French Constitution of 1791

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The French Constitution of 1791 was the first written constitution of France, establishing a constitutional monarchy that limited the powers of the king and restructured the state during the French Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French constitutional document ⓘ
constitution ⓘ
written constitution ⓘ
abolishedInstitution feudalism (in law) ⓘ
abolishedOn 1792-09-21 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Constitution of 1791 ⓘ
banned lettres de cachet ⓘ
cameIntoForce 1791-10-01 ⓘ
confirmedAbolitionOf clergy privileges ⓘ
nobility privileges ⓘ
country France ⓘ
createdJudicialPrinciple independence of the judiciary ⓘ
createdLegislativeBody Legislative Assembly ⓘ
dateAdopted 1791-09-03 ⓘ
datePromulgated 1791-09-14 ⓘ
definedCitizenship active citizens and passive citizens ⓘ
definedTerritorialDivision cantons ⓘ
communes ⓘ
departments ⓘ
districts ⓘ
draftedBy National Constituent Assembly ⓘ
establishedFormOfGovernment constitutional monarchy ⓘ
establishedPrinciple constitutional monarchy ⓘ
equality before the law ⓘ
national sovereignty ⓘ
popular representation ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
excludedFromPoliticalRights many poorer men ⓘ
women ⓘ
followedBy French Constitution of 1793 ⓘ
grantedLegislativePowerTo Legislative Assembly ⓘ
headOfStateTitle King of the French ⓘ
historicalContext French Revolution ⓘ
incorporatedRightsFrom Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 1789 ⓘ
influencedBy Enlightenment political thought ⓘ
Montesquieu’s theory of separation of powers ⓘ
introducedRoyalVetoType suspensive veto ⓘ
introducedSuffrageType census suffrage ⓘ
language French ⓘ
legalStatusAfter1792 suspended and then abolished with the monarchy ⓘ
legislativeChamberType unicameral ⓘ
legislativeTermLength 2 years ⓘ
limitedMonarchBy constitution ⓘ
limitedPowerOf King of the French ⓘ
maintainedInstitution hereditary monarchy ⓘ
precededBy Ancien Régime ⓘ
recognizedDocument Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 1789 ⓘ
redefinedMonarchTitleFrom King of France ⓘ
linked to: Kings of France
regulatedReligionBy Civil Constitution of the Clergy (already adopted, integrated in framework) ⓘ
restrictedVotingTo male citizens paying a certain level of taxes ⓘ
retainedExecutivePowerFor King of the French ⓘ
royalVetoDuration two consecutive legislatures ⓘ
signedByMonarch Louis XVI ⓘ
linked to: Louis XVI of France

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French Revolution → keyDocument → French Constitution of 1791 ⓘ
Flight to Varennes → relatedTo → Constitution of 1791 ⓘ
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Feuillants → supported → 1791 French Constitution ⓘ
linked to: French Constitution of 1791
French Constitution of 1791 → alsoKnownAs → Constitution of 1791 ⓘ
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French Constitution of 1793 → replaced → French Constitution of 1791 ⓘ
National Constituent Assembly → keyDocumentProduced → Constitution of 1791 ⓘ
linked to: French Constitution of 1791
French Constitution of 1795 → precededBy → French Constitution of 1791 ⓘ
Civil Constitution of the Clergy → relatedTo → Constitution of 1791 ⓘ
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Legislative Assembly → establishedBy → French Constitution of 1791 ⓘ
Legislative Assembly → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of 1791 ⓘ
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Cádiz Constitution of 1812 → influencedBy → French Constitution of 1791 ⓘ
Legislative Assembly (France) → establishedBy → French Constitution of 1791 ⓘ
Legislative Assembly (France) → legalBasis → Constitution of 1791 ⓘ
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King of the French → constitutionalBasis → French Constitution of 1791 ⓘ
Feuillant Club → supportedConstitution → French Constitution of 1791 ⓘ
royal veto of Louis XVI → legalBasis → French Constitution of 1791 ⓘ
royal veto of Louis XVI → codifiedIn → Title III of the French Constitution of 1791 ⓘ
linked to: French Constitution of 1791
Constitutional Kingdom of France (1791–1792) → startEvent → French Constitution of 1791 ⓘ
Constitutional Kingdom of France (1791–1792) → legalFoundation → Constitution of 1791 ⓘ
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National Assembly (French Revolution) → drafted → Constitution of 1791 ⓘ
subject linked to: National Assembly
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Feuillant faction → supportedDocument → French Constitution of 1791 ⓘ
Feuillants → supportedDocument → French Constitution of 1791 ⓘ
subject linked to: Feuillant
French Revolutionary and Napoleonic constitutions → hasPart → Constitution of 1791 ⓘ
linked to: French Constitution of 1791