Chamber of Peers

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The Chamber of Peers was the upper house of the French legislature under Napoleon, composed of appointed nobles and dignitaries serving as a conservative counterweight to the elected lower chamber.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chamber of Peers canonical 8
Chambre des pairs 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
upper house of parliament
appliesToJurisdiction Bourbon Restoration
surface form: Bourbon Restoration France

July Monarchy
surface form: July Monarchy France

Kingdom of France
Second Empire of France
surface form: Second French Empire
composition appointed members
high dignitaries
nobles
country France
countryDuringExistence Bourbon Restoration
First French Empire
July Monarchy
Second Empire of France
surface form: Second French Empire
dissolvedAsResultOf Revolution of 1848 in France
surface form: Revolution of 1848
establishedUnder Charter of 1814
constitutional charters of the Restoration
followedBy Senate of the Second Empire
governmentSystemContext constitutional monarchy
imperial regime
hasFunction deliberation on laws
judicial functions in certain cases
revision of bills passed by lower house
hasLowerHouse Chamber of Deputies
hasMemberTitle Peer of France
hasOppositeChamber elected lower chamber
hasParliamentaryChamberType upper house
hasRole conservative counterweight to lower house
legislative review
houseType non-elected chamber
jurisdiction national
languageOfWorkOrName French
legislativeBranchOf Parliament of France
surface form: French Parliament
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity France
Paris
Île-de-France region
surface form: Île-de-France
meetsIn Palais du Luxembourg
namedAfter peers of the realm
partOf French legislature
politicalAlignment conservative
precededBy Chamber of the Ancients
replaced Chamber of the Ancients
replacedBy Senate of France
seat Palais du Luxembourg
surface form: Luxembourg Palace
selectionMethod appointment

Referenced by (9)

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

Sénat conservateur replacedBy Chamber of Peers
this entity surface form: Chambre des pairs
Second Bourbon Restoration legislature Chamber of Peers
Bourbon Restoration hasLegislature Chamber of Peers
French Charter of 1830 establishes Chamber of Peers
Charter of 1814 establishesInstitution Chamber of Peers
second abdication of Napoleon declaredTo Chamber of Peers
Peer of France reestablishedAs Chamber of Peers
Restoration France hasInstitution Chamber of Peers