Estates of Brittany

The opening of the Estates of Brittany in 1756 by Christopher Paul de Robien.

The Estates of Brittany was the States Provincial for the province of Brittany. It gathered members of the high clergy, a large number of nobles and delegates from the 42 towns and cities of Brittany. In 1788, it included nearly 1,000 nobles as opposed to fewer than 100 representatives of the other two orders.