House of Lords (Austria)

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legislative body parliamentary chamber upper house

The House of Lords (Austria) was the upper chamber of the bicameral legislature of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, composed mainly of hereditary nobles, high clergy, and life peers appointed by the emperor.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
House of Lords (Austria) canonical	2
Austrian House of Lords	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative body ⓘ parliamentary chamber ⓘ upper house ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Herrenhaus ⓘ House of Lords of the Imperial Council ⓘ
appointedBy	Emperor of Austria ⓘ
capitalCity	Vienna ⓘ
compositionIncludes	hereditary nobles ⓘ high clergy ⓘ life peers ⓘ
country	Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
dissolutionCause	collapse of Austria-Hungary ⓘ
function	participation in legislation ⓘ representation of aristocracy and high clergy ⓘ review of bills passed by the lower house ⓘ
governingDocument	Austrian December Constitution ⓘ
hasMemberType	archbishops and bishops of the Catholic Church ⓘ hereditary peers of high nobility ⓘ life peers distinguished in public life ⓘ princes of the imperial family ⓘ
hasRole	upper chamber of the Imperial Council ⓘ
historicalCountry	Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ surface form: Austria-Hungary Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ surface form: Austrian Empire
historicalEra	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ
jurisdiction	Cisleithanian crown lands ⓘ surface form: Cisleithania
languageOfName	German ⓘ
legislativeType	bicameral upper house ⓘ
lowerHouse	House of Deputies of the Imperial Council ⓘ surface form: House of Deputies (Austria)
membershipBasis	ecclesiastical office ⓘ hereditary right ⓘ imperial appointment for life ⓘ
monarch	Emperor of Austria ⓘ
oversightOf	legislation affecting the Austrian half of the empire ⓘ
partOf	Imperial Council (Reichsrat) ⓘ surface form: Imperial Council (Austria) bicameral legislature of Austria-Hungary ⓘ
politicalIdeologyContext	conservative aristocratic influence ⓘ
politicalStatus	component of the Imperial Council of Austria ⓘ
politicalSystem	constitutional monarchy ⓘ
regionServed	Cisleithanian crown lands ⓘ
relatedInstitution	House of Lords ⓘ surface form: House of Lords (United Kingdom)
seat	Austrian Parliament Building ⓘ surface form: Reichsratsgebäude, Vienna
state	Austrian half of Austria-Hungary ⓘ
successor	Austrian Parliament ⓘ surface form: Federal Council (Austria)
typeOfMembership	non-democratic appointment ⓘ
votingSystem	non-elected membership ⓘ

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

Imperial Council (Reichsrat) → hasPart → House of Lords (Austria) ⓘ

Imperial Council (Reichsrat) → upperHouse → House of Lords (Austria) ⓘ

Table of Magnates → influencedBy → House of Lords (Austria) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austrian House of Lords