Cortes of Cádiz

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constituent assembly national assembly parliament

The Cortes of Cádiz was the Spanish national assembly convened during the Peninsular War that drafted the liberal 1812 Constitution, a landmark in Spanish and Latin American constitutional history.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cortes of Cádiz canonical 17
extraordinary Cádiz Cortes 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent assembly ⓘ
national assembly ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
aim to define national sovereignty ⓘ
to establish a constitutional monarchy ⓘ
to limit royal absolutism ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Cortes Generales ⓘ
surface form: Cortes Generales y Extraordinarias

Extraordinary General Cortes ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Philippines ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
Spanish America ⓘ
convenedBy Spanish Regency Council ⓘ
surface form: Supreme Central Junta
convenedDuring Napoleonic invasion of Spain ⓘ
surface form: Peninsular War
country Spain ⓘ
dissolutionEvent restoration of absolutism in 1814 ⓘ
dissolvedBy Ferdinand VII of Spain ⓘ
doctrine national sovereignty ⓘ
recognition of individual rights ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
endTime 1814 ⓘ
followedBy Ordinary Cortes of 1813–1814 ⓘ
hasPart deputies from Spanish America ⓘ
deputies from overseas territories ⓘ
deputies from peninsular Spain ⓘ
historicalPeriod Spanish Enlightenment ⓘ
Napoleonic invasion of Spain ⓘ
surface form: Spanish War of Independence
ideology constitutionalism ⓘ
liberalism ⓘ
influenced Latin American independence movements ⓘ
constitutionalism in Latin America ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
legislativeBodyOf Spanish monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Monarchy
legislativeProcess unicameral ⓘ
locatedIn Andalusia ⓘ
Cadiz ⓘ
surface form: Cádiz

Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
precededBy traditional estate-based Cortes of Castile ⓘ
product Cádiz Constitution of 1812 ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Constitution of 1812
religion Roman Catholicism as state religion (under 1812 Constitution) ⓘ
significantEvent drafting of the Spanish Constitution of 1812 ⓘ
significantPerson Agustín Argüelles ⓘ
Antonio de Capmany ⓘ
Diego Muñoz-Torrero ⓘ
Felix Varela ⓘ
Francisco Martínez de la Rosa ⓘ
Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos ⓘ
José María Calatrava ⓘ
significantWork Abolition of the Inquisition (1813) ⓘ
August Decrees of 1789 ⓘ
surface form: Decree abolishing feudal privileges

Decree on freedom of the press (1810) ⓘ
startTime 1810 ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

Mexican Congress → replaces → Cortes of Cádiz ⓘ
Cortes Generales → historicalPrecursor → Cortes of Cádiz ⓘ
Congress of Deputies → historicalPrecursor → Cortes of Cádiz ⓘ
Cádiz Constitution of 1812 → legislativeBody → Cortes of Cádiz ⓘ
Cádiz Constitution of 1812 → promulgatedBy → Cortes of Cádiz ⓘ
José Joaquín de Olmedo → memberOf → Cortes of Cádiz ⓘ
Spanish Regency Council → legislativeBody → Cortes of Cádiz ⓘ
La Pepa → promulgatedBy → Cortes of Cádiz ⓘ
Ordinary Cortes of 1813–1814 → precededBy → Cortes of Cádiz ⓘ
this entity surface form: extraordinary Cádiz Cortes
Decree on freedom of the press (1810) → legislativeBody → Cortes of Cádiz ⓘ
Decree on freedom of the press (1810) → publisher → Cortes of Cádiz ⓘ
Decree on freedom of the press (1810) → author → Cortes of Cádiz ⓘ
Abolition of the Inquisition (1813) → legislativeBody → Cortes of Cádiz ⓘ
Abolition of the Inquisition (1813) → passedBy → Cortes of Cádiz ⓘ
Diego Muñoz-Torrero → memberOf → Cortes of Cádiz ⓘ
Extraordinary General Cortes → alsoKnownAs → Cortes of Cádiz ⓘ
Francisco Martínez de la Rosa → participatedIn → Cortes of Cádiz ⓘ
Agustín Argüelles → participatedIn → Cortes of Cádiz ⓘ