Elected deputy of the noblesse of Paris at Crespy and at Villars-Cotterets, he selected Crespy, because the electors of this bailiwick were the more patriotic.

At the procession of the States-General he left his own place vacant amongst the princes, and walked in the midst of the deputies.

This abdication of his dignity near the throne to assume the dignity of a citizen, procured him the applauses of the nation.
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Public favour towards him was such that had he been a Duc de Guise, and Louis XVI.

a Henry III., the States-General would have finished, as did those of Blois, by an assassination or usurpation.

Uniting with the _tiers etat_, to obtain equality and the friendship of the nation against the nobility, he took the oath of the Tennis Court.