In France under the Ancien Régime, the Estates General (French: États généraux [eta ʒeneʁo]) or States-General was a legislative and consultative assembly of the different classes (or estates) of French subjects.It had a separate assembly for each of the three estates (clergy, nobility and commoners), which were called and dismissed by the king.It had no true power in its own right …

The States General of the Netherlands (Dutch: Staten-Generaal [ˌstaː.tə(n).ɣeː.nəˈraːl] ()) is the supreme bicameral legislature of the Netherlands consisting of the Senate (Eerste Kamer) and the House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer).Both chambers meet at the Binnenhof in The Hague.. The States General originated in the 15th century as an assembly of all the provincial states of …