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After assessing the situation, Necker insisted that Louis XVI call together the Estates-General, a French congress that originated in the medieval period and consisted of three estates. The First Estate was the clergy, the Second Estate the nobility, and the Third Estate effectively the rest of French society.
For Richelieu wishes to succeed, France needed internal stability and security. The Huguenots threatened this â hence the need to attack them. In 1624, the French became involved with the Spanish in the Thirty Years War over the Valtelline affair.