1. Composition

2. Notes

3. References

The Estates of Béarn are the former Provincial Estates of Béarn. It was formed following the death of Gaston III/X of Foix-Béarn, alias Gaston Phoebus,^[1] on {{date|1 August 1391}}, as a sort of Extraordinary Assembly, regrouping the representatives of the various courts of Béarn, most notably those of the "Cour des Communautés" and of the "fr:Cour majour" that had been disbanded by Gaston Phoebus.

It assembled for the first time on {{date|8 August 1391}}^[1] and held its last meeting from {{date|12–23 October 1789}}.^[2] When the National Assembly abolished all privileges on 4 August 1789, an exception was made allowing the Estates of Béarn to express their consent. Deliberations took place in a charged atmosphere, and in the end the decree of 4 August 1789 was approved on 28 October 1789.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}

Composition

The Estates of Béarn were composed of two orders: the "First Order" and the "Second Order".^[3]

The First Order was the chamber of the clergy and of the nobility.^[3] Its members were:

• for the secular clergy, who held the presidency and had the first place in the chamber, there were two members: the Bishop of Lescar, and the Bishop of Oloron;^[3]
• for the regular clergy, there were three members, the abbots of the three principal abbeys of Béarn: Lucq, Larreule and Sauvelade;^[3]
• fourteen Baronies of Béarn, composed of:
  • the ten Major Barons: Andoins, Navailles, Lescun, Gabaston, Coarraze, Doumy, Arros, Gayrosse, Miossens and Gerderest; and
  • the four Minor Barons: Monein, Lons, Mirepeix and Laàs;
• all of the other gentlemen (French: gentilhommes), who were owners of the secular abbeys, and noble manors, houses and lands, without regard to their noble qualities.^[3]

The Second Order was the chamber of the Estates of the Realm. It was composed of the representatives of the province's 480 communes, represented by forty-two mayors and jurats of the main communes of Béarn,^[4] who were appointed, not elected, and generally owners of noble offices or commissions granted by the King,^[3] most notably:

• the four towns of Morlaàs, who presided the Second Corps, Orthez, Oloron and Sauveterre;
• the three valleys of Ossau, Aspe and Barétous;
• initially, the six cities of Navarrenx, Pau, Monein, Nay, Lembeye and Salies, as well as, later, the cities of Lescar and Sainte-Marie;
• the villages of Bruges, Bellocq, Lagor, Gan, Pontacq, Montaner, Garlin, Pardies, Maslacq, Loubieng, Castétis, Conchez, Jurançon, Garos, Garlin, Labastide-Villefranche, Asson, Vielleségure, Mur and Castagnède, Gurs, Thèze, Labastide-Monréjeau, Ger, Beuste, Larreule, Uzan, Mazerolles, Montagut, Moncaup et Monpezat ;
• the Josbaig Valley.

Notes

References

• AD64 - Archives Départementales des Pyrénées-Atlantiques, in particular the Series C, references C 676 to C 1525, in all some 850 bundles or registers. e-Archives (search online, in French)
• Barraqué, Jean-Pierre: "L'idéologie politique en Béarn au XV", an essay in the book "Le prince, l'argent, les hommes au Moyen Âge, mélanges offerts à Jean Kerhervé.", by Jean-Christophe Cassard, Yves Coativy, Alain Gallicé and Dominique Le Page, Presses universitaires de Rennes, Rennes, 2008, p. 335 [https://books.google.ch/books?id=6i0SCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA335 (in French)]
• Bidot-Germa, Dominique: "Petite histoire de Pau.", Éditions Cairn, Pau 2013, p. 54 [https://books.google.ch/books?id=xn4MCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA54 (in French)]
• Cadier, Léon: Le livre des syndics des Etats de Béarn (texte Béarnais). Publié pour la Société Historique de Gascogne, Première Partie, Paris/Auch 1889 (in Béarnese)
• Cadier, Léon: Le livre des syndics des Etats de Béarn (texte Béarnais). Publié pour la Société Historique de Gascogne, Deuxième Partie, Paris/Auch 1906 (in Béarnese)
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• Zink, Anne: "Pays ou circonscriptions, les collectivités territoriales de la France du Sud-Ouest sous l'Ancien Régime.", Publications de la Sorbonne, Paris 2000, p. 324 [https://books.google.ch/books?id=DmIi1dn25eMC&pg=PA324 (in French)]

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