Consulate

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The Consulate was the government of France from 1799 to 1804, dominated by Napoleon Bonaparte and marking the transition from the French Revolution to the Napoleonic Empire.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Consulate (France) 7
Consulate canonical 1
Consulate (French history) 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former government
historical period
political regime
capital Paris
constitutionalDocument Constitution of the Year VIII
Constitution of the Year X
Constitution of the Year XII
country France
currency French franc
deFactoLeader Napoleon Bonaparte
endTime 1804
establishedAsResultOf Coup of 18 Brumaire
executiveBranch First Consul
Second Consul
linked to: Third Consul

Third Consul
firstConsul Napoleon Bonaparte
followed French Directory
followedBy First French Empire
governmentType authoritarian republic
consular government
headOfState Napoleon Bonaparte
historicalRegion Metropolitan France
historicalSignificance marked transition from the French Revolution to the Napoleonic Empire
keyFigure Charles-François Lebrun
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès
Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès
Napoleon Bonaparte
Pierre-Roger Ducos
leaderTitle First Consul
legislativeBody Corps législatif
Tribunate
notableReform Concordat of 1801 with the Papacy
linked to: Concordat of 1801

Napoleonic Code preparation
administrative centralization of France
creation of the Bank of France
officialLanguage French
partOf French Revolutionary and Napoleonic era
linked to: Napoleonic era
politicalCharacter transition from revolutionary to imperial rule
politicalSystemFeature limited suffrage
strong executive power
weak representative institutions
precededByEvent French Revolution
secondConsul Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès
significantEvent 18 Brumaire coup
startTime 1799
succeededByEvent Napoleonic Empire
linked to: First French Empire
thirdConsul Charles-François Lebrun

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Referenced by (11)

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

Organic Articles of 1802 issuedUnder Consulate (France)
linked to: Consulate
Proclamation of Napoleon I as Emperor of the French in 1804 follows Consulate (France)
linked to: Consulate
Pierre-Roger Ducos era Consulate (France)
linked to: Consulate
Council of Ancients replacedBy Senate (Consulate)
linked to: Consulate
Charles-François Lebrun participantIn Consulate (French history)
linked to: Consulate
Coup of 18 Brumaire initiated Consulate (France)
subject linked to: Saint-Cloud
linked to: Consulate
First Consul of France partOf Consulate (France)
linked to: Consulate
Army of Italy allegiance Consulate (France)
linked to: Consulate
Directory (collective) followedBy Consulate (Napoleon)
linked to: Consulate
Senate (Napoleonic France) appliesToJurisdiction Consulate (France)
subject linked to: Senate
linked to: Consulate