French nobility

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The French nobility were the hereditary aristocratic class of pre-revolutionary France, holding significant social prestige, legal privileges, and often large landholdings under the Ancien Régime.

All labels observed (7)

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf estate of the realm ⓘ
hereditary aristocracy ⓘ
social class ⓘ
alsoKnownAs noblesse ⓘ
noblesse française ⓘ
linked to: French nobility
belongedToEstate Second Estate ⓘ
couldBeAcquiredBy inheritance ⓘ
purchase of office ⓘ
royal ennoblement ⓘ
couldBeLostBy derogation ⓘ
royal punishment ⓘ
country France ⓘ
existedBefore French Revolution ⓘ
existedInPeriod Ancien Régime ⓘ
hadCenter Versailles court ⓘ
linked to: Versailles
hadEconomicBase feudal dues ⓘ
landed estates ⓘ
rents from peasants ⓘ
hadLegalStatus privileged order ⓘ
hadObligation loyalty to the monarch ⓘ
military service to the king ⓘ
hadPopulationShare small minority of French population ⓘ
hadPrivilege exclusive access to many high offices ⓘ
exemption from many direct taxes ⓘ
honorific precedence at court ⓘ
hunting rights ⓘ
jurisdictional rights in their seigneuries ⓘ
right to bear arms ⓘ
right to collect feudal dues ⓘ
seigneurial rights over peasants ⓘ
hadReligion predominantly Roman Catholic ⓘ
includedRank baron ⓘ
count ⓘ
duke ⓘ
marquis ⓘ
prince of the blood ⓘ
seigneur ⓘ
viscount ⓘ
influenced European aristocratic models ⓘ
French culture and manners ⓘ
French politics under Ancien Régime ⓘ
lostFeudalRightsBy August Decrees of 1789 ⓘ
lostPrivilegesIn French Revolution ⓘ
wasCriticizedBy Enlightenment philosophers ⓘ
wasDividedInto noblesse d'épée ⓘ
noblesse de cour ⓘ
noblesse de province ⓘ
noblesse de robe ⓘ
wasReformedBy Louis XIV ⓘ
linked to: Louis XIV of France
wasRegulatedBy edicts of the king ⓘ
royal letters patent ⓘ

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Referenced by (27)

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

Second Estate → composedOf → French nobility ⓘ
Louvois → memberOf → French nobility ⓘ
de Rochechouart → memberOf → French aristocracy ⓘ
linked to: French nobility
Gendarmes de la Garde → recruitment → French nobility ⓘ
Lord of Arlay → partOf → Burgundian nobility ⓘ
linked to: French nobility
Lafayette family → memberOf → French aristocracy ⓘ
linked to: French nobility
Thérèse de La Rochefoucauld → associatedWith → French aristocracy ⓘ
linked to: French nobility
Rudolf Auguste d’Ornano → memberOf → French nobility ⓘ
French nobility → alsoKnownAs → noblesse française ⓘ
linked to: French nobility
Deuxième État → alsoKnownAs → French nobility ⓘ
Deuxième État → relatedConcept → Ancien Régime nobility ⓘ
linked to: French nobility
Henri d’Harcourt → memberOf → French nobility ⓘ
Peers of France → relatedTo → French peerage ⓘ
linked to: French nobility
Peers of France → alsoKnownAs → French peerage ⓘ
linked to: French nobility
Duchess of Mazarin → partOf → French aristocracy ⓘ
linked to: French nobility
Hôtel de Bourbon-Condé → usedBy → French nobility ⓘ
Katherine Briçonnet → partOf → French nobility ⓘ
Lord of Harcourt → isPartOf → French noble hierarchy ⓘ
linked to: French nobility
Marquis of Nomeny → partOf → French aristocracy ⓘ
linked to: French nobility
Duke of Armagnac → partOf → French peerage ⓘ
linked to: French nobility
Count of Vexin → partOf → French peerage ⓘ
linked to: French nobility
Let Them Eat Cake → mainSubject → French aristocracy ⓘ
linked to: French nobility
Duc d'Elbeuf → partOf → French peerage ⓘ
linked to: French nobility
Maurice de La Tour d’Auvergne → associatedWith → French aristocracy ⓘ
linked to: French nobility
Une poignée de gens → depicts → French aristocracy ⓘ
linked to: French nobility