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.

Emperor of the French → partOf → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
Hector Lefuel → patron → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French imperial government under Napoleon III
Jean-Charles Adolphe Alphand → placeOfActivity → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire Paris
Haussmannization of Paris → politicalContext → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
Pavilion of Realism (1855) → politicalContext → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Napoleon III’s regime
French Third Republic → precededBy → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
Paris Commune → precededBy → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
Bonaparte dynasty → ruled → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
House of Bonaparte → ruled → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
Nana → setInPeriod → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
Au Bonheur des Dames → settingPeriod → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
La Conquête de Plassans → settingPeriod → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
La Curée → settingPeriod → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
Son Excellence Eugène Rougon → settingPeriod → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
Treaty of Saigon (1862) → signatory → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
Treaty of Turin (1860) → signatory → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Empire
French Second Republic → succeededBy → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
subject surface form: L’Empire, c’est la paix
this entity surface form: reign of Napoleon III
Le Ventre de Paris → timePeriodOfSetting → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second French Empire
French II Corps → usedBy → Second Empire of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Second Empire