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First French Empire

French Empire
Empire Français
1804–1814
1815
Flag Imperial Coat of arms
Anthem
"Veillons au salut de l'Empire"'
"
Chant du départ" (de facto)
(English: "Song of the Departure")
"Marche consulaire"
(English: "March of the Consulate")
The French Empire and sphere of influence in 1811.
  French Empire
  French satellite states and occupied zones
  Countries forced by France into the Continental System.
Capital Paris
Languages French (official)
Breton, Basque, Occitan, Picard, Franco-Provençal, Dutch, Serbo-Croat, Catalan, German, Italian
Religion Roman Catholicism
Government Absolute Monarchy
Emperor
 •  1804–1814/1815 Napoleon I
 •  1815 Napoleon II
Legislature Parliament
 •  Upper house Senate
 •  Lower house Corps législatif
Historical era Napoleonic Wars

French Revolutionary Wars

 •  Constitution adopted 18 May 1804
 •  Coronation of Napoleon I 2 December 1804
 •  Treaty of Tilsit 7 July 1807
 •  Invasion of Russia 24 June 1812
 •  Treaty of Fontainebleau 11 April 1814
 •  Hundred Days 20 March – 7 July 1815
Area
 •  1813 2,100,000 km² (810,815 sq mi)
Population
 •  1812 est. 44,000,000 
Currency French franc
Preceded by
Succeeded by
French First Republic
Kingdom of Holland
Ligurian Republic
Kingdom of France
Principality of the Netherlands
Moresnet
Luxembourg
Tuscany

French Revolutionary Wars

The First French Empire (French: Empire Français), was the empire of Napoleon Bonaparte of France and the dominant power in much of continental Europe at the beginning of the 19th century. Its name was a misnomer, as France already had colonies overseas and was short lived compared to the Colonial Empire.

On 18 May 1804, Napoleon was granted the title Emperor of the French (L'Empereur des Français, pronounced: [lɑ̃.pʁœʁ dɛ fʁɑ̃.sɛ]) by the French Sénat and was crowned on 2 December 1804, ending the period of the French Consulate and of the French First Republic. The French Empire won early military victories in the War of the Third Coalition against Austria, Prussia, Russia, Portugal, and allied nations, notably at the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805 and, during the War of the Fourth Coalition, at the Battle of Friedland in 1807.

A series of wars, known collectively as the Napoleonic Wars, extended French influence over much of Western Europe and into Poland. At its height in 1812, the French Empire had 130 departments, ruled over 70 million subjects, maintained an extensive military presence in Germany, Italy, Spain, and the Duchy of Warsaw, and could count Prussia and Austria as nominal allies. Early French victories exported many ideological features of the French Revolution throughout Europe: the introduction of the Napoleonic Code throughout the continent increased legal equality, established jury systems and legalised divorce, and seigneurial dues and seigneurial justice were abolished, as were aristocratic privileges in all places with the exception of Poland.


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