Louis Phélypeaux, Seigneur of La Vrillière
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Louis Phélypeaux, Seigneur of La Vrillière (1598–1681), seigneur de La Vrillière, marquis de Châteauneuf and Tanlay (1678), comte de Saint-Florentin, was a French politician.
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).
After he died in 1681, he was buried in a baroque tomb in the church of Saint Martial of Châteauneuf-sur-Loire.