Assembly of Notables (1787)

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The Assembly of Notables (1787) was a specially convened gathering of French aristocrats, clergy, and officials called by King Louis XVI to consider financial and tax reforms in the final years of the Ancien Régime.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf consultative body
political assembly
aimedTo reform the French fiscal system
secure support for new taxation
appliesToJurisdiction France NERFINISHED
calledBy Louis XVI of France NERFINISHED
consequence delegitimization of royal authority
increased pressure to summon the Estates-General
worsening of the royal financial crisis
convenedBy Louis XVI of France NERFINISHED
country Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
describedAs specially convened gathering of notables
differentFrom Assembly of Notables (1788) NERFINISHED
endTime 1787-05-25
followedBy Estates-General of 1789 NERFINISHED
hasCause French crown fiscal crisis
costs of the American War of Independence
mounting royal debt
hasFrenchName Assemblée des notables de 1787 NERFINISHED
hasParticipant French clergy
French nobility NERFINISHED
dukes and peers of France
high royal officials
members of the parlements
princes of the blood
historicalPeriod late Ancien Régime
languageOfWorkOrName French
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Île-de-France NERFINISHED
location Versailles NERFINISHED
mainSubject financial reform of the Ancien Régime
tax reform in France
numberOfParticipants 144
outcome appointment of Loménie de Brienne as chief minister
dismissal of Charles Alexandre de Calonne
failure to approve comprehensive tax reform
rejection of Calonne’s reform package
partOf Ancien Régime in France NERFINISHED
proposedBy Charles Alexandre de Calonne NERFINISHED
significantPerson Archbishop of Toulouse (Brienne) NERFINISHED
Charles Alexandre de Calonne NERFINISHED
Lafayette NERFINISHED
Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans NERFINISHED
Étienne-Charles de Loménie de Brienne NERFINISHED
startTime 1787-02-22
statementDescribes creation of provincial assemblies
introduction of a universal land tax
reform of internal customs
reform of the corvée
temporalLocation 1787

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Thomas Jefferson as U.S. minister to France observedEvent Assembly of Notables (1787)