What was the government body that ruled France before the revolution?

Before the French Revolution, France was ruled by the absolute monarchy, with King Louis XVI as the reigning monarch until 1789. The government operated under a feudal system, where the king held centralized power, and governance was largely influenced by the clergy and the nobility. The Estates-General, a representative assembly of the three estates (clergy, nobility, and commoners), had not been convened since 1614 until its calling in 1789, shortly before the revolution began.