The Assembly of Notables () was the

constituent assembly A constituent assembly (also known as a constitutional convention, constitutional congress, or constitutional assembly) is a body assembled for the purpose of drafting or revising a constitution. Members of a constituent assembly may be elected b ...

of the

Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands The Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands () was a short-lived sovereign principality and the precursor of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, in which it was reunited with the Southern Netherlands in 1815. The principality was procl ...

. They met on 29 March 1814 in the New Church in

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. Sovereign Prince

William I of the Netherlands William I (Willem Frederik; 24 August 1772 – 12 December 1843) was King of the Netherlands and List of monarchs of Luxembourg, Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1815 until his abdication in 1840. Born as the son of William V, Prince of Orange, ...

had invited 600 notables for the assembly, 474 of whom showed up. Only 26 of those present voted against the new Constitution.

Members

The notables were selected per

French department In the administrative divisions of France, the department (, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level (" territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. There are a total of 101 ...

, which the Netherlands was still using after the Incorporation of the Netherlands. The departments were:

Bouches-de-l'Escaut Bouches-de-l'Escaut (, "Mouths of the Scheldt"; ) was a departments of France, department of the First French Empire in the present-day Netherlands. It was formed in 1810, when the Kingdom of Holland was annexed by France. Its territory correspond ...

, (),

Ems-Occidental Ems-Occidental (, "Western Ems; , ) was a department of the First French Empire in the present-day Netherlands and Germany. It was formed in 1810, when the Kingdom of Holland was annexed by France. Its territory corresponded more or less with th ...

(),

Bouches-de-l'Yssel Bouches-de-l'Yssel (; "Mouths of the IJssel"; ) was a departments of France, department of the First French Empire in the present-day Netherlands. It was formed in 1810, when the Kingdom of Holland was annexed by France. Its territory corresponded ...

(),

Bouches-de-la-Meuse Bouches-de-la-Meuse (, "Mouths of the Meuse"; , ) was a department of the First French Empire in the present-day Netherlands. It was named after the mouth of the river Meuse. It was formed in 1810, when the Kingdom of Holland was annexed by Fra ...

(),

Bouches-du-Rhin Bouches-du-Rhin (; "Mouths of the Rhine", ) was a department of the First French Empire in the present-day Netherlands. It was named after the mouth of the river Rhine. It was formed in 1810, when the Kingdom of Holland was annexed by France. Its ...

(),

Frise Frise may refer to: * Frise (department), the French name of Friesland as a ' of the First French Empire * Frise, Somme, a commune of the Somme department in France * Leslie Frise (1895-1979), British aerospace engineer and aircraft designer ** ...

(),

Yssel-Supérieur Yssel-Supérieur (; "Upper IJssel"; ) was a department of the First French Empire in the present-day Netherlands. It was named after the river IJssel. It was formed in , when the Kingdom of Holland was annexed by France. Its territory roughly co ...

() and

Zuyderzée Zuyderzée (, "Southern Sea", ) was a department of the First French Empire in the present-day Netherlands. It was named after the Zuiderzee sea inlet. It was formed in 1810, when the Kingdom of Holland was annexed by France. Its territory corres ...

().

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References

{{Reflist Assembly of Notables (Netherlands)