Conseil des Finances
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The Conseil des Finances was a key financial council of the French monarchy under the Ancien Régime, responsible for overseeing royal revenues, expenditures, and broader fiscal policy.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Conseil des finances | 1 |
| Council of Finance | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
financial council
ⓘ
institution of the Ancien Régime ⓘ royal council ⓘ |
| composedOf |
high financial officers
ⓘ
legal and administrative experts in finance ⓘ royal councillors ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissolvedIn | French Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy |
edicts of the king of France
ⓘ
royal ordinances ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionOver |
fiscal policy of the French monarchy
ⓘ
royal expenditures ⓘ royal finances ⓘ royal revenues ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Ancien Régime NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
central organ of royal financial administration
ⓘ
instrument of absolutist financial control ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Paris ⓘ |
| operatedInPoliticalSystem | Ancien Régime NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
French royal administration
ⓘ
royal council system of France ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Chambre des comptes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Conseil d’État ⓘ Conseil privé NERFINISHED ⓘ Contrôleur général des finances ⓘ |
| replacedBy | revolutionary financial institutions of France ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
advising the king on fiscal matters
ⓘ
allocation of royal funds ⓘ broader fiscal policy ⓘ budgetary decisions ⓘ control of financial officers ⓘ financial regulation of the royal domain ⓘ implementation of royal financial ordinances ⓘ management of state debt ⓘ oversight of farmers-general and tax farmers ⓘ oversight of royal expenditures ⓘ oversight of royal revenues ⓘ preparation of financial reports for the king ⓘ supervision of tax collection ⓘ |
| sphereOfActivity |
management of royal domain revenues
ⓘ
public finance ⓘ state budgeting ⓘ taxation ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
Conseil du Roi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Conseil d’en haut NERFINISHED ⓘ King of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedLanguage | French ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
System of Polysynody
this entity surface form:
Council of Finance
this entity surface form:
Conseil des finances