Deuxième État
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Deuxième État is the French term for the Second Estate, the social class of the nobility in pre-revolutionary France.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Deuxième État canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical social class
ⓘ
nobility ⓘ social estate ⓘ |
| abolishedBy | National Constituent Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| abolitionDate | 4 August 1789 (feudal privileges) ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
French nobility
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Second Estate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Premier État (First Estate, clergy)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Troisième État (Third Estate, commoners) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| declinePeriod | French Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicBase |
feudal dues
ⓘ
landed property ⓘ seigneurial rents ⓘ |
| followedBy | Troisième État ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | metropolitan France ⓘ |
| includesGroup |
high nobility
ⓘ
noblesse d'épée ⓘ noblesse de robe ⓘ provincial nobility ⓘ |
| influencedEvent | outbreak of the French Revolution ⓘ |
| languageOfName | French ⓘ |
| legalStatus |
corporate body of the realm
ⓘ
hereditary nobility ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Third Estate reformers ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Estates-General of 1789 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | French estates system ⓘ |
| politicalOrientation | generally conservative before 1789 ⓘ |
| politicalRole | estate with representation in Estates-General ⓘ |
| positionInHierarchy | second estate ⓘ |
| precededBy | Premier État ⓘ |
| privilege |
exclusive access to many high offices
ⓘ
exemption from many direct taxes ⓘ honorific precedence at court ⓘ seigneurial rights over peasants ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Ancien Régime nobility
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
feudalism in France ⓘ privileged orders ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Roman Catholic majority ⓘ |
| socialFunction |
administration
ⓘ
court service ⓘ warfare ⓘ |
| symbolicColor | often associated with blue or heraldic colors of nobility ⓘ |
| typicalMemberTitle |
baron
ⓘ
comte ⓘ duc ⓘ marquis ⓘ vicomte ⓘ |
| usedInPeriod | Ancien Régime NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.