Emperor of the French

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monarchical title sovereign title

The Emperor of the French was the monarchical title held by Napoleon Bonaparte (and later Napoleon III) as sovereign ruler of France during the First and Second French Empires.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Emperor of the French (Napoleon VII) 1
Emperor of the French (disputed) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf monarchical title ⓘ
sovereign title ⓘ
abolishedAsResultOf Fall of the Second French Empire ⓘ
Fall of the Second French Empire ⓘ
surface form: Proclamation of the French Third Republic
appliesToJurisdiction First French Empire ⓘ
French Empire ⓘ
Second Empire of France ⓘ
surface form: Second French Empire
associatedDynasty House of Bonaparte ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
capital Paris ⓘ
coronationDate 1804-12-02 ⓘ
coronationLocation Notre-Dame Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: Notre-Dame de Paris
country France ⓘ
endTime 1870 ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of the Year XII ⓘ
Senatus-consulte of 18 May 1804 ⓘ
firstHolder Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
surface form: Napoleon I
followedBy President of the French Republic ⓘ
surface form: President of France
governmentForm hereditary monarchy ⓘ
hasGenderedForm Empress of the French ⓘ
hasMotto Honneur et Patrie ⓘ
L’Empire, c’est la paix ⓘ
hasRegalia hand of justice ⓘ
surface form: Hand of Justice

Imperial mantle ⓘ
Sceptre of Charlemagne ⓘ
Sword of Napoleon ⓘ
hasSymbol Barberini bees ⓘ
surface form: Bee (Napoleonic symbol)

Imperial Crown of France ⓘ
Imperial Eagle ⓘ
inception 1804-05-18 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
lastHolder Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte ⓘ
surface form: Napoleon III
nativeLabel Empereur des Français ⓘ
officeHolder Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte ⓘ
surface form: Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
surface form: Napoleon I

Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte ⓘ
surface form: Napoleon III
partOf First French Empire ⓘ
Second Empire of France ⓘ
surface form: Second French Empire
precededBy King of the French ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
replacedBy President of the French Republic ⓘ
replaces First Consul of France ⓘ
French Consulate ⓘ
seat Tuileries Palace ⓘ
startTime 1804 ⓘ
styleOfAddress His Imperial Majesty ⓘ
usedInPeriod 19th century ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

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

Sénat conservateur → appointedBy → Emperor of the French ⓘ
King of the French → differentFrom → Emperor of the French ⓘ
Consul for Life → followedBy → Emperor of the French ⓘ
First French Empire → headOfGovernmentTitle → Emperor of the French ⓘ
First French Empire → headOfStateTitle → Emperor of the French ⓘ
Bonaparte → heldTitle → Emperor of the French ⓘ
Bonaparte dynasty → notableTitleHeld → Emperor of the French ⓘ
Empress of the French → oppositeNumber → Emperor of the French ⓘ
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte → positionHeld → Emperor of the French ⓘ
Madame Mère → relatedTitle → Emperor of the French ⓘ
Madame Mère de l’Empereur → relatedTitle → Emperor of the French ⓘ
Prince of Canino and Musignano → relatedTitle → Emperor of the French ⓘ
Consul for Life → replacedByOffice → Emperor of the French ⓘ
French Empire → rulerTitle → Emperor of the French ⓘ
Empress of the French → spouseOf → Emperor of the French ⓘ
Corps législatif of France → subordinateTo → Emperor of the French ⓘ
Grand Elector of the French Empire → subordinateTo → Emperor of the French ⓘ
L’Aiglon → title → Emperor of the French ⓘ
subject surface form: Napoleon II
this entity surface form: Emperor of the French (disputed)
Jean-Christophe, Prince Napoléon → titleClaim → Emperor of the French ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emperor of the French (Napoleon VII)