Count of the Empire

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Count of the Empire was a noble title in Napoleonic France granted by Emperor Napoleon I as part of his new imperial aristocracy.

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Label Occurrences
Count of the Empire canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hereditary title
noble title
appliesToJurisdiction French Empire and its annexed territories
associatedWith Napoleonic Wars
conferredBy Napoleon Bonaparte
surface form: Napoleon I
continent Europe
country First French Empire
endCause fall of the First French Empire
endTime 1814
1815
follows Revolutionary abolition of feudal titles in France
governingAuthority Grand Chancery of the Légion d'honneur
surface form: Grand Chancellery of the Legion of Honour (for nobility administration)
grantedFor civil service
loyalty to Napoleon I
military merit
hasCharacteristic hereditary in the male line under conditions
linked to specific majorat (entailed estate)
often accompanied by a coat of arms of the Empire
hasGenderForm Comtesse de l’Empire
higherRank Duke of Franconia
surface form: Duke of the Empire
historicalPeriod Napoleonic era
languageOfName French
legalBasis decrees of Napoleon I on the imperial nobility
lowerRank Baron of the Empire
Chevalier of the Empire
notableHolder André Masséna
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
surface form: Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

Jean Lannes
Joseph Fouché
Louis-Alexandre Berthier
partOf Napoleonic nobility
surface form: Napoleonic imperial nobility

nobility of the First French Empire
rankInNobility count
relatedConcept Baron of the Empire
Chevalier of the Empire
Duke of Franconia
surface form: Duke of the Empire

Napoleonic nobility
replaces Ancien Régime title of comte in imperial context
startTime 1808
successor restored Bourbon peerage system in France
titleHolderStyle Comte de l’Empire
usedIn French Empire
First French Empire
surface form: Napoleonic France

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Lazare Carnot honorificTitle Count of the Empire
Napoleonic nobility titleStyle Count of the Empire