Second Empire of France

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empire former sovereign state monarchy

The Second Empire of France was the authoritarian imperial regime of Napoleon III that ruled France from 1852 to 1870, marked by rapid industrialization, ambitious urban renewal of Paris, and an assertive foreign policy that ended in defeat in the Franco-Prussian War.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
Second French Empire 49
French Second Empire 7
French Empire 6

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf empire ⓘ
former sovereign state ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Second Empire of France ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Napoleon III

Second Empire of France ⓘ
surface form: Second Empire

Second Empire of France ⓘ
capital Paris ⓘ
causeOfEnd defeat in the Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
constitutionalInstrument Constitution of 1852 ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
conventionalLongName Second Empire of France self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: French Empire
country France ⓘ
currency French franc ⓘ
decisiveBattle Battle of Sedan (1870) ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Sedan
economicPolicy railway expansion ⓘ
rapid industrialization ⓘ
emperor Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte ⓘ
surface form: Napoleon III
empressConsort Eugénie de Montijo ⓘ
endTime 1870-09-04 ⓘ
flag Tricolour of blue, white and red vertical bands ⓘ
followedBy French Third Republic ⓘ
foreignPolicy colonial expansion ⓘ
interventionism ⓘ
governmentType authoritarian empire ⓘ
constitutional monarchy ⓘ
headOfState Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte ⓘ
surface form: Napoleon III
heirApparent Napoleon, Prince Imperial ⓘ
historicalEra 19th century ⓘ
ideology Bonapartism ⓘ
authoritarianism ⓘ
introducedPolicy liberalization reforms of the 1860s ⓘ
legislature Corps législatif ⓘ
lowerHouse Corps législatif ⓘ
majorUrbanProject Haussmannization of Paris ⓘ
surface form: Haussmann's renovation of Paris
monarch Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte ⓘ
surface form: Napoleon III
nationalMotto Liberté, Ordre public ⓘ
officialLanguage French ⓘ
overthrownRuler Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte ⓘ
surface form: Napoleon III
participatedIn Crimean War ⓘ
Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
Mexican expedition ⓘ
Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
precededBy French Second Republic ⓘ
region Western Europe ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
rulingDynasty House of Bonaparte ⓘ
startTime 1852-12-02 ⓘ
upperHouse Sénat ⓘ
urbanPlanner Georges-Eugène Haussmann ⓘ

Referenced by (70)

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

Aimable Pélissier → allegiance → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
François Certain Canrobert → allegiance → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
Sultan Abdülmecid I → ally → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
Second Empire of France → alsoKnownAs → Second Empire of France ⓘ
subject surface form: Second French Empire
Second Empire of France → alsoKnownAs → Second Empire of France ⓘ
subject surface form: Second French Empire
this entity surface form: Second Empire
Second Empire of France → alsoKnownAs → Second Empire of France ⓘ
subject surface form: Second French Empire
this entity surface form: Empire of Napoleon III
Emperor of the French → appliesToJurisdiction → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
Back Bay → architecturalStyle → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Second Empire
this entity surface form: French Second Empire
Lenox Library, New York City → architecturalStyle → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Second Empire
Philadelphia City Hall → architecturalStyle → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Second Empire
Renwick Gallery → architecturalStyle → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Second Empire
Olympia → artHistoricalContext → Second Empire of France ⓘ
subject surface form: Olympia (painting)
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
Bonaparte → associatedWith → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
Hector Lefuel → associatedWith → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
Hortense de Beauharnais → associatedWith → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
subject surface form: L’Empire, c’est la paix
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
La Marseillaise → bannedDuring → Second Empire of France ⓘ
Puebla → battleBelligerent → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
Battle of Alma → belligerent → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
Battle of Balaclava → belligerent → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Empire
Battle of Inkerman → belligerent → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
Battle of Puebla → belligerent → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
Battle of Solferino → belligerent → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
Battle of the Chernaya → belligerent → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
Bombardment of Odessa → belligerent → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
Franco-Prussian War → belligerent → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) → belligerent → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
Crimean War → conflictBelligerent → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
Franco-Prussian War → conflictBetween → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
Second Empire of France → conventionalLongName → Second Empire of France self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Second French Empire
this entity surface form: French Empire
Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) → countryInvolved → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
Treaty of Turin (1860) → countryReceivingTerritory → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Empire
Pavilion of Realism (1855) → culturalContext → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
Médaille militaire → establishedInReignOf → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
French Second Republic → followedBy → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
French Empire → hasPart → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
Bombardment of Odessa → hasParticipant → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
Treaty of Paris (1856) → hasSignatory → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Empire
Les Rougon-Macquart → historicalSetting → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
Bonapartism → historicallyAssociatedWith → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
1867 Exposition Universelle → hostedBy → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
Charles Léon → livedIn → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
French conquest of Algeria → mainBelligerent → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte → monarchOf → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Empire
Second Empire → namedAfter → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
Fréjus Rail Tunnel → openedBy → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
Bombardment of Odessa → opponent → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
Cinco de Mayo → opponentInBattle → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
Mexican forces → opposed → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Second Empire