Prussian House of Lords

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The Prussian House of Lords was the upper chamber of the Prussian parliament, composed mainly of nobles and high-ranking officials, that played a key role in the governance of the Kingdom of Prussia in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
parliamentary chamber
upper house
alsoKnownAs Herrenhaus
Prussian House of Lords
surface form: Preußisches Herrenhaus
buildingUsed Preußischer Landtag building
surface form: Prussian House of Lords building in Berlin
composition appointed members
hereditary peers
life peers
members by virtue of office
country Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
dissolved 1918
early 20th century
establishedBy Prussian Constitution of 1850
existedDuring German Empire
Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

North German Confederation
followedBy Prussian State Council
function advisory role to the monarch
approval of state budget
legislation review
participation in law-making
hasJurisdictionOver Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
headedBy President of the Prussian House of Lords
historicalEra 19th century Europe
German Empire period
inception 1850
19th century
influencedBy House of Lords
surface form: British House of Lords
languageOfWork German
legislativeType bicameral legislature upper chamber
locatedIn Berlin
Prussia
memberClass Prussian nobility
high-ranking civil servants
high-ranking clergy
members of princely houses
partOf Prussian Landtag
surface form: Prussian Parliament

constitutional monarchy system of Prussia
politicalSystem Prussian constitutional system after 1850
reasonForDissolution German Revolution of 1918–1919
abolition of the Prussian monarchy
seatType appointed chamber
sharesPowerWith Prussian Landtag
surface form: Prussian House of Representatives
significance central organ of Prussian governance in 19th and early 20th centuries
key institution of Prussian aristocratic power
subordinateTo King of Prussia
votingSystem non-elective membership

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Otto von Bismarck memberOf Prussian House of Lords
Bundesrat building, Berlin formerUse Prussian House of Lords
this entity surface form: Prussian Herrenhaus (House of Lords)
Prussian House of Lords alsoKnownAs Prussian House of Lords
this entity surface form: Preußisches Herrenhaus
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder memberOf Prussian House of Lords
Albrecht von Roon memberOf Prussian House of Lords
Duke Albrecht of Württemberg memberOf Prussian House of Lords
Prince Albert of Prussia memberOf Prussian House of Lords
House of Lords of Prussia alsoKnownAs Prussian House of Lords