First French Empire

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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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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

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Coalition forces against Napoleon opposed First French Empire
this entity surface form: French Empire under Napoleon
Siege of Danzig (1807) belligerent First French Empire
Army of Bohemia opponent First French Empire
Battle of Caldiero (1805) countryInvolved First French Empire
this entity surface form: French Empire
Battle of Maida hasParticipant First French Empire
Siege of Ragusa (1806) belligerent First French Empire
Battle of Möckern (1813) belligerent First French Empire
this entity surface form: French Empire
Battle of Möckern (1813) opponentOf First French Empire
this entity surface form: French Empire
Marshal of France baton historicalPeriod First French Empire
crossing of the Berezina River belligerent First French Empire
Greater Poland Uprising of 1806 hasParticipant First French Empire
this entity surface form: French Empire
Greater Poland Uprising of 1806 involvedState First French Empire
this entity surface form: French Empire
Siege of Cattaro belligerent First French Empire
Siege of Cattaro defender First French Empire
Battle of Raab belligerent First French Empire
Battle of Dresden belligerent First French Empire
Lodewijk Napoleon citizenship First French Empire
this entity surface form: French Empire
Battle of Dennewitz belligerent First French Empire
this entity surface form: French Empire
Battle of Kulm belligerent First French Empire
this entity surface form: French Empire
Battle of Kulm opponent First French Empire
this entity surface form: French Empire
Siege of Luxembourg (1815) combatant First French Empire
this entity surface form: French Empire
Karl Mack von Leiberich opponent First French Empire
Battle of Abensberg belligerent First French Empire
Kingdom of Saxony alliedWith First French Empire
this entity surface form: Napoleonic France
Albuhera belligerent First French Empire
subject surface form: Battle of Albuera
Battle of Albuera belligerent First French Empire
Battle of Bautzen belligerent First French Empire
Battle of Schöngrabern belligerent First French Empire
this entity surface form: French Empire
Battle of Dürenstein belligerent First French Empire
this entity surface form: French Empire
Battle of Hanau belligerent First French Empire
Treaty of the Confederation of the Rhine brokeredBy First French Empire
this entity surface form: French Empire
Treaty of the Confederation of the Rhine signatory First French Empire
this entity surface form: French Empire
Pravdinsk belligerent First French Empire
subject surface form: Battle of Friedland
this entity surface form: French Empire
Battle of Castelfranco Veneto belligerent First French Empire
Battle of Pultusk belligerent First French Empire
subject surface form: Battle of Pułtusk
this entity surface form: French Empire
Battle of Pultusk combatantSide First French Empire
subject surface form: Battle of Pułtusk
Battle of Hollabrunn belligerent First French Empire
this entity surface form: French Empire
Battle of Hollabrunn combatant First French Empire
this entity surface form: French Empire
Rheinbund clientOf First French Empire
Rheinbund alliedWith First French Empire
Rheinbund militaryObligationTo First French Empire
Aspern opponent First French Empire
this entity surface form: French Empire
Battle of Amstetten belligerent First French Empire
Battle of Amstetten combatantSide First French Empire
this entity surface form: French side: First French Empire
Marshal Bertrand Clausel allegiance First French Empire
subject surface form: Bertrand Clausel
Wellington exploited a gap in the French left flank opponent First French Empire
this entity surface form: French Empire
Wellington’s 1812 Salamanca campaign opponent First French Empire
this entity surface form: French Empire
French Army of the Tagus country First French Empire