House of Lords of the Imperial Council

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legislative chamber parliamentary body upper house

The House of Lords of the Imperial Council was the upper chamber of the bicameral legislature of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, composed mainly of hereditary nobles, high clergy, and imperial appointees.

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Label Occurrences
House of Lords of the Imperial Council canonical 4
Imperial Council 2

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative chamber ⓘ
parliamentary body ⓘ
upper house ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Herrenhaus ⓘ
Imperial Council (Reichsrat) ⓘ
surface form: House of Lords (Reichsrat)
capitalSeat Vienna ⓘ
compositionIncludes hereditary nobles ⓘ
high clergy ⓘ
imperial appointees ⓘ
life peers ⓘ
constitutionalStatus component of the Imperial Council defined by the February Patent ⓘ
country Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
dissolvedFollowing collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
dissolvedInYear 1918 ⓘ
establishedBy Franz Joseph I of Austria ⓘ
surface form: Emperor Franz Joseph I

February Patent ⓘ
establishedInYear 1861 ⓘ
governmentTypeContext constitutional monarchy ⓘ
hasChamberType upper house ⓘ
hasCounterpart House of Deputies of the Imperial Council ⓘ
historicalEra early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
inspiredBy House of Lords ⓘ
surface form: British House of Lords
jurisdiction Cisleithanian half of the Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
languageUsed German ⓘ
legislativeFunction upper chamber of the Imperial Council ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Austria ⓘ
meetsIn Austrian Parliament Building ⓘ
surface form: Austrian Parliament Building in Vienna

Reichsratsgebäude ⓘ
membershipBasis high ecclesiastical office ⓘ
imperial favor ⓘ
nobility ⓘ
oversightOf Cisleithanian government ⓘ
surface form: government of Cisleithania
partOf Imperial Diet ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Council of Austria

Imperial Council (Reichsrat) ⓘ
surface form: Reichsrat
role participation in lawmaking for Cisleithania ⓘ
review and approval of legislation passed by the House of Deputies ⓘ
selectionMethod appointment by the Emperor of Austria ⓘ
ex officio membership of high-ranking clergy ⓘ
hereditary membership ⓘ
successorBody Austrian Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Federal Council of Austria (indirectly, as later upper house)

Referenced by (6)

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

House of Deputies of the Imperial Council → hasUpperHouse → House of Lords of the Imperial Council ⓘ
House of Deputies of the Imperial Council → requiresConcurrenceWith → House of Lords of the Imperial Council ⓘ
Austro-Hungarian Empire → legislativeBody → House of Lords of the Imperial Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Council
House of Lords (Austria) → alsoKnownAs → House of Lords of the Imperial Council ⓘ
Reichsratsgebäude → usedBy → House of Lords of the Imperial Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Council
Reichsratsgebäude → usedBy → House of Lords of the Imperial Council ⓘ