Constitution of the Year XII
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The Constitution of the Year XII was the French constitutional act of 1804 that transformed the Consulate into the First French Empire by proclaiming Napoleon Bonaparte Emperor and establishing a hereditary imperial system.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Constitution of the Year XII canonical | 17 |
| French constitutional referendum of 1804 | 3 |
| Sénatus-consulte of the First French Empire | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French constitution
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constitutional act ⓘ legal document ⓘ |
| aimedTo |
legitimize Napoleon’s rule
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stabilize post-revolutionary France under a monarchy ⓘ |
| amended | Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ |
| approvedBy |
Senate of France
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surface form:
Senate of the French Republic
plebiscite ⓘ |
| calendarCorrespondence | Gregorian year 1804 ⓘ |
| cameIntoForce | 1804-05-18 ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| dateAdopted | 1804-05-18 ⓘ |
| definedSuccession | male primogeniture in the Bonaparte line ⓘ |
| followedBy | Constitution of the Year XIII ⓘ |
| governingIdeology | authoritarian Bonapartist regime ⓘ |
| headOfStateTitleCreated | Emperor of the French ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Napoleonic era ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| legalForm | senatus-consulte ⓘ |
| legalStatus | superseded ⓘ |
| limited | role of legislative bodies ⓘ |
| madeHereditaryIn |
Bonaparte dynasty
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surface form:
Bonaparte family
|
| maintained | some institutions of the Consulate ⓘ |
| plebisciteDate | 1804-11-06 ⓘ |
| plebisciteResult | overwhelmingly in favor ⓘ |
| politicalSystemEstablished | hereditary empire ⓘ |
| precededBy | Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ |
| proclaimed |
Napoleon Bonaparte
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surface form:
Napoleon Bonaparte as Emperor of the French
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| providedFor |
imperial family statutes
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oath of officials to the Emperor ⓘ oath of the Emperor ⓘ |
| regimeEstablished | First French Empire ⓘ |
| relatedToEvent | proclamation of the French Empire ⓘ |
| relatedToInstitution |
Sénat conservateur
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surface form:
French Senate (Sénat conservateur)
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| relatedToPerson |
Napoleon I
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surface form:
Napoleon I of France
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| strengthened | executive power of the Emperor ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
French constitutional law scholarship
ⓘ
Napoleonic studies ⓘ |
| supersededBy | later imperial constitutional acts ⓘ |
| territorialExtent | French Empire ⓘ |
| transformed | French Consulate into the First French Empire ⓘ |
| typeOfMonarchy | hereditary constitutional monarchy under an emperor ⓘ |
| yearInFrenchRepublicanCalendar | Year XII ⓘ |
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Proclamation of Napoleon I as Emperor of the French in 1804
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Constitution of the Year XII
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Proclamation of Napoleon I as Emperor of the French in 1804
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Constitution of the Year XII
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this entity surface form:
French constitutional referendum of 1804
Proclamation of Napoleon I as Emperor of the French in 1804
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Constitution of the Year XII
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this entity surface form:
French constitutional referendum of 1804
this entity surface form:
French constitutional referendum of 1804
this entity surface form:
Sénatus-consulte of the First French Empire