[7] A first breach of the regulations and its related grievance referred to the affaire Jean de Laforcade in 1590, following his appointment as attorney general.
He hailed from Foix, so his appointment was appealed for failing to meet the birthplace and Basque language requirements.
The new parliament was then composed of a chief chairman, designated by the king, seven presiding deputies, two knights of honour, 46 councillors, two solicitors, and a general attorney.
[7] However, in the run-up to the 1624 dissolution of the Royal Council under Louis II (Louis XIII of France), a reform almost discarded the Basque language requirement citing certain edicts decreed by Henry III (Henry IV of France) which made any person of his choosing eligible for appointment to an office, "without difference of birth or religion", so that the preceptive Navarrese origin was never again mandatory either.
[9][10] Despite the centralizing drive of the French crown, the Estates still kept significant legislating powers until 1748, when a decree by Louis XV of France stripped them off.