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.

Portrait by Balthasar Moncornet

He was the son of Raymond Phélypeaux (†1629), seigneur d'Herbault et de La Vrillière. He was made a Minister of State in 1621, and he was the 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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  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.