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.

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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)

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System of Polysynody (as political reform) hasCouncil Conseil des Finances
subject surface form: System of Polysynody
this entity surface form: Council of Finance
Conseil du Roi hasPart Conseil des Finances
Royal Council of France hasPart Conseil des Finances
this entity surface form: Conseil des finances