Council of Ancients

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historical institution house of parliament upper legislative chamber

The Council of Ancients was the upper chamber of the French legislature during the Directory period of the French Revolution, playing a key role in approving laws and overseeing executive power.

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Label	Occurrences
Council of Ancients canonical	17

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical institution ⓘ house of parliament ⓘ upper legislative chamber ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	French Republic ⓘ
appliesToPeriod	Directory ⓘ surface form: Directory period French Revolution ⓘ
coLegislativeWith	Council of Five Hundred (faction) ⓘ surface form: Council of Five Hundred
constitutionalStatus	chamber of the legislature under Constitution of Year III ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
dissolved	1799 ⓘ
endTime	1799 ⓘ
establishedBy	French Constitution of 1795 ⓘ surface form: Constitution of Year III
followedBy	Sénat conservateur ⓘ surface form: Conservative Senate Corps législatif ⓘ
follows	National Convention ⓘ
governmentForm	republican government ⓘ
hasAuthority	to approve or refuse laws without amendment power ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	certain executive measures ⓘ constitutional revisions approval ⓘ treaties approval ⓘ
hasRole	approval of laws ⓘ oversight of executive power ⓘ review of legislation ⓘ upper chamber ⓘ
historicalEra	French Revolution ⓘ surface form: French Revolutionary era
inception	1795 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	French ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor	French Directory ⓘ
legislativeProcess	approved or rejected bills from Council of Five Hundred ⓘ
legislativeTerm	Year III to Year VIII of French Revolutionary calendar ⓘ
location	Paris ⓘ
meetsIn	Tuileries Palace ⓘ surface form: Palais des Tuileries Salle des Machines ⓘ surface form: Salle des Machines (Tuileries)
minimumAgeOfMember	40 ⓘ
nativeLabel	Conseil des Anciens ⓘ
numberOfMembers	250 ⓘ
oversightOf	Directory ⓘ surface form: Directory (executive)
partOf	French Directory ⓘ French legislature ⓘ legislative branch of France ⓘ
replacedBy	Consulate ⓘ surface form: Senate (Consulate)
selectionMethod	indirect election ⓘ
startTime	1795 ⓘ
typeOfElectoralSystem	census suffrage ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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

Coup of 18 Brumaire → involvedInstitution → Council of Ancients ⓘ

National Convention → followedBy → Council of Ancients ⓘ

Directory → legislativeBranch → Council of Ancients ⓘ

French Constitution of 1795 → createdLegislativeBody → Council of Ancients ⓘ

French First Republic → legislature → Council of Ancients ⓘ

Senate of France → historicalPrecursor → Council of Ancients ⓘ

French Directory → legislature → Council of Ancients ⓘ

Sénat conservateur → precededBy → Council of Ancients ⓘ

French National Convention → followedBy → Council of Ancients ⓘ

Directory (France) → legislativeBody → Council of Ancients ⓘ

Coup of 18 Fructidor → legislativeBodyTargeted → Council of Ancients ⓘ

Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII → legislativeBodyInvolved → Council of Ancients ⓘ

Cisalpine Republic → legislature → Council of Ancients ⓘ

Directory (collective) → legislature → Council of Ancients ⓘ

Legislative assemblies of the French Directory → hasPart → Council of Ancients ⓘ

Legislative assemblies of the French Directory → legislativeBody → Council of Ancients ⓘ

Director (French Directory) → legislativeBody → Council of Ancients ⓘ

subject surface form: French Directory