlis, Lord of Triel, m. (1) 1628: Charlotte de Brunetel. **** Florimond II Brûlart (–1653), 2nd Marquis of Genlis **** (–1714) **** Claude-Charles Brûlart (d. 1673), 3rd Marquis of Genlis, m. 1669: Angélique Fabert ***** Marie-Anne Claude Brulart (1669–1750), Lady of

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and of Pisy, m. Henri d'Harcourt de Beuvron 1st

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**** Hardouin Brûlart (d. 1699) **** (–1733), 4th Marquis of Genlis, m. 1703: Claudine-Anne Brûlart, Marquise of Sillery, Lady of Sillery, Ludes and Puisieulx. ***** Charles-''Pierre'' Brûlart (–1753), 5th Marquis of Genlis, m. 1726: Louise-Charlotte-Françoise d'

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de Dromesnil ****** Charles-Claude Brûlart (b. 1733), 6th Marquis of Genlis, m. 1765: Jeanne-Marie-Pulchérie de Riotot de Villemeur de La Martinière ****** (1737–1793), ''styled'' Count of Genlis, 5th Marquis of Sillery, m. Félicité du Crest de St-Aubin (1746–1830) ******* Caroline-Jeanne-Séraphine Brûlart (1765–1786) ******* Edmée-Nicole-Pulchérie Brûlart (1767–1847) m. Jean-Baptiste Cyrus de Timbrune, Count of Valence (1757–1822) ******** Rose-Edmée-Louise-Paméla "Rosemonde" de Timbrune de Valence (1789–1860) m.

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(1773–1852) ********* Louis Maurice Fortuné Gérard (1819–1880), Sylvie Perruche (1833–1903) ********** Rosemonde Gérard (1871–1953) m.

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(1868–1918) ***********

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(1891–1968) ***********

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(1894–1977) m. 1920: Andrée Mante ******* Casimir-Charles-Philogène Brûlart (1768–1783) ****** Louis-Marie Brûlart (1738–1761) *** Charles Brûlart (d. 1669), Abbot of Prémontrés *** René Brulart (1617–1696), ''styled'' Baron of Genlis, Marquis of Pisy, Lord of Presles in Cussy, and of Villeprenoy and Ferrières in Andryes, m. Anne de Longueval ** (1572–1649)Marie-Catherine Vignal Souleyreau, ''Correspondance du cardinal de Richelieu : inédits, années 1632 et 1633'
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in Perche-Gouët ** Nicolas Brûlart (d. 1659), Lord of Boulay à Souppes, de Poligny and of Obsonville, m. Marie-Madeleine de Cerisiers, widow of Pierre Brûlart de Sillery de Vaux *** François Brûlart (d. 1703), who inherited from Marie-Sidonie de Lenoncourt, Marquise of Courcelles *** Anne Brûlart m. Louis d'

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du Frétoy *** Marie Brûlart m. Nicolas-Louis, Marquis of Vitry (younger son of Nicolas de L'Hospital) *** Louis Brûlart (d. 1676), Abbot of Neauphle ** Marie Brûlart (d. 1631) m. (1) 1587: François, Baron of Mailloc and Lord of

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, (2) François de Raveton de Chauvigny de Crulai

Titles

* Marquis of Sillery * Marquis of Genlis * Marquis of La Borde * Marquis of Puisieulx * Viscount of Puisieulx * Viscount of Ludes * Baron of Boursault * Baron of Grand-Pressigny * Lord of Génicourt * Lord of Marines * Lord of Bréançon * Lord of Ferrières * Lord of Etableau

History

Prominent members

Family tree

Elder branch, ''called'' Sillery

Younger branch, ''called'' La Borde

Younger branch, ''called'' Genlis

Titles

Châteaux and mansions

See also

Notes

References