Constitutional Charter of 1826

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The Constitutional Charter of 1826 was a constitutional document granted by King Pedro IV of Portugal that established a constitutional monarchy and defined the political framework of 19th-century Portugal.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Carta Constitucional de 1826	1
Portuguese Constitutional Charter of 1826	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitution ⓘ constitutional charter ⓘ legal document ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Constitutional Charter of 1826 ⓘ surface form: Carta Constitucional de 1826 Constitutional Charter of 1826 ⓘ surface form: Portuguese Constitutional Charter of 1826
amended	electoral laws ⓘ
cameIntoForceInCentury	19th century ⓘ
country	Portugal ⓘ
createdLegislativeBody	Chamber of Deputies ⓘ Chamber of Peers ⓘ
createdLegislatureType	bicameral parliament ⓘ
dateGranted	1826 ⓘ
definedPoliticalFrameworkFor	19th-century Portugal ⓘ
definedReligionStatus	Roman Catholicism as state religion ⓘ
establishedFormOfGovernment	constitutional monarchy ⓘ
governedInstitution	Cortes Gerais ⓘ
grantedBy	Pedro IV of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
headOfStateTitle	Kings of Portugal ⓘ surface form: King of Portugal
historicalContext	transition from absolutism to liberalism in Portugal ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Liberal Wars era ⓘ
influencedBy	Liberal Wars in Portugal ⓘ surface form: Portuguese liberal revolution of 1820
inForceDuring	Portuguese Constitutional Monarchy ⓘ reign of Carlos I of Portugal ⓘ reign of Luís I of Portugal ⓘ reign of Maria II of Portugal ⓘ reign of Pedro V of Portugal ⓘ
inspiredBy	Charter of 1814 ⓘ surface form: Constitutional Charter of 1814 (France) liberal constitutionalism ⓘ
language	Portuguese ⓘ
legalStatus	fundamental law ⓘ
legalTradition	civil law ⓘ
monarchRetainedPowerTo	appoint peers ⓘ dissolve the Chamber of Deputies ⓘ veto legislation ⓘ
politicalSystem	constitutional monarchy with strong royal prerogatives ⓘ
promulgatedBy	Pedro IV of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
providedFor	hereditary monarchy ⓘ limited suffrage ⓘ ministerial responsibility to the Crown ⓘ
recognizedRights	civil liberties ⓘ individual guarantees ⓘ
region	Europe ⓘ
relatedToConflict	Liberal Wars in Portugal ⓘ
replaced	Portuguese Constitution of 1822 ⓘ
subjectOf	Portuguese constitutional debates in the 19th century ⓘ
successor	Constitution of 1911 ⓘ surface form: Constitution of 1911 (Portugal)
territorialScope	Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Constitutional Charter of 1826 → alsoKnownAs → Constitutional Charter of 1826 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Carta Constitucional de 1826

Constitutional Charter of 1826 → alsoKnownAs → Constitutional Charter of 1826 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portuguese Constitutional Charter of 1826

Hino da Carta → associatedWith → Constitutional Charter of 1826 ⓘ

Hymn of the Charter → dedicatedTo → Constitutional Charter of 1826 ⓘ

Hymn of the Charter → follows → Constitutional Charter of 1826 ⓘ

Hino da Carta → namedAfter → Constitutional Charter of 1826 ⓘ

Liberal Wars in Portugal → relatedTo → Constitutional Charter of 1826 ⓘ