Senate of the Kingdom of Sardinia

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The Senate of the Kingdom of Sardinia was the upper legislative chamber of the Sardinian monarchy, serving as a key institution in its constitutional government before Italian unification.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
parliamentary chamber ⓘ
upper house ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
appointmentMethod members appointed by the king ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Albertine Statute ⓘ
country Italy (historical region) ⓘ
Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
dissolved 1861 ⓘ
establishedBy Albertine Statute ⓘ
followedBy Senate of the Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
governmentForm constitutional monarchy ⓘ
hasJurisdiction Liguria (after annexation of Genoa) ⓘ
linked to: Liguria

Nice (until cession to France) ⓘ
linked to: Count of Nice

Piedmont ⓘ
Sardinia ⓘ
Savoy ⓘ
hasLowerHouse Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
hasRole upper legislative chamber ⓘ
headOfStateInLegislation King of Sardinia ⓘ
historicalPeriod Italian Risorgimento ⓘ
inception 1848 ⓘ
languageUsed Italian ⓘ
legislativeBranchOf Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
legislativeProcess laws required approval of both chambers ⓘ
shared law‑making powers with the Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
locatedIn Turin ⓘ
meetsIn Palazzo Madama, Turin ⓘ
memberSelectionCriteria high clergy ⓘ
high officials and persons of merit ⓘ
nobility ⓘ
membershipType non‑elective ⓘ
partOf Parliament of the Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
States of the King of Sardinia ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Sardinia

bicameral legislature of the Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Senate ⓘ
region Piedmont-Sardinia ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Sardinia
relatedTo Albertine Statute of 1848 ⓘ
linked to: Albertine Statute

Italian unification ⓘ
Parliament of the Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Italy
replacedBy Senate of the Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
seat Turin ⓘ
significance key institution in the constitutional government of the Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
precursor to the upper house of the Parliament of unified Italy ⓘ
significantEvent creation following the granting of the Albertine Statute in 1848 ⓘ
transformation into the Senate of the Kingdom of Italy after Italian unification ⓘ
typeOfGovernmentBody national legislature ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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Senate of the Kingdom of Italy → precededBy → Senate of the Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
Senate of the Kingdom of Italy → basedOn → Senate of the Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
Statuto Albertino → establishedBody → Senate of the Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
Senator of the Kingdom of Sardinia → partOf → Parliament of the Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
linked to: Senate of the Kingdom of Sardinia
Senator of the Kingdom of Sardinia → legislativeBody → Senate of the Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
Senator of the Kingdom of Sardinia → seatIn → Senate chamber of the Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
linked to: Senate of the Kingdom of Sardinia
Subalpine Chamber of Deputies → partOf → Parliament of the Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
linked to: Senate of the Kingdom of Sardinia
Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Sardinia → hasCounterpart → Senate of the Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ