Constitution of 1876 (Spain)

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The Constitution of 1876 (Spain) was the foundational legal charter of Spain’s Bourbon Restoration, establishing a constitutional monarchy under Alfonso XII and shaping Spanish political life until the early 20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution ⓘ
fundamental law ⓘ
legal document ⓘ
allowed turno pacífico system of alternating parties ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Spanish Constitution of 1876 ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
associatedWith Restoration political elites ⓘ
characterizedBy limited suffrage ⓘ
moderate liberalism ⓘ
strong royal prerogatives ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
createdFor Bourbon Restoration political system ⓘ
definedStateReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
endTime 1923 ⓘ
1931 ⓘ
establishedFormOfGovernment constitutional monarchy ⓘ
follows Constitution of 1869 (Spain) ⓘ
guaranteed certain civil liberties ⓘ
headOfStateTitle King of Spain ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 20th century Spain ⓘ
late 19th century Spain ⓘ
influenced political system of the Restoration ⓘ
influencedBy Constitution of 1845 (Spain) ⓘ
inForceDuring Spanish Restoration period ⓘ
linked to: Restoration Spain

reigns of Alfonso XII and Alfonso XIII ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
laterDevelopmentsUnder extension of male suffrage ⓘ
legalStatus supreme law of Spain during its validity ⓘ
legalTradition civil law ⓘ
legislativeBody Cortes ⓘ
lowerHouse Congress of Deputies (Spain) ⓘ
mainPoliticalPartiesUnder Conservative Party (Spain, Restoration) ⓘ
Liberal Party (Spain, Restoration) ⓘ
partOf Bourbon Restoration (Spain) ⓘ
promulgatedUnder Bourbon dynasty ⓘ
linked to: House of Bourbon
providedFor bicameral legislature ⓘ
censitary suffrage (initially) ⓘ
reigningMonarchAtPromulgation Alfonso XII of Spain ⓘ
replacedBy Spanish Constitution of 1931 ⓘ
startTime 1876 ⓘ
statusOfCatholicChurch official state church ⓘ
suspendedBy Primo de Rivera dictatorship ⓘ
territorialScope peninsular Spain and overseas colonies (while they remained Spanish) ⓘ
typeOfMonarchy parliamentary monarchy with strong royal powers ⓘ
upperHouse Senate of Spain ⓘ

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Alfonso XII of Spain → associatedWith → Constitution of 1876 (Spain) ⓘ
Constitution of 1931 → replaced → Spanish Constitution of 1876 ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of 1876 (Spain)
Miguel Primo de Rivera → abolished → Spanish Constitution of 1876 (in practice) ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of 1876 (Spain)
Bourbon Restoration in Spain → hasConstitution → Spanish Constitution of 1876 ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of 1876 (Spain)
Constitution of 1876 (Spain) → follows → Constitution of 1869 (Spain) ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of 1876 (Spain)
Constitution of 1876 (Spain) → alsoKnownAs → Spanish Constitution of 1876 ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of 1876 (Spain)
Restoration Spain → hasConstitution → Spanish Constitution of 1876 ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of 1876 (Spain)
Spanish Constitution of 1931 → precededBy → Spanish Constitution of 1876 ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of 1876 (Spain)
Regent of Spain → legalBasis → Spanish Constitution of 1876 ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of 1876 (Spain)