Council of Five Hundred (faction)

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The Council of Five Hundred was the lower house of the French legislature under the Directory, composed of 500 deputies and known for its resistance to Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to power.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary group
political faction
country France
dissolutionReason Coup of 18 Brumaire and creation of the Consulate
linked to: Coup of 18 Brumaire
endTime 1799
followedBy Corps législatif factions
governmentalRole lower house faction
historicalEra French Revolution
historicalEvent Coup of 18 Brumaire
ideology republicanism
language French
legalBasis Constitution of Year III
legislativeBody Council of Five Hundred
legislativeFunction debate and vote on laws
locatedIn Paris
metAt Saint‑Cloud
Tuileries Palace
notableFor resistance to Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to power
role in the downfall of the Directory
numberOfMembers 500
operatedInPeriod French Directory
opposedTo Coup of 18 Brumaire
Napoleon Bonaparte
partOf Council of Five Hundred
politicalPosition anti‑Bonapartist
precededBy National Convention factions
resisted Napoleon Bonaparte’s seizure of power
establishment of the Consulate
sphereOfInfluence French national politics
startTime 1795
status defunct
typeOfOrganization legislative caucus

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Coup of 18 Brumaire opposedBy Council of Five Hundred (faction)
Coup of 18 Brumaire involvedInstitution Council of Five Hundred
linked to: Council of Five Hundred (faction)
National Convention followedBy Council of Five Hundred
linked to: Council of Five Hundred (faction)
Lucien Bonaparte memberOf Council of Five Hundred
linked to: Council of Five Hundred (faction)
Directory legislativeBranch Council of Five Hundred
linked to: Council of Five Hundred (faction)
French Constitution of 1795 createdLegislativeBody Council of Five Hundred
linked to: Council of Five Hundred (faction)
Council of Five Hundred (faction) partOf Council of Five Hundred
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Council of Five Hundred (faction) legislativeBody Council of Five Hundred
linked to: Council of Five Hundred (faction)
French First Republic legislature Council of Five Hundred
linked to: Council of Five Hundred (faction)
Corps législatif of France replaced Council of Five Hundred
linked to: Council of Five Hundred (faction)
French Directory legislature Council of Five Hundred
linked to: Council of Five Hundred (faction)
Pierre-Roger Ducos politicalInstitution Council of Five Hundred
linked to: Council of Five Hundred (faction)
Council of Ancients coLegislativeWith Council of Five Hundred
linked to: Council of Five Hundred (faction)
Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès memberOf Council of Five Hundred
linked to: Council of Five Hundred (faction)
Tribunate precededBy Council of Five Hundred
linked to: Council of Five Hundred (faction)
French National Convention followedBy Council of Five Hundred
linked to: Council of Five Hundred (faction)
Directory (France) legislativeBody Council of Five Hundred
linked to: Council of Five Hundred (faction)
President of the Council of Five Hundred partOf Council of Five Hundred
linked to: Council of Five Hundred (faction)
President of the Council of Five Hundred legislativeBody Council of Five Hundred
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President of the Council of Five Hundred officeHolderOf Council of Five Hundred
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President of the Council of Five Hundred presidesOver Council of Five Hundred
linked to: Council of Five Hundred (faction)
President of the Council of Five Hundred appointedBy Council of Five Hundred
linked to: Council of Five Hundred (faction)
Coup of 18 Fructidor legislativeBodyTargeted Council of Five Hundred
linked to: Council of Five Hundred (faction)
Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII legislativeBodyInvolved Council of Five Hundred
linked to: Council of Five Hundred (faction)
Coup of 22 Floréal Year VI legislativeBodyAffected Council of Five Hundred
linked to: Council of Five Hundred (faction)
François de Neufchâteau memberOf Council of Five Hundred
linked to: Council of Five Hundred (faction)
Directory (collective) legislature Council of Five Hundred
linked to: Council of Five Hundred (faction)
Legislative assemblies of the French Directory hasPart Council of Five Hundred
linked to: Council of Five Hundred (faction)
Legislative assemblies of the French Directory legislativeBody Council of Five Hundred
linked to: Council of Five Hundred (faction)