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    Under the Ancien Régime of France, the Nobles of the Robe or Nobles of the Gown (French: noblesse de robe) were French aristocrats whose rank came from...
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  • represented in the Estates General, if at all. Under King Louis XIV, the nobles of the robe largely replaced the nobles of the sword at the Palace of Versailles...
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  • then-widespread practice of selling administrative positions within the government to the highest bidder, especially regarding the Nobles of the Robe. Thus, for example...
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  • impossible for wealthy commoners or rich Nobles of the Robe to begin military service in one of the said branches of service directly as an officer (e.g....
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    Priyayi (category Social history of Indonesia)
    Priyayi (former spelling: Prijaji) was the Dutch-era class of the nobles of the robe, as opposed to royal nobility or ningrat (Javanese), in Java, Indonesia...
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  • reiterates the differences between the 'Nobles of the Sword' descended from the medieval nobility and 'Nobles of the Robe' who had bought their title. Mirandolina...
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    The House of Potier was a noble house in Ancien Régime France. Members of the Potier family were Nobles of the Robe who gained their prominence through...
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    The members of the parlements were aristocrats, called nobles of the robe, who had bought or inherited their offices, and were independent of the King...
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    privileges. The 17th and 18th centuries saw nobles and the noblesse de robe battle each other for these positions and any other sign of royal favor....
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    law. The title of baron was assumed as a titre de courtoisie by many nobles, whether members of the Nobles of the Robe or cadets of Nobles of the Sword...
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