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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.
Before the revolution, French society was divided into three Estates or orders. The Second Estate contained Franceâs nobility: the men and women who possessed aristocratic titles like Duc (âDukeâ), Comte (âCountâ), Vicomte (âViscountâ), Baron or Chevalier.