Claude Pinart

Claude Pinart, seigneur de Comblisy and Crambailles (died 15 September 1605) was a Secretary of State under King Henry III, from 1570 until ordered to retire September 8, 1588.[1]

He married Marie de L'Aubespine, daughter of Gilles de l'Aubespine, and cousin of Claude II de l’Aubespine.[2] They had a son Henri Claude Pinart, Marquis de Louvois, Vicomte de Comblizy.

He was close to Catherine de' Medici, and accompanied her in 1578 and 1579.[3] He was part of an embassy to Elizabeth I, in April 1581.[4]

References

  1. ^ 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. Librairie de la Société bibliographique. http://books.google.com/books?id=ycUGAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA584&lpg=PA584&dq=Jacques+Bourdin,+seigneur+de+Villeines&source=bl&ots=OycrQe-cAu&sig=KzLWS1R0tQ9Y5hJRcwU0j_bVBno&hl=en&ei=1VBsS-v5IImaMqiasaEF&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CBIQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=Jacques%20Bourdin%2C%20seigneur%20de%20Villeines&f=false. 
  2. ^ Hélène Michaud. Les registres de Claude Pinart, secrétaire d'État (1570-1588). Bibliothèque de l'école des chartes. p. 135. http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/bec_0373-6237_1962_num_120_1_449638. 
  3. ^ John Hearsey McMillan Salmon (1979). Society in crisis: France in the sixteenth century. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780416730500. http://books.google.com/books?id=5oEOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA218&lpg=PA218&dq=Claude+Pinart,&source=bl&ots=EklM_qc5KH&sig=0l4lj0odPzsu2rFMGqcqhh4SejM&hl=en&ei=tIhsS6nXOo-6NufM9MYE&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CBQQ6AEwBjgK#v=onepage&q=Claude%20Pinart%2C&f=false. 
  4. ^ Susan Doran (1996). Monarchy and matrimony: the courtships of Elizabeth I. Routledge. ISBN 9780415119696. http://books.google.com/books?id=h2XIsqedk-4C&pg=PA179&lpg=PA179&dq=Claude+Pinart,&source=bl&ots=Z4nZYPdkx0&sig=VGfqYGWhKYilehK4f0DXRm0918I&hl=en&ei=XIxsS8WvN4X2NYSM-dUE&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CBQQ6AEwBDgU#v=onepage&q=Claude%20Pinart%2C&f=false. 
Political offices
Preceded by
Claude II de l’Aubespine		 Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
1570–1588		 Succeeded by
Louis de Revol