{"slug": "estates-general-france", "label": "Estates General (France)", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estates_General_%28France%29", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207304", "qid": "Q207304", "description": "unelected tricameral parliament in the Kingdom of France from 1302 to 1789", "entries": 8, "years": 7, "span": [1302, 1614], "span_label": ["1302 CE", "1614 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "kingdom-of-france", "label": "Kingdom of France", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "paris", "label": "Paris", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-england", "label": "Kingdom of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "france-in-the-middle-ages", "label": "France in the Middle Ages", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "philip-iv-of-france", "label": "Philip IV of France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "navarre", "label": "Navarre", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pope-boniface-viii", "label": "Pope Boniface VIII", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "notre-dame-de-paris", "label": "Notre-Dame de Paris", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "louis-xi", "label": "Louis XI", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "marie-de-medici", "label": "Marie de' Medici", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1302, "year_label": "1302 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 10", "text": "April 10 – The first meeting of the Estates General in France is convened King Philip IV (\"Philip the Fair\") at the Notre-Dame in Paris. During the assembly, all three classes – the French nobles, clergy, and commons – discuss the conflict between Philip and Pope Boniface VIII over the papal legate, Bernard Saisset – who is accused to raise a rebellion of Occitan independence, associated with Navarre, under the banner of the County of Foix.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362151248#April–June", "title": "1302", "revid": 1362151248, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1347, "year_label": "1347 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Phillip of France meets with the Estates General to ask for funds to further the war effort against the English.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1289406739#January–December", "title": "1347", "revid": 1289406739, "section": "Events › January–December"}}, {"year": 1357, "year_label": "1357 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 3", "text": "February 3 – The Estates General in France meets and passes Étienne Marcel's Great Ordinance in an attempt to impose limits on the monarchy, in particular in fiscal and monetary matters.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1274989420#January–December", "title": "1357", "revid": 1274989420, "section": "Events › January–December"}}, {"year": 1359, "year_label": "1359 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 25", "text": "May 25 – The French States-General repudiates the terms of the Second Treaty of London, signed earlier in the year between England and France.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1297602879#January–December", "title": "1359", "revid": 1297602879, "section": "Events › January–December"}}, {"year": 1369, "year_label": "1369 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 9", "text": "May 9 – At a meeting of the Estates General in Paris, the delegates approve the resumption of hostilities between France and England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371621472#April–June", "title": "1369", "revid": 1371621472, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1369, "year_label": "1369 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 7", "text": "December 7 – The Estates General in France approves the request by King Charles V to raise taxes in order to finance the renewed war with England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371621472#October–December", "title": "1369", "revid": 1371621472, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1468, "year_label": "1468 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 1", "text": "April 1 – King Louis XI summons a meeting of France's parliament, the Estates-General, and obtains approval of all concessions he had previously made to the Kingdom of England, including those with reference to Normandy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561306#April–June", "title": "1468", "revid": 1369561306, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1614, "year_label": "1614 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 15", "text": "May 15 – The Queen Regent of France, Marie de' Medici, convenes the Estates General to suppress a rebellion by Henri II, Prince of Condé.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372816433#April–June", "title": "1614", "revid": 1372816433, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}