page_title: Council of Five Hundred
section_title: Coup of 18th Brumaire Year VIII
hierarchical_section_title: Council of Five Hundred / Coup of 18th Brumaire Year VIII
context_page_description: The Council of Five Hundred, or simply the Five Hundred, was the lower house of the legislature of France under the Constitution of the Year III. It existed during the period commonly known as the Directory, from 26 October 1795 until 9 November 1799: roughly the second half of the period generally referred to as the French Revolution.
context_section_description: In October 1799 Napoleon's brother Lucien Bonaparte was appointed President of the Council of Five Hundred. Soon afterwards, in the coup of 18 Brumaire, Napoleon led a group of grenadiers who drove the council from its chambers and installed him as leader of France as its First Consul. This ended the Council of Five Hundred, the Council of Ancients and the Directory.
caption: Lucien Bonaparte, the Last President of the Council
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