First French Empire

E30337
Napoleonic state former state historical empire

The First French Empire was the Napoleonic state that dominated much of continental Europe in the early 19th century through military conquest and sweeping political reforms.

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All labels observed (22)

Label Occurrences
First French Empire canonical 312
French Empire 110
Napoleonic France 26

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Napoleonic state ⓘ
former state ⓘ
historical empire ⓘ
alliedWith Confederation of the Rhine ⓘ
Duchy of Warsaw ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)
alsoKnownAs First French Empire ⓘ
surface form: Empire français

French Empire ⓘ
First French Empire ⓘ
surface form: Napoleonic Empire
capital Paris ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country France ⓘ
currency French franc (Latin Monetary Union) ⓘ
surface form: French franc
dominantMilitaryLeader Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
surface form: Napoleon I of France
endEvent Congress of Vienna ⓘ
surface form: Congress of Vienna settlement

Napoleon I abdication in 1814 ⓘ
surface form: first abdication of Napoleon

second abdication of Napoleon ⓘ
endTime 1814 ⓘ
1815 ⓘ
enemyOf Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Austrian Empire

Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

Russian Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
establishedBy Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
flag tricolour blue-white-red with imperial eagle ⓘ
followedBy Bourbon Restoration ⓘ
Hundred Days ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of France (Bourbon Restoration)
founder Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
governmentForm unitary authoritarian empire ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Emperor of the French ⓘ
headOfStateTitle Emperor of the French ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 19th century ⓘ
historicalRegion continental Europe ⓘ
implementedReform administrative centralization in France ⓘ
concordat with the Papacy ⓘ
educational reforms (lycées system) ⓘ
modern civil code ⓘ
legalSystem Napoleonic Code ⓘ
civil law ⓘ
legislature Council of State of France ⓘ
surface form: Conseil d'État

Corps législatif ⓘ
Sénat conservateur ⓘ
motto Honneur et Patrie ⓘ
namedAfter France ⓘ
officialLanguage French ⓘ
partOfConflict Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
precededBy French Consulate ⓘ
French First Republic ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
ruler Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
surface form: Napoleon I of France
significantEvent Battle of Austerlitz ⓘ
Battle of Jena–Auerstedt ⓘ
Battle of Leipzig ⓘ
Battle of Waterloo ⓘ
The Coronation of Napoleon ⓘ
surface form: Coronation of Napoleon I

French invasion of Russia ⓘ
surface form: Invasion of Russia (1812)

Napoleonic invasion of Spain ⓘ
surface form: Peninsular War
startEvent adoption of the Constitution of Year XII ⓘ
proclamation of Napoleon as Emperor ⓘ
startTime 1804 ⓘ
symbol Imperial Eagle ⓘ
bee emblem ⓘ
territorialPeak early 1812 ⓘ
territoryIncluded Belgium ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
parts of Germany ⓘ
parts of Italy ⓘ
parts of Poland ⓘ

Referenced by (475)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Napoleon Bonaparte → periodOfRule → First French Empire ⓘ
French Revolution → followedBy → First French Empire ⓘ
House of Bonaparte → ruled → First French Empire ⓘ
Consul for Life → relatedTo → First French Empire ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars → mainBelligerent → First French Empire ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars → conflictOf → First French Empire ⓘ
Napoleonic Code → appliesToJurisdiction → First French Empire ⓘ
French Consulate → followedBy → First French Empire ⓘ
French Consulate → replacedBy → First French Empire ⓘ
Grand Officier de la Légion d'honneur → establishedInContextOf → First French Empire ⓘ
Joséphine de Beauharnais → associatedWith → First French Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: French First Empire
Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma → associatedWith → First French Empire ⓘ
Elisa Bonaparte → citizenship → First French Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Empire
The Distribution of the Eagle Standards → depictsTime → First French Empire ⓘ
Pauline Bonaparte → associatedWith → First French Empire ⓘ
Imperial Army → opponent → First French Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Napoleonic France
Napoleon II → countryOfCitizenship → First French Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Empire
Battle of Waterloo → belligerent → First French Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Empire
Battle of Austerlitz → hasBelligerent → First French Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Empire
Battle of Austerlitz → hasCountry → First French Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Empire
Battle of Marengo → belligerent → First French Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Republic
Battle of Jena–Auerstedt → belligerent → First French Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Empire
Battle of Wagram → belligerent → First French Empire ⓘ
Polish Legions → foughtAlongside → First French Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Napoleonic France
Polish Legions → notableAllegiance → First French Empire ⓘ
Battle of Borodino → belligerent → First French Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Empire
Battle of Leipzig → opponent → First French Empire ⓘ
Battle of Leipzig → belligerent → First French Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom of the Netherlands → followedAfter → First French Empire ⓘ
Jean-Jacques Dessalines → opponent → First French Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Napoleonic France
Battle of the Pyramids → belligerent → First French Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Republic
Jacques-François Menou → wasInOfficeDuring → First French Empire ⓘ
Napoleonic era → hasPart → First French Empire ⓘ
Prince of Montfort → associatedWith → First French Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Napoleonic France
Prince of Montfort → politicalContext → First French Empire ⓘ
French Constitution of 1802 → relatedTo → First French Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Napoleonic regime
French First Republic → followedBy → First French Empire ⓘ
Prince of Lucca and Piombino → createdUnder → First French Empire ⓘ
Organic Articles of 1802 → religiousPolicyOf → First French Empire ⓘ
Corps législatif of France → partOf → First French Empire ⓘ
Corps législatif of France → legislativeBodyFor → First French Empire ⓘ
War of the Sixth Coalition → opponent → First French Empire ⓘ
Treaty of Tilsit → between → First French Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Empire
Treaty of Tilsit → imposedBy → First French Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Napoleonic France
First French Empire → alsoKnownAs → First French Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire français
First French Empire → alsoKnownAs → First French Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Napoleonic Empire
Baltic campaign → belligerent → First French Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Empire
War of the Fifth Coalition → belligerent → First French Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Empire
Proclamation of Napoleon I as Emperor of the French in 1804 → followedBy → First French Empire ⓘ
Proclamation of Napoleon I as Emperor of the French in 1804 → establishes → First French Empire ⓘ