How much percentage of the population of France belonged to the Estate?

Answer 1

The First Estate or Catholic clergy were about two percent of the population.

The Nobles or Second Estate made up about one percent of the population.

Everyone else was in the Third Estate.

Answer 2

All citizens belonged to an estate because an estate was just a class of people. There were three estates. The first estate was made up of the clergy. The second estate was made up of the nobility and the third estate was everybody else which was about 96% of the population in France. The estates general was French parliament. The tennis court oath is when the third estate declared itself separate from the other estates because they did not have proper representation. Each estate got one vote, so if 96% of the population gets one vote and 4% of the population gets two votes, someone would obviously say something. It is called the tennis court oath because when the third estate left, they had to stay on a tennis court because nowhere else had enough room to house everyone.

Answer 3

During the reign of King Louis XVI of France (r. 1774-1792), the first two estates enjoyed a significantly greater degree of privilege than the third, despite the Third Estate representing more than 90% of the French population and paying almost all taxes.

Answer 4

about 98% of the population were from the Tiers Etat. The majority of the remainder was from the Clergé (clergy) and fewer than 1% of the population was from the Noblesse (nobility)

Answer 5

The nobles of the Second Estate.

Answer 6

first estate