French Constitution of 1791

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French Constitution of 1791
Overview
Original title	Constitution française du 3 septembre 1791
Jurisdiction	France
Created	3 September 1791
Date effective	14 September 1791
System	Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Head of state	Monarch
Chambers	Unicameral (Legislative Assembly)
Author(s)	National Constituent Assembly
Constitution française du 3 septembre 1791 at French Wikisource

The French Constitution of 1791 (French: Constitution française du 3 septembre 1791) was the first written constitution in France, created after the collapse of the absolute monarchy of the Ancien Régime. One of the basic precepts of the French Revolution was adopting constitutionality and establishing popular sovereignty.