Council of Five Hundred (faction)

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parliamentary group political faction

The Council of Five Hundred was the lower house of the French legislature under the Directory, composed of 500 deputies and known for its resistance to Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to power.

Aliases (1)

Council of Five Hundred ×21

Statements (32)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	parliamentary group → political faction →
country	France →
dissolutionReason	Coup of 18 Brumaire and creation of the Consulate →
endTime	1799 →
followedBy	Corps législatif factions →
governmentalRole	lower house faction →
historicalEra	French Revolution →
historicalEvent	Coup of 18 Brumaire →
ideology	republicanism →
language	French →
legalBasis	Constitution of Year III →
legislativeBody	Council of Five Hundred →
legislativeFunction	debate and vote on laws →
locatedIn	Paris →
metAt	Saint‑Cloud → Tuileries Palace →
notableFor	resistance to Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to power → role in the downfall of the Directory →
numberOfMembers	500 →
operatedInPeriod	French Directory →
opposedTo	Coup of 18 Brumaire → Napoleon Bonaparte →
partOf	Council of Five Hundred →
politicalPosition	anti‑Bonapartist →
precededBy	National Convention factions →
resisted	Napoleon Bonaparte’s seizure of power → establishment of the Consulate →
sphereOfInfluence	French national politics →
startTime	1795 →
status	defunct →
typeOfOrganization	legislative caucus →

Referenced by (22)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Council of Five Hundred (faction) ("Council of Five Hundred") → Directory (France) ("Council of Five Hundred") → President of the Council of Five Hundred ("Council of Five Hundred") →	legislativeBody
French National Convention ("Council of Five Hundred") → National Convention ("Council of Five Hundred") →	followedBy
French Directory ("Council of Five Hundred") → French First Republic ("Council of Five Hundred") →	legislature
Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès ("Council of Five Hundred") → Lucien Bonaparte ("Council of Five Hundred") →	memberOf
Council of Five Hundred (faction) ("Council of Five Hundred") → President of the Council of Five Hundred ("Council of Five Hundred") →	partOf
President of the Council of Five Hundred ("Council of Five Hundred") →	appointedBy
Council of Ancients ("Council of Five Hundred") →	coLegislativeWith
French Constitution of 1795 ("Council of Five Hundred") →	createdLegislativeBody
Coup of 18 Brumaire ("Council of Five Hundred") →	involvedInstitution
Directory ("Council of Five Hundred") →	legislativeBranch
President of the Council of Five Hundred ("Council of Five Hundred") →	officeHolderOf
Coup of 18 Brumaire →	opposedBy
Pierre-Roger Ducos ("Council of Five Hundred") →	politicalInstitution
Tribunate ("Council of Five Hundred") →	precededBy
President of the Council of Five Hundred ("Council of Five Hundred") →	presidesOver
Corps législatif of France ("Council of Five Hundred") →	replaced