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.

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.

[5] As testimony of his activity as French ambassador in Spain, there is a mention in the text of the approval of the second part of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, signed by Francisco Márquez Torres (chaplain of the archbishop of Toledo, Bernardo de Sandoval y Rojas).

The text briefly mentions his participation in the marriage agreement between the Spanish infanta (princess) Anne of Austria, daughter of King Philip III, and the French monarch Louis XIII.