Cortes of Cádiz

E70910

The Cortes of Cádiz was the Spanish national assembly convened during the Peninsular War that drafted the liberal 1812 Constitution, a landmark in Spanish and Latin American constitutional history.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cortes of Cádiz canonical 17
extraordinary Cádiz Cortes 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent assembly
national assembly
parliament
aim to define national sovereignty
to establish a constitutional monarchy
to limit royal absolutism
alsoKnownAs Cortes Generales y Extraordinarias
linked to: Cortes Generales

Extraordinary General Cortes
appliesToJurisdiction Philippines
Spain
Spanish America
convenedBy Supreme Central Junta
convenedDuring Peninsular War
country Spain
dissolutionEvent restoration of absolutism in 1814
dissolvedBy Ferdinand VII of Spain
doctrine national sovereignty
recognition of individual rights
separation of powers
endTime 1814
followedBy Ordinary Cortes of 1813–1814
hasPart deputies from Spanish America
deputies from overseas territories
deputies from peninsular Spain
historicalPeriod Spanish Enlightenment
Spanish War of Independence
ideology constitutionalism
liberalism
influenced Latin American independence movements
constitutionalism in Latin America
language Spanish
legislativeBodyOf Spanish Monarchy
linked to: Spanish monarchy
legislativeProcess unicameral
locatedIn Andalusia
Cádiz
linked to: Cadiz

Kingdom of Spain
precededBy traditional estate-based Cortes of Castile
product Spanish Constitution of 1812
religion Roman Catholicism as state religion (under 1812 Constitution)
significantEvent drafting of the Spanish Constitution of 1812
significantPerson Agustín Argüelles
Antonio de Capmany
Diego Muñoz-Torrero
Felix Varela
Francisco Martínez de la Rosa
Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos
José María Calatrava
significantWork Abolition of the Inquisition (1813)
Decree abolishing feudal privileges
Decree on freedom of the press (1810)
startTime 1810

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

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

Mexican Congress replaces Cortes of Cádiz
Cortes Generales historicalPrecursor Cortes of Cádiz
Congress of Deputies historicalPrecursor Cortes of Cádiz
Cádiz Constitution of 1812 promulgatedBy Cortes of Cádiz
José Joaquín de Olmedo memberOf Cortes of Cádiz
Spanish Regency Council legislativeBody Cortes of Cádiz
La Pepa promulgatedBy Cortes of Cádiz
Ordinary Cortes of 1813–1814 precededBy extraordinary Cádiz Cortes
linked to: Cortes of Cádiz
Diego Muñoz-Torrero memberOf Cortes of Cádiz
Extraordinary General Cortes alsoKnownAs Cortes of Cádiz
Agustín Argüelles participatedIn Cortes of Cádiz