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 ⓘ
calledBy Louis XVI of France ⓘ
consequence delegitimization of royal authority ⓘ
increased pressure to summon the Estates-General ⓘ
worsening of the royal financial crisis ⓘ
convenedBy Louis XVI of France ⓘ
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
describedAs specially convened gathering of notables ⓘ
differentFrom Assembly of Notables (1788) ⓘ
endTime 1787-05-25 ⓘ
followedBy Estates-General of 1789 ⓘ
hasCause French crown fiscal crisis ⓘ
costs of the American War of Independence ⓘ
mounting royal debt ⓘ
hasFrenchName Assemblée des notables de 1787 ⓘ
hasParticipant French clergy ⓘ
French nobility ⓘ
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 ⓘ
location Versailles ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: Ancien Régime
proposedBy Charles Alexandre de Calonne ⓘ
significantPerson Archbishop of Toulouse (Brienne) ⓘ
Charles Alexandre de Calonne ⓘ
Lafayette ⓘ
Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans ⓘ
Étienne-Charles de Loménie de Brienne ⓘ
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) ⓘ
Étienne-Charles de Loménie de Brienne → participatedIn → Assembly of Notables of 1787 ⓘ
linked to: Assembly of Notables (1787)
Assembly of Notables (1787) → differentFrom → Assembly of Notables (1788) ⓘ
linked to: Assembly of Notables (1787)
Court of Louis XVI of France → significantEvent → Assembly of Notables (1787) ⓘ