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), which agrees with the estimation of historian Jean de Viguerie, or a little over 1%. At the time of the Revolution, noble estates comprised about one-fifth of the land.

In 2016, it was estimated that roughly 4,000 families could claim to be French nobility, totaling around 50,000-100,000 individuals, or roughly the same number as they were in the 1780s.

Origins of French nobility

Among the French nobility, two classes were distinguished:
* The immemorial nobility for

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