Louis Phélypeaux, Seigneur of La Vrillière

Louis Phélypeaux, Seigneur of La Vrillière (10 April 1599[1]–1681[2]), seigneur de La Vrillière, marquis de Châteauneuf and Tanlay (1678), comte de Saint-Florentin, was a French politician.

He was the son of Raymond Phélypeaux (†1629), seigneur d'Herbault et de La Vrillière. In 1621, he was made a Minister of State and served as Secretary of State for Protestant Affairs from 1629 to 1681. He was also Provost and Master of Ceremonies of the Ordre du Saint-Esprit from 1643 to 1653.

He was the father of Balthazar Phélypeaux (1638–1700) and grandfather of Louis Phélypeaux (1672–1725).[3]

After he died in 1681, he was buried in a baroque tomb in the church of Saint Martial of Châteauneuf-sur-Loire.

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References

  1. ^ Archives historiques de la Saintonge et de l'Aunis / [Société des Archives historiques de la Saintonge et de l'Aunis]. Société des archives historiques de la Saintonge et de l'Aunis Auteur du texte. 1912. p. 175. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  2. ^ Lucay, Helion comte de (1881). Des origines du pouvoir ministeriel en France (etc.) (in French). Soc. bibliogr. p. 601. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  3. ^ Chisholm, Hugh (1911). The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information. University of Cambridge Press. p. 363. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
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