Chamber of Representatives

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The Chamber of Representatives was the lower legislative body of France during Napoleon I’s Hundred Days in 1815, created as part of his brief attempt to establish a more liberal constitutional monarchy.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chamber of Representatives canonical 2
Chambre des représentants 1

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Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf lower house of legislature
parliamentary chamber
aimOfCreation to broaden political representation
to secure liberal support for Napoleon I
appliesToPeriod Hundred Days
constitutionalBasis Acte additionnel aux constitutions de l'Empire
surface form: Acte additionnel aux constitutions de l’Empire
constitutionalStatus component of Napoleonic constitutional framework
country France
createdAsPartOf Acte additionnel aux constitutions de l'Empire
surface form: Acte additionnel aux constitutions de l’Empire
createdBy Napoleon I
dissolved 1815
duration brief
existedDuring 1815 constitutional experiment of Napoleon I
followedBy Chamber of Deputies (Bourbon Restoration)
governmentFormContext constitutional monarchy
hasJurisdiction metropolitan France (1815)
hasUpperHouse Chamber of Peers of France
surface form: Chamber of Peers (France, 1815)
headOfStateDuringExistence Napoleon I
hierarchicalPosition lower house
historicalEra Napoleonic era
houseType elected chamber
inception 1815
languageOfLegislature French
legalSystemContext French civil law tradition
legislativeBodyFor First French Empire
surface form: French Empire (Hundred Days)
locatedInTimeZone Central European Time
meetsIn Paris
meetsInBuilding Palais Bourbon
partOf French Parliament (Hundred Days)
partOfEvent Hundred Days
politicalOrientationContext liberal constitutional experiment
precededBy Corps législatif
surface form: Corps législatif (First French Empire)
reasonForEnd Second Bourbon Restoration
defeat of Napoleon I at Waterloo
replacedInstitution imperial authoritarian legislature
role legislative authority
representation of the nation
significance attempt to liberalize Napoleonic rule
short-lived lower chamber between imperial and Restoration legislatures
subordinateTo Napoleon I
typeOfStateContext unitary state

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Corps législatif followedBy Chamber of Representatives
this entity surface form: Chambre des représentants
second abdication of Napoleon declaredTo Chamber of Representatives