Consulate

E153024

The Consulate was the government of France from 1799 to 1804, dominated by Napoleon Bonaparte and marking the transition from the French Revolution to the Napoleonic Empire.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Consulate (France) 7
Consulate canonical 1
Consulate (French history) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former government
historical period
political regime
capital Paris
constitutionalDocument Constitution of the Year VIII
Constitution of the Year X
Constitution of the Year XII
country France
currency French franc (Latin Monetary Union)
surface form: French franc
deFactoLeader Napoleon Bonaparte
endTime 1804
establishedAsResultOf Coup of 18 Brumaire
executiveBranch First Consul of France
surface form: First Consul

Third Consul
surface form: Second Consul

Third Consul
firstConsul Napoleon Bonaparte
followed French Directory
followedBy First French Empire
governmentType authoritarian republic
consular government
headOfState Napoleon Bonaparte
historicalRegion Metropolitan France
historicalSignificance marked transition from the French Revolution to the Napoleonic Empire
keyFigure Charles-François Lebrun
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès
Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès
Napoleon Bonaparte
Pierre-Roger Ducos
leaderTitle First Consul of France
surface form: First Consul
legislativeBody Corps législatif
Tribunate
notableReform Concordat of 1801
surface form: Concordat of 1801 with the Papacy

Napoleonic Code preparation
administrative centralization of France
creation of the Bank of France
officialLanguage French
partOf Napoleonic era
surface form: French Revolutionary and Napoleonic era
politicalCharacter transition from revolutionary to imperial rule
politicalSystemFeature limited suffrage
strong executive power
weak representative institutions
precededByEvent French Revolution
secondConsul Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès
significantEvent 18 Brumaire coup
startTime 1799
succeededByEvent First French Empire
surface form: Napoleonic Empire
thirdConsul Charles-François Lebrun

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Organic Articles of 1802 issuedUnder Consulate
this entity surface form: Consulate (France)
Proclamation of Napoleon I as Emperor of the French in 1804 follows Consulate
this entity surface form: Consulate (France)
Pierre-Roger Ducos era Consulate
this entity surface form: Consulate (France)
Council of Ancients replacedBy Consulate
this entity surface form: Senate (Consulate)
Charles-François Lebrun participantIn Consulate
this entity surface form: Consulate (French history)
Saint-Cloud initiated Consulate
subject surface form: Coup of 18 Brumaire
this entity surface form: Consulate (France)
First Consul of France partOf Consulate
this entity surface form: Consulate (France)
Army of Italy allegiance Consulate
this entity surface form: Consulate (France)
Directory (collective) followedBy Consulate
this entity surface form: Consulate (Napoleon)
Senate appliesToJurisdiction Consulate
subject surface form: Senate (Napoleonic France)
this entity surface form: Consulate (France)