Grand Elector
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The Grand Elector was a high-ranking, largely ceremonial title envisioned in Napoleonic France as part of a restructured imperial hierarchy, though it was never fully implemented as an active office.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Grand Elector canonical | 1 |
| Grand Elector of Brandenburg | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Napoleonic title
ⓘ
ceremonial title ⓘ proposed political office ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | First French Empire ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeriod |
French Consulate
ⓘ
early First French Empire ⓘ |
| conceptualizedBy | Napoleonic constitutional theorists ⓘ |
| constitutionalStatus | theoretical office ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| creator | Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ |
| describedAs | largely ceremonial title ⓘ |
| facetOf | Napoleon’s plans for restructuring the French state ⓘ |
| field | political history ⓘ |
| FrenchLabel | Grand Électeur ⓘ |
| governmentBranch | executive (nominal) ⓘ |
| governmentForm | consulate (France) ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
limited or no direct governing power
ⓘ
symbolic authority ⓘ |
| hasRole |
high-ranking dignitary
ⓘ
largely ceremonial figurehead ⓘ |
| historicalCategory | unrealized political office ⓘ |
| inception | 1799 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
ideas of separation of powers
ⓘ
monarchical ceremonial traditions ⓘ |
| intendedFunction |
to appoint key office holders on advice of government bodies
ⓘ
to embody the sovereignty of the French people ⓘ to preside over the state without exercising direct executive power ⓘ |
| intendedResidence | Paris ⓘ |
| intendedSelectionMethod | constitutional designation rather than election by princes ⓘ |
| languageOfName | French ⓘ |
| legalBasis | draft constitutional arrangements under Napoleon ⓘ |
| neverHeldBy | any historical officeholder ⓘ |
| officeStatus | not actually exercised in practice ⓘ |
| partOf |
Constitution of the Year VIII
ⓘ
French Revolutionary and Napoleonic constitutions ⓘ
surface form:
Napoleonic constitutional system
|
| politicalIdeologyContext |
Bonapartism
ⓘ
authoritarian republicanism ⓘ |
| positionInHierarchy | one of the highest offices in the proposed Napoleonic hierarchy ⓘ |
| region | Europe ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Grand Elector
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Grand Elector of Brandenburg
Prince-elector ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Emperor of the French
ⓘ
First Consul of France ⓘ
surface form:
First Consul
|
| status | never fully implemented ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Grand Elector of Brandenburg