Senate of the Second Empire

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institution of the Second French Empire parliamentary body upper legislative chamber

The Senate of the Second Empire was the upper legislative body of Napoleon III’s French regime, composed of appointed members who largely supported and legitimized the emperor’s authority.

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Label Occurrences
Senate of the Second Empire canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf institution of the Second French Empire ⓘ
parliamentary body ⓘ
upper legislative chamber ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sénat ⓘ
Senate of France ⓘ
surface form: Sénat du Second Empire
appliesToJurisdiction France ⓘ
authorityOver constitutional revisions (under the emperor’s control) ⓘ
chamberOf French legislature ⓘ
compositionMethod appointment ⓘ
country France ⓘ
Second Empire of France ⓘ
surface form: Second French Empire
dissolvedFollowing Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
fall of Napoleon III ⓘ
endTime 1870 ⓘ
governmentForm Second Empire of France ⓘ
surface form: Second French Empire
hasJurisdiction French Empire ⓘ
hasLowerHouse Corps législatif ⓘ
hasPart senators ⓘ
headOfState Napoleon III of France ⓘ
surface form: Napoleon III
historicalEra 19th century ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of 1852 ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Second Empire of France ⓘ
surface form: Second French Empire
legislativePeriod Second Empire of France ⓘ
surface form: Second French Empire
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Paris ⓘ
meetsIn Palais du Luxembourg ⓘ
membersAppointedBy Emperor of the French ⓘ
Napoleon III of France ⓘ
surface form: Napoleon III
namedAfter Roman Senate ⓘ
partOf Parliament of the Second Empire ⓘ
politicalAlignment pro-imperial ⓘ
politicalSystem authoritarian empire ⓘ
replaced Senate of France ⓘ
surface form: Senate of the Second Republic
replacedBy Senate of France ⓘ
surface form: Senate of the Third Republic
residence Palais du Luxembourg ⓘ
role legitimizing the emperor’s regime ⓘ
supporting imperial authority ⓘ
upper house of the legislature ⓘ
significantEvent liberalization of the Empire in the late 1860s affected its role ⓘ
startTime 1852 ⓘ
subordinateTo Emperor of the French ⓘ

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

French Empire → legislature → Senate of the Second Empire ⓘ
Chamber of Peers → followedBy → Senate of the Second Empire ⓘ