First Estate

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The First Estate was the privileged clergy class in pre-revolutionary France’s Ancien Régime, enjoying significant social, political, and economic influence.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf clergy estate ⓘ
estate of the realm ⓘ
social estate ⓘ
abolishedBy National Constituent Assembly ⓘ
abolishedIn French Revolution ⓘ
abolitionDate 1789 ⓘ
appliesToPeriod pre-revolutionary France ⓘ
associatedEvent Estates-General of 1789 ⓘ
contrastedWith Second Estate ⓘ
Third Estate ⓘ
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
criticizedFor economic privileges ⓘ
political power ⓘ
social inequality ⓘ
economicRole major landowner in France ⓘ
historicalRegion metropolitan France ⓘ
linked to: Metropolitan France
historicalRole pillar of monarchical authority ⓘ
ideologicalOppositionFrom Enlightenment thinkers ⓘ
includes abbots ⓘ
archbishops ⓘ
bishops ⓘ
higher clergy ⓘ
lower clergy ⓘ
parish priests ⓘ
languageOfAdministration French ⓘ
legalStatus privileged estate ⓘ
mainConstituency clergy ⓘ
officialChurch Catholic Church in France ⓘ
owns church lands ⓘ
partOf Ancien Régime ⓘ
politicalRepresentation separate order in Estates-General ⓘ
positionInOrder first ⓘ
privilege exemption from many direct taxes ⓘ
jurisdiction in ecclesiastical courts ⓘ
political influence at royal court ⓘ
right to collect tithes ⓘ
relatedConcept Three Estates ⓘ
estate-based society ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
revenueSource donations ⓘ
rents from land ⓘ
tithes ⓘ
socialClassType privileged order ⓘ
socialFunction charitable relief ⓘ
education provision ⓘ
religious administration ⓘ
successor civil equality of citizens ⓘ
votingSystem traditionally one vote per estate ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ancien Régime → hasEstate → First Estate ⓘ
Three Estates → hasEstate → First Estate ⓘ
Royal Edict of Louis XVI (1789) → affectedEstate → First Estate ⓘ
subject linked to: royal edict of Louis XVI
Third Estate → opposedTo → First Estate ⓘ
Second Estate → precededBy → First Estate ⓘ
Second Estate → below → First Estate ⓘ
Second Estate → differentiatedFrom → First Estate ⓘ
Ancien Régime in Paris → hasEstate → First Estate ⓘ
Bourbon France → nobleEstate → First Estate ⓘ
Tiers État → opposedTo → First Estate ⓘ
Deuxième État → contrastedWith → Premier État (First Estate, clergy) ⓘ
linked to: First Estate
Jean-Sifrein Maury → memberOf → First Estate of the Estates-General of 1789 ⓘ
subject linked to: Cardinal Jean-Sifrein Maury
linked to: First Estate
Assembly of the French clergy → socialClass → First Estate of France ⓘ
linked to: First Estate
States of Flanders → hasPart → First Estate (clergy) ⓘ
linked to: First Estate
cahiers de doléances → draftedBy → First Estate ⓘ