Count of the French Empire

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Count of the French Empire was a noble title created by Napoleon Bonaparte within the First French Empire’s hierarchical system of imperial nobility.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hereditary title
noble title
title of nobility in France
appliesToJurisdiction First French Empire
associatedWith Napoleonic Code
surface form: Napoleonic Code (broad legal context)
country First French Empire
creator Napoleon Bonaparte
dissolvedIn 1814
distinctFrom Ancien Régime French count title
Count of the French Empire self-linksurface differs
surface form: Count of the Second French Empire
endCause fall of the First French Empire
followedBy Duke of the French Empire
follows Baron of the French Empire
FrenchLabel comte de l’Empire
grantedBy Emperor of the French
hasCharacteristic associated with specific territorial designations
came with regulated coats of arms
could be granted for civil service
could be granted for military merit
linked to service to the Emperor
often hereditary in the male line
part of a codified hierarchy of titles
hasRankOrder above Baron of the Empire
below Duke of the Empire
hasType hereditary title after fulfillment of conditions
personal title initially
hierarchicalLevel intermediate rank in Napoleonic nobility
historicalPeriod Napoleonic era
inception 1808
languageOfName French
legalBasis Napoleonic decrees on imperial nobility
Constitution of the Year XII
surface form: Sénatus-consulte of the First French Empire
nobleRank count
partOf Napoleonic nobility
surface form: Napoleonic titles of nobility

imperial nobility of the First French Empire
regulates style and precedence of its holders
subjectOf Napoleonic nobility reforms
usedIn Napoleonic heraldry
usedUntil end of Napoleonic rule in France

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Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès positionHeld Count of the French Empire
Count of the French Empire distinctFrom Count of the French Empire self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Count of the Second French Empire