Portuguese Constitutional Charter of 1826

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The Portuguese Constitutional Charter of 1826 was a quasi-constitutional document granted by King Pedro IV that established a moderate liberal monarchy in Portugal, balancing royal authority with a bicameral parliament and limited civil liberties.

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instanceOf constitutional charter ⓘ
fundamental law ⓘ
abolishedBy Portuguese Republican revolution of 1910 ⓘ
aimedToReconcile absolutists and liberals ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Carta Constitucional ⓘ
Carta Constitucional Portuguesa de 1826 ⓘ
balancedAuthorityBetween King and Parliament ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
createdChamber Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
Chamber of Peers ⓘ
dateGranted 1826-04-29 ⓘ
electoralSystem census suffrage ⓘ
executivePowerVestedIn King ⓘ
fullyAbolished 1910 ⓘ
governmentForm constitutional monarchy ⓘ
grantedBy King Pedro IV ⓘ
Pedro IV of Portugal ⓘ
headOfStateTitle King of Portugal ⓘ
historicalPeriod Liberal Wars era ⓘ
inspiredBy Brazilian Constitution of 1824 ⓘ
French Charter of 1814 ⓘ
judicialIndependence formally recognized ⓘ
language Portuguese ⓘ
legalNature granted charter ⓘ
octroyed constitution ⓘ
legislativePowerVestedIn Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
Chamber of Peers ⓘ
King ⓘ
limitedPowerOf Portuguese monarchy ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Portugal
lowerHouseName Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
monarchTitleInText Constitutional Emperor and King ⓘ
parliamentStructure bicameral parliament ⓘ
placeOfGrant Lisbon ⓘ
politicalSystemEstablished moderate liberal monarchy ⓘ
providedRoyalPrerogative power to appoint peers ⓘ
power to dissolve the Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
right of veto ⓘ
recognizedCivilLiberties freedom of the press with restrictions ⓘ
inviolability of property with limitations ⓘ
limited civil liberties ⓘ
recognizedReligion Catholic Church as state religion ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
region Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
replaced Portuguese Constitution of 1822 ⓘ
status suspended multiple times ⓘ
successionPrinciple hereditary monarchy ⓘ
temporarilyReplacedBy Portuguese Constitution of 1838 ⓘ
upperHouseName Chamber of Peers ⓘ
yearGranted 1826 ⓘ

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Portuguese Constitution of 1822 → followedBy → Portuguese Constitutional Charter of 1826 ⓘ
Miguelite War → relatedTo → Portuguese Constitutional Charter of 1826 ⓘ
Battle of Asseiceira → relatedTo → Portuguese Constitutional Charter of 1826 ⓘ
Constitution of the Empire of Brazil of 1824 → inspiredBy → Portuguese Constitutional Charter of 1826 ⓘ
Portuguese Constitutional Charter of 1826 → alsoKnownAs → Carta Constitucional Portuguesa de 1826 ⓘ
linked to: Portuguese Constitutional Charter of 1826