Estate of the Nobility

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The Estate of the Nobility was the privileged parliamentary estate representing the aristocracy in Sweden’s historical Riksdag of the Estates.

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Estate of the Nobility canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical institution
parliamentary estate
political institution
abolishedBy Riksdag Act of 1866
abolishedIn 1866
associatedBuilding Riddarhuset
buildingCountry Sweden
coexistedWith Estate of the Burghers
Estate of the Clergy
Estate of the Peasants
contributedTo Swedish legislation
state policy in Sweden
country Sweden
governedBy Swedish monarch
hasAlternativeName Nobility Estate
Swedish Nobility Estate
hasBuilding House of Nobility
hasLegislativeFunction yes
hasMembershipCriterion ennoblement by the monarch
hereditary nobility
hasParliamentaryChamberStatus yes
hasPoliticalOrientation aristocratic interests
hasPrivilege access to high offices
political representation
tax privileges (historically)
hasVotingRight yes
historicalRole represented the noble class in the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates
influencedBy European aristocratic norms
feudal traditions
locatedIn Stockholm
meetsAt Riddarhuset
opposedBy Estate of the Burghers
Estate of the Peasants
partOf Riksdag of the Estates
politicalSystem Riksdag of the Estates
privilegedEstate yes
relatedOrganization Swedish nobility
replacedBy bicameral Riksdag
represents aristocracy
nobility
socialClass upper class
socialOrder estate-based society
timePeriod 19th century
early modern period
usedLanguage Latin
Swedish

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Riksdag of the Estates composedOf Estate of the Nobility
Estate of the Clergy contemporaryWith Estate of the Nobility
Estate of the Burghers distinctFrom Estate of the Nobility
Lantmarskalk associatedWith Estate of the Nobility