List of empires

This is an alphabetical list of empires. The table may be resorted by other columns if your browser supports this function.

These governments, confederations and other entities have sometimes been informally referred to as "empires". Some did not fit the modern definition of empire (e.g. the Delian League), some were self-proclaimed by their first and often last ruler, others were short-lived attempts to turn an existing government into an empire, and there are also instances of the word "empire" being used to refer to unofficial spheres of influence which do not consider themselves empires.

First Haitian Empire, Jean-Jacques Dessalines declared himself Emperor Jacques I.

Second Haitian Empire, Faustin Soulouque is proclaimed Emperor Faustin I.

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