French Third Republic

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former sovereign state historical period republic

The French Third Republic was the republican government of France from 1870 to 1940, marked by parliamentary dominance, frequent changes of government, and the Dreyfus Affair, and ending with the German invasion in World War II.

Aliases (5)

Third French Republic ×15
Third Republic France ×2
Third French Republic constitutional laws ×1
Third Republic ×1
Versailles government ×1

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former sovereign state → historical period → republic →
alliedWith	Russian Empire during World War I → United Kingdom during World War I → United States during World War I →
capital	Paris →
characteristic	frequent changes of government → strong role of political parties → weak executive power →
colonialPolicy	expansion of French colonial empire in Africa and Asia →
constitutionalLawAdopted	Constitutional Laws of 1875 →
constitutionalSystem	parliamentary supremacy →
continent	Europe →
country	France →
currency	French franc →
demographicCharacteristic	universal male suffrage →
dissolved	1940 →
educationPolicy	secular public education reforms →
enactedLaw	1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State →
endDate	10 July 1940 →
endedBy	German invasion of France in World War II →
established	1870 →
flag	Flag of France →
governmentForm	parliamentary republic →
headOfGovernmentTitle	President of the Council of Ministers →
headOfStateTitle	President of the French Republic →
historicalReputation	longest-lasting French republic before the Fifth Republic →
keyIssue	church–state separation →
legislativeBody	Chamber of Deputies → Senate of France →
legislature	French Parliament →
majorPoliticalCrisis	Dreyfus affair →
majorPoliticalCrisisEnd	1906 →
majorPoliticalCrisisStart	1894 →
nationalMotto	Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité →
notableEducationReformer	Jules Ferry →
notablePresident	Adolphe Thiers → Albert Lebrun → Armand Fallières → Félix Faure → Jules Grévy → Patrice de MacMahon → Raymond Poincaré → Émile Loubet →
notablePrimeMinister	Georges Clemenceau → Jules Ferry → Léon Gambetta → Édouard Daladier →
officialLanguage	French →
participatedIn	Franco-Prussian War → World War I → interwar period diplomacy →
politicalOrientation	anticlericalism → republicanism →
precededBy	Second French Empire →
predecessorEvent	Franco-Prussian War → collapse of the Second French Empire →
signedTreaty	Treaty of Versailles →
startDate	4 September 1870 →
stateIdeology	laïcité →
succeededBy	French State (Vichy regime) → Vichy France →
territorialStatus	metropolitan France and colonial empire →
womenSuffrageStatus	women did not have the right to vote in national elections →

Referenced by (91)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
André Maginot → Labori → L’Auto ("Third French Republic") → L’Auto ("Third French Republic") → Paris Salon of 1884 ("Third French Republic") → Patrice de MacMahon → Émile Loubet ("Third French Republic") →	era
Compiègne Forest → Devil’s Island → Gallic rooster ("Third French Republic") → J’accuse…! → Lion of Belfort → Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza →	associatedWith
Entente Cordiale → Four-Power Treaty → Franco-Polish alliance → Treaty of Huế (1884) → Treaty of Saigon (1874) →	signatory
Battle of the Somme → First Battle of the Marne → Franco-Prussian War → Second Battle of the Marne →	belligerent
Georgy Lvov → Isabella II of Spain → King Alexander I of Yugoslavia → Édouard Manet →	placeOfDeath
Former French Concession → French Morocco → Kwang-Chou-Wan ("Third French Republic") →	colonialPower
AEF → Cochinchina → Ubangi-Shari →	metropole
Boxer Rebellion → Lausanne Conference of 1932 → Romanian Campaign →	participant
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny ("Third French Republic") → Maurice Gamelin ("Third French Republic") →	allegiance
French Empire → Second French Empire →	followedBy
Bergsonianism ("Third Republic France") → French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State of 1905 ("Third French Republic") →	historicalContext
Dreyfus affair ("Third French Republic") → Sitzkrieg →	involves
Raymond Poincaré → Émile Loubet →	movement
Battle of Sedan (1940) → Italian invasion of France →	opponent
Alsace-Lorraine → Democratic Republican Alliance →	partOf
1889 Exposition Universelle → Palais des Colonies →	politicalContext
Governor-General of French West Africa → President of the French Republic →	positionHeldIn
French II Corps → French North Africa →	usedBy
Belle Époque ("Third French Republic") →	appliesToJurisdiction
Maginot Line →	builtBy
Franco-Prussian War →	conflictBetween
Kingdom of Dahomey →	conqueredBy
Nam Kỳ →	controlledBy
Popular Front (France) →	countryGoverned
Saar Offensive ("Third French Republic") →	countryInvolved
René Cassin →	countryOfCitizenship
Governor-General of French Indochina →	createdBy
William, Prince of Orange (1840–1879) →	deathPlace
French Indochina ("Third French Republic") →	establishedBy
Locarno Era →	hasKeyParticipant
Triple Entente →	hasMemberState
Édouard Daladier →	headOfGovernment
Democratic Republican Alliance →	historicalEra
Maréchal de France ("Third Republic") →	historicalPeriodOfUse
1924 Winter Olympics →	hostNation
Constitution of 1931 ("Third French Republic constitutional laws") →	influencedBy
French Ministry of Commerce and Industry →	jurisdiction
Chamberlain government →	keyInternationalActor
French republicanism →	linkedTo
Spanish peace commission of 1898 →	operatedIn
Paris Commune ("Versailles government") →	opposedBy
Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937) →	organizedBy
1889 Exposition Universelle →	organizer
1878 Exposition Universelle →	organizingBody
Protectorate of Annam →	overlord
Statue of Vercingetorix in Clermont-Ferrand ("Third French Republic") →	period
Léon Blum →	placeOfBirth
Seal of the French Republic →	reusedBy
Little Dancer of Fourteen Years ("Third Republic France") →	setInPeriod
Armistice of 22 June 1940 →	signatoryState
French General Staff ("Third French Republic") →	significantIn
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte →	succeededBy
L’Affaire →	topic
Élysée Palace →	usedAsPresidentialResidenceBy