Chambre des représentants de France
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The Chambre des représentants (eng
: Chamber of Representatives) was the popularly-elected lower body of the French Parliament set up under the Charter of 1815
. The body had 629 members who were to serve five-year terms. The upper body was the Chambre des pairs.
Jean Denis, comte Lanjuinais
served as president of this body while it existed.
The Chambre des représentants was short-lived. At the end of the Hundred Days
, with the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo
, the Chambre issued Napoleon a demand for abdication
as Emperor of the French
. On 22 June 1815 the Chambre des représentants elected three members (Carnot
, the duc d'Otrante
, and the comte
Grenier) of a five-member commission, the Commission de gouvernement, to constitute a new government, and on 23 June 1815 the Chambre des représentants named Napoleon II as Emperor.
The allied powers of the Seventh Coalition soon occupied Paris, and the Chambre des représentants capitulated on 3 July. It soon became clear that the occupiers wished to again restore the Bourbon monarchy. On 8 July 1815, the Chambre des représentants was kept from meeting by armed force, effectively ending it.
With the restoration of the Bourbons, the Chamber of Deputies
was returned as the lower body of Parliament. The reactionary
Ultra-royalist
delegation that was seated in October 1815 was nicknamed the Chambre introuvable
.
English language
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: Chamber of Representatives) was the popularly-elected lower body of the French Parliament set up under the Charter of 1815
Charter of 1815
The Charter of 1815, signed on April 22, 1815, was the French constitution prepared by Benjamin Constant at the request of Napoleon I when he returned from exile on Elba...
. The body had 629 members who were to serve five-year terms. The upper body was the Chambre des pairs.
Jean Denis, comte Lanjuinais
Jean Denis, comte Lanjuinais
Jean Denis, comte Lanjuinais was a French politician, lawyer, jurist, journalist, and historian.-Early career:...
served as president of this body while it existed.
The Chambre des représentants was short-lived. At the end of the Hundred Days
Hundred Days
The Hundred Days, sometimes known as the Hundred Days of Napoleon or Napoleon's Hundred Days for specificity, marked the period between Emperor Napoleon I of France's return from exile on Elba to Paris on 20 March 1815 and the second restoration of King Louis XVIII on 8 July 1815...
, with the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo
Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands...
, the Chambre issued Napoleon a demand for abdication
Abdication
Abdication occurs when a monarch, such as a king or emperor, renounces his office.-Terminology:The word abdication comes derives from the Latin abdicatio. meaning to disown or renounce...
as Emperor of the French
Emperor of the French
The Emperor of the French was the title used by the Bonaparte Dynasty starting when Napoleon Bonaparte was given the title Emperor on 18 May 1804 by the French Senate and was crowned emperor of the French on 02 December 1804 at the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris, in Paris with the Crown of...
. On 22 June 1815 the Chambre des représentants elected three members (Carnot
Lazare Carnot
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite, Comte Carnot , the Organizer of Victory in the French Revolutionary Wars, was a French politician, engineer, and mathematician.-Education and early life:...
, the duc d'Otrante
Joseph Fouché
Joseph Fouché, 1st Duc d'Otrante was a French statesman and Minister of Police under Napoleon Bonaparte. In English texts his title is often translated as Duke of Otranto.-Youth:Fouché was born in Le Pellerin, a small village near Nantes...
, and the comte
Comte
Comte is a title of Catalan, Occitan and French nobility. In the English language, the title is equivalent to count, a rank in several European nobilities. The corresponding rank in England is earl...
Grenier) of a five-member commission, the Commission de gouvernement, to constitute a new government, and on 23 June 1815 the Chambre des représentants named Napoleon II as Emperor.
The allied powers of the Seventh Coalition soon occupied Paris, and the Chambre des représentants capitulated on 3 July. It soon became clear that the occupiers wished to again restore the Bourbon monarchy. On 8 July 1815, the Chambre des représentants was kept from meeting by armed force, effectively ending it.
With the restoration of the Bourbons, the Chamber of Deputies
Chamber of Deputies of France
Chamber of Deputies was the name given to several parliamentary bodies in France in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries:* 1814–1848 during the Bourbon Restoration and the July Monarchy, the Chamber of Deputies was the Lower chamber of the French Parliament, elected by census suffrage.*...
was returned as the lower body of Parliament. The reactionary
Reactionary
The term reactionary refers to viewpoints that seek to return to a previous state in a society. The term is meant to describe one end of a political spectrum whose opposite pole is "radical". While it has not been generally considered a term of praise it has been adopted as a self-description by...
Ultra-royalist
Ultra-royalist
Ultra-Royalists or simply Ultras were a reactionary faction which sat in the French parliament from 1815 to 1830 under the Bourbon Restoration...
delegation that was seated in October 1815 was nicknamed the Chambre introuvable
Chambre introuvable
La Chambre introuvable was the first Chamber of Deputies elected after the Second Bourbon Restoration in 1815. It was dominated by Ultra-royalists who completely refused to accept the results of the French Revolution...
.