Deuxième État

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Deuxième État is the French term for the Second Estate, the social class of the nobility in pre-revolutionary France.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Deuxième État canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical social class ⓘ
nobility ⓘ
social estate ⓘ
abolishedBy National Constituent Assembly ⓘ
abolitionDate 4 August 1789 (feudal privileges) ⓘ
alsoKnownAs French nobility ⓘ
Second Estate ⓘ
contrastedWith Premier État (First Estate, clergy) ⓘ
linked to: First Estate

Troisième État (Third Estate, commoners) ⓘ
linked to: Third Estate
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
declinePeriod French Revolution ⓘ
economicBase feudal dues ⓘ
landed property ⓘ
seigneurial rents ⓘ
followedBy Troisième État ⓘ
historicalRegion metropolitan France ⓘ
includesGroup high nobility ⓘ
noblesse d'épée ⓘ
noblesse de robe ⓘ
provincial nobility ⓘ
influencedEvent outbreak of the French Revolution ⓘ
languageOfName French ⓘ
legalStatus corporate body of the realm ⓘ
hereditary nobility ⓘ
opposedBy Third Estate reformers ⓘ
participatedIn Estates-General of 1789 ⓘ
partOf French estates system ⓘ
politicalOrientation generally conservative before 1789 ⓘ
politicalRole estate with representation in Estates-General ⓘ
positionInHierarchy second estate ⓘ
precededBy Premier État ⓘ
privilege exclusive access to many high offices ⓘ
exemption from many direct taxes ⓘ
honorific precedence at court ⓘ
seigneurial rights over peasants ⓘ
relatedConcept Ancien Régime nobility ⓘ
linked to: French nobility

feudalism in France ⓘ
privileged orders ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholic majority ⓘ
socialFunction administration ⓘ
court service ⓘ
warfare ⓘ
symbolicColor often associated with blue or heraldic colors of nobility ⓘ
typicalMemberTitle baron ⓘ
comte ⓘ
duc ⓘ
marquis ⓘ
vicomte ⓘ
usedInPeriod Ancien Régime ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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

Second Estate → nativeLabel → Deuxième État ⓘ