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