ELD4855861 First meeting of the States General (Parlement de Paris) on 10/04/1302 convened by the King of France Philip IV the Bel (1268-1314), the first meeting was due to the difference with Pope Boniface VIII on the independence of the royal power, Notre Dame de Paris. End of the 19th century (chromolithograph); Private Collection; (add.info.: First meeting of the Estates General or States-General a legislative assembly of the different classes (or estates) of English subjects, created by king of France Philip the fair about the dispute with pope boniface VIII.); Photo by The Holbarn Archive.