The Duchy of Genoa was the name given to the territories in the Republic of Genoa due to a meeting chaired by what Austrian statesman?
Duchy of Genoa The Duchy of Genoa was the name taken by the territories of the former Republic of Genoa when they were given to the Kingdom of Sardinia by the Congress of Vienna in 1815.
Imperial Council (Austria) The Imperial Council (German: "Reichsrat" , Czech: "Říšská rada" , Polish: "Rada Państwa" , Italian: "Consiglio Imperiale" , Slovene: "Državni zbor" ) was the legislature of the Austrian Empire from 1861, and from 1867 the legislature of Cisleithania within Austria-Hungary. It was a bicameral body: the upper house was the House of Lords (German: "Herrenhaus" ), and the lower house was the House of Deputies (German: "Abgeordnetenhaus" ). To become law, bills had to be passed by both houses, signed by the government minister responsible, and then granted royal assent by the Emperor. After having been passed, laws were published in the "Reichsgesetzblatt" (lit. Reich Law Gazette). In addition to the Imperial Council, the fifteen individual crown lands of Cisleithania had their own diets (German: "Landtage" ).