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Yes, the Catholic clergy.
The First Estate of the French social order was comprised of priests of the Roman Catholic Church.
Priests of the roman catholic church
The first estate of France consisted of the clergy.The clergy people were the people who performed special function in the church. They were excluded from paying taxes.
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 First Estate of the French social order was comprised of priests of the Roman Catholic Church.
The First Estate, composed of the clergy, constituted about 1% of the population, while the Second Estate, made up of the nobility, accounted for roughly 2%. Together, these two estates represented approximately 3% of the total population in France prior to the French Revolution. The remaining 97% of the population belonged to the Third Estate, which included commoners, peasants, and the bourgeoisie.
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 during the French Revolution was the nobility.
The first estate had 10% of the land in France.