Senate (Conservative Senate of the Consulate)

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The Senate (Conservative Senate of the Consulate) was a powerful constitutional body of Napoleonic France that safeguarded the regime’s political order, validated laws, and helped maintain the authority of the consuls.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional organ ⓘ
governmental body ⓘ
legislative institution ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Conservative Senate ⓘ
linked to: Sénat conservateur

Sénat conservateur ⓘ
appliesToPeriod Consulate (France) ⓘ
linked to: Consulate

First French Empire ⓘ
composition life members ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dissolution 1814 ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
hasPart senators ⓘ
headOfState First Consul ⓘ
historicalPeriod Napoleonic era ⓘ
inception 1799 ⓘ
languageOfName French ⓘ
legalStatus constitutional body ⓘ
location Paris ⓘ
metInBuilding Luxembourg Palace ⓘ
notableMember Charles-François Lebrun ⓘ
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès ⓘ
Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès ⓘ
Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
Pierre-Roger Ducos ⓘ
partOf political institutions of Napoleonic France ⓘ
politicalAlignment conservative ⓘ
power to annul unconstitutional acts ⓘ
to designate candidates for high offices ⓘ
to modify the constitution by senatus-consulte ⓘ
replaced Council of Elders (French Directory) ⓘ
linked to: French Directory
replacedBy Chamber of Peers (Bourbon Restoration) ⓘ
role appointing members of other institutions ⓘ
controlling the electoral system ⓘ
ensuring conformity of laws with the constitution ⓘ
guardian of the constitution ⓘ
interpreting the constitution ⓘ
issuing senatus-consultes ⓘ
maintaining the authority of the consuls ⓘ
safeguarding the political order of the regime ⓘ
supervising the legislative bodies ⓘ
validating laws ⓘ
selectionMethod appointment by the First Consul ⓘ
cooptation ⓘ
significantEvent creation following the Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
issued senatus-consulte proclaiming the fall of Napoleon in 1814 ⓘ
subordinateTo First Consul of France ⓘ

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

Consuls of France → oversawInstitution → Senate (Conservative Senate of the Consulate) ⓘ
François Joseph Lefebvre → memberOf → French Senate (First French Empire) ⓘ
linked to: Senate (Conservative Senate of the Consulate)
Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse → memberOf → French Senate (First French Empire) ⓘ
linked to: Senate (Conservative Senate of the Consulate)
Chamber of Peers of France → replaces → Senate of the First French Empire ⓘ
linked to: Senate (Conservative Senate of the Consulate)
Nicolas-Louis François de Neufchâteau → positionHeld → president of the Sénat conservateur ⓘ
subject linked to: Nicolas-Louis
linked to: Senate (Conservative Senate of the Consulate)
Joseph Fesch → memberOf → French Senate (First French Empire) ⓘ
subject linked to: Cardinal Joseph Fesch
linked to: Senate (Conservative Senate of the Consulate)