Claude Pinart, seigneur de Comblisy and Crambailles (died 15 September 1605) was a Secretary of State under King Henry III

Henry III of France

Henry III was King of France from 1574 to 1589. As Henry of Valois, he was the first elected monarch of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth with the dual titles of King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1573 to 1575.-Childhood:Henry was born at the Royal Château de Fontainebleau,...

, from 1570 until ordered to retire September 8, 1588.

He married Marie de L'Aubespine

L'Aubespine

The L'Aubespine family was a French family descended from Claude de l'Aubespine, a lawyer of Orléans and bailiff of the abbey of Saint Euverte in the beginning of the 16th century...

, daughter of Gilles de l'Aubespine, and cousin of Claude II de l’Aubespine

Claude II de l’Aubespine

Claude II de l’Aubespine, seigneur de Hauterive, baron of Châteauneuf-sur-Loire was a French diplomat, and Secretary of State. He was a key negotiator in the treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis .-Life:...

. They had a son Henri Claude Pinart, Marquis de Louvois, Vicomte de Comblizy.

He was close to Catherine de' Medici

Catherine de' Medici

Catherine de' Medici was an Italian noblewoman who was Queen consort of France from 1547 until 1559, as the wife of King Henry II of France....

, and accompanied her in 1578 and 1579.
He was part of an embassy to Elizabeth I, in April 1581.