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Estates General (France)

unelected tricameral parliament in the Kingdom of France from 1302 to 1789

8 dated entries naming Estates General (France), drawn from 7 separate years between 1302 CE and 1614 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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14th century

  • 1302April 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.source
  • 1347King Phillip of France meets with the Estates General to ask for funds to further the war effort against the English.source
  • 1357February 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.source
  • 1359May 25 – The French States-General repudiates the terms of the Second Treaty of London, signed earlier in the year between England and France.source
  • 1369December 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.source
  • 1369May 9 – At a meeting of the Estates General in Paris, the delegates approve the resumption of hostilities between France and England.source

15th century

  • 1468April 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.source

17th century

  • 1614May 15 – The Queen Regent of France, Marie de' Medici, convenes the Estates General to suppress a rebellion by Henri II, Prince of Condé.source

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