The Consultant Senate was the formal advisory body of the

Kingdom of Italy The Kingdom of Italy (, ) was a unitary state that existed from 17 March 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Kingdom of Sardinia, Sardinia was proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy, proclaimed King of Italy, until 10 June 1946, when the monarchy wa ...

, a notionally independent French client state in Italy. It was created in 1805 and dissolved in 1814, just like the Kingdom at large. It was a deliberative assembly that informed the king about the wishes of his most important subjects. The Consultant Senate had no real legislative power since its opinions were only optional and not binding for the king. As its role was only consultative, it is not considered to be a true legislature.

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