Constitution of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands

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constitution foundational legal charter

The Constitution of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands was the foundational legal charter (1815–1830) that organized the unified Dutch-Belgian monarchy’s political institutions, rights, and governance structure.

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Label Occurrences
Constitution of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands canonical 1
Constitution of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands of 1815 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution ⓘ
foundational legal charter ⓘ
appliesTo United Kingdom of the Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Belgian Revolution of 1830 NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United Kingdom of the Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
createdChamber First Chamber of the States General NERFINISHED ⓘ
Second Chamber of the States General NERFINISHED ⓘ
createdPoliticalEntity United Kingdom of the Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
definedExecutivePower King ⓘ
ministers responsible to the King ⓘ
definedStatusOf Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in personal union with the King NERFINISHED ⓘ
definedSuccessionRulesFor Dutch throne ⓘ
definedTerritorialComponents Luxembourg (in personal union) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime 1830 ⓘ
establishedFormOfGovernment constitutional monarchy ⓘ
establishedLegislature States General of the Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows Batavian-French constitutional framework in the Low Countries ⓘ
headOfStateTitle King of the Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext post-Napoleonic settlement in Europe ⓘ
influencedBy Dutch republican and Batavian traditions ⓘ
French constitutional traditions ⓘ
inForceDuring reign of William I of the Netherlands ⓘ
language Dutch ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalForm written constitution ⓘ
legislatureStructure bicameral legislature ⓘ
mainFunction to organize the unified Dutch-Belgian monarchy’s political institutions, rights, and governance structure ⓘ
monarch William I of the Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
organized central government ⓘ
local administration ⓘ
provincial institutions ⓘ
principle equality of citizens before the law (formally proclaimed) ⓘ
limited religious freedom ⓘ
recognizedReligion Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism NERFINISHED ⓘ
regulated judicial system ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
municipal governance ⓘ
provincial governance ⓘ
taxation powers ⓘ
relatedToEvent Congress of Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ
selectionMethodFirstChamber indirect appointment by the King from provincial nominees ⓘ
selectionMethodSecondChamber indirect election via provincial States ⓘ
startTime 1815 ⓘ
supersededBy separate constitutions of the Netherlands and Belgium after 1830 ⓘ

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

First Chamber of the States General → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
Provisional constitution of 1814 → successor → Constitution of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
subject surface form: Provisional Constitution of 1814
this entity surface form: Constitution of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands of 1815