Constitution of 1876 (Spain)

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The Constitution of 1876 (Spain) was the foundational legal charter of Spain’s Bourbon Restoration, establishing a constitutional monarchy under Alfonso XII and shaping Spanish political life until the early 20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution
fundamental law
legal document
allowed turno pacífico system of alternating parties
alsoKnownAs Constitution of 1876 (Spain)
surface form: Spanish Constitution of 1876
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of Spain
associatedWith Restoration political elites
characterizedBy limited suffrage
moderate liberalism
strong royal prerogatives
country Spain
createdFor Bourbon Restoration political system
definedStateReligion Roman Catholicism
endTime 1923
1931
establishedFormOfGovernment constitutional monarchy
follows Constitution of 1876 (Spain) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Constitution of 1869 (Spain)
guaranteed certain civil liberties
headOfStateTitle King of Spain
historicalPeriod early 20th century Spain
late 19th century Spain
influenced political system of the Restoration
influencedBy Constitution of 1845 (Spain)
inForceDuring Restoration Spain
surface form: Spanish Restoration period

reigns of Alfonso XII and Alfonso XIII
language Spanish
laterDevelopmentsUnder extension of male suffrage
legalStatus supreme law of Spain during its validity
legalTradition civil law
legislativeBody Cortes
lowerHouse Congreso de los Diputados
surface form: Congress of Deputies (Spain)
mainPoliticalPartiesUnder Conservative Party (Spain, Restoration)
Liberal Party (Spain, 1880)
surface form: Liberal Party (Spain, Restoration)
partOf Bourbon Restoration in Spain
surface form: Bourbon Restoration (Spain)
promulgatedUnder House of Bourbon
surface form: Bourbon dynasty
providedFor bicameral legislature
censitary suffrage (initially)
reigningMonarchAtPromulgation Alfonso XII of Spain
replacedBy Spanish Constitution of 1931
startTime 1876
statusOfCatholicChurch official state church
suspendedBy Dictatorship of Primo de Rivera
surface form: Primo de Rivera dictatorship
territorialScope peninsular Spain and overseas colonies (while they remained Spanish)
typeOfMonarchy parliamentary monarchy with strong royal powers
upperHouse Senate of Spain

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Alfonso XII of Spain associatedWith Constitution of 1876 (Spain)
Constitution of 1931 replaced Constitution of 1876 (Spain)
this entity surface form: Spanish Constitution of 1876
Miguel Primo de Rivera abolished Constitution of 1876 (Spain)
this entity surface form: Spanish Constitution of 1876 (in practice)
Bourbon Restoration in Spain hasConstitution Constitution of 1876 (Spain)
this entity surface form: Spanish Constitution of 1876
Constitution of 1876 (Spain) follows Constitution of 1876 (Spain) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Constitution of 1869 (Spain)
Constitution of 1876 (Spain) alsoKnownAs Constitution of 1876 (Spain)
this entity surface form: Spanish Constitution of 1876
Restoration Spain hasConstitution Constitution of 1876 (Spain)
this entity surface form: Spanish Constitution of 1876
Spanish Constitution of 1931 precededBy Constitution of 1876 (Spain)
this entity surface form: Spanish Constitution of 1876
Regent of Spain legalBasis Constitution of 1876 (Spain)
this entity surface form: Spanish Constitution of 1876