Claude Pinart
Claude Pinart, seigneur de Comblisy and Crambailles (died 15 September 1605 in the Château de Cremailles) was a Secretary of State under the French king Henry III, from 13 September 1570 until ordered to retire on 8 September 1588.[1] He was also baron of Cremailles and Malines and the first baron of Valois.
Biography
He was the son of François, seigneur de Molines. He married Marie de L'Aubespine (d. 5 June 1591), daughter of Gilles de l'Aubespine, and cousin of Claude II de l’Aubespine on 13 February 1583.[2] They had a son Henri Claude Pinart, Marquis de Louvois, Vicomte de Comblizy and a daughter Madeleine (d. 6 April 1654 in Paris).
He was close to Catherine de' Medici, and accompanied her in 1578 and 1579.[3]
In 1575, he visited Sweden for the negotiations of a possible marriage between Henry III and Princess Elizabeth of Sweden. He visited England as part of an embassy to Elizabeth I in April 1581.[4]
He was succeeded by Louis de Revol in 1588 and, after he became retired, he was installed as military governor along with a family from Château-Thierry.
References
- Charles Hélion Marie le Gendre Luçay (comte de) (1881). Des origines du pouvoir ministériel en France: les secrétaires d'état depuis leur institution jusqu'à la mort de Louis XV (in French). Librairie de la Société bibliographique.
- Hélène Michaud. Les registres de Claude Pinart, secrétaire d'État (1570-1588) (in French). Bibliothèque de l'école des chartes. p. 135.
- John Hearsey McMillan Salmon (1979). Society in crisis: France in the sixteenth century. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-416-73050-0.
- Susan Doran (1996). Monarchy and matrimony: the courtships of Elizabeth I. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-11969-6.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Claude II de l’Aubespine |
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1570–1588 |
Succeeded by Louis de Revol |