The Clergy.
The Third Estate was the commons or the ordinary people, the First Estate being the clergy and the Second Estate the nobility .
The First Estate consisted of the Catholic Clergy.
First Estate: 0.5% Second Estate: 1.5% Third Estate: 98%
The first estate had 10% of the land in France.
The First Estate during the French Revolution was the nobility.
first estate second estate and third estate.
In revolutionary France, the First Estate owned only 10 percent of the land. The First Estate was the clergy.
There are 3 estates : the first estate, the second estate, and the third estate. The third estate were the poorest in France and were mostly peasants but the first estate contains priests and religious people who are very rich
The Catholic Clergy were the First Estate and were tax exempt. The Nobles made up the Second Estate and paid no taxes. Everyone else was in the Third Estate and paid all of the taxes.
The third estate held 97% [of which held 80% peasants] the Second estate held 1% and the First estate held 2%.
the first estate often faced revolts from the other two estates
In revolutionary France, the First Estate owned only 10 percent of the land. The First Estate was the clergy.