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.

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Deuxième État canonical 1

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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

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Second Estate nativeLabel Deuxième État