French Empire

E60959

colonial empire historical empire

The French Empire was a major European imperial power that, at its height, controlled vast colonial territories across Africa, Asia, the Americas, and the Pacific, profoundly shaping global politics, culture, and history.

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Label	Occurrences
French Empire canonical	45

Statements (80)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial empire ⓘ historical empire ⓘ
alliance	Continental System ⓘ Second French Empire–British alliance in Crimean War ⓘ
capital	Paris ⓘ
colonialPolicy	assimilation ⓘ association ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
continentColonized	Africa ⓘ Asia ⓘ North America ⓘ Oceania ⓘ South America ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
currency	French franc (Latin Monetary Union) ⓘ surface form: French franc
dissolved	1814 ⓘ 1815 ⓘ
enemy	Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ surface form: Austrian Empire Prussia ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
flag	French tricolour ⓘ surface form: Tricolour of France
followedBy	Bourbon Restoration ⓘ French Third Republic ⓘ
governmentType	authoritarian regime ⓘ monarchy ⓘ
hasPart	First French Empire ⓘ French West Africa ⓘ surface form: French colonial possessions in Africa French colonial empire ⓘ surface form: French colonial possessions in Asia French colonial empire ⓘ surface form: French colonial possessions in the Americas French colonial possessions in the Pacific ⓘ Second Empire of France ⓘ surface form: Second French Empire
headOfState	Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ surface form: Napoleon I Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte ⓘ surface form: Napoleon III
historicalRegion	Western Europe ⓘ
inception	1804 ⓘ
influenced	French cultural influence worldwide ⓘ civil law systems worldwide ⓘ global spread of French language ⓘ
legalSystem	Napoleonic Code ⓘ
legislature	Corps législatif ⓘ Senate of the Second Empire ⓘ Sénat conservateur ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod	19th century ⓘ Age of Imperialism ⓘ Napoleonic era ⓘ
majorColony	Algeria ⓘ Caribbean colonies ⓘ French Equatorial Africa ⓘ French Polynesia ⓘ French West Africa ⓘ French Indochina ⓘ surface form: Indochina Louisiana ⓘ surface form: Louisiana (New France) Madagascar ⓘ Morocco ⓘ New Caledonia ⓘ Province of Quebec ⓘ surface form: Quebec Senegal ⓘ Tunisia ⓘ
motto	Honneur et Patrie ⓘ
notableEvent	The Coronation of Napoleon ⓘ surface form: Coronation of Napoleon I as Emperor in 1804 Fall of the Second French Empire ⓘ surface form: Fall of the Second Empire in 1870 Proclamation of the Second Empire in 1852 ⓘ
officialLanguage	French ⓘ
participatedIn	Crimean War ⓘ Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ surface form: Franco-Austrian War Franco-Prussian War ⓘ Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
partOf	French colonial empire ⓘ
precededBy	French Consulate ⓘ French Second Republic ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
restored	1815 ⓘ
rulerTitle	Emperor of the French ⓘ
secondDissolution	1870 ⓘ
secondInception	1852 ⓘ
significantImpactOn	global culture ⓘ global politics ⓘ world history ⓘ
successorState	French colonial empire ⓘ surface form: French colonial empire under the Third Republic

Referenced by (45)

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

French colonial empire → alsoKnownAs → French Empire ⓘ

Indo-Caribbean people → colonialPowersInvolved → French Empire ⓘ

Continental System → geographicalScope → French Empire ⓘ

Herman Willem Daendels → employer → French Empire ⓘ

First French Empire → alsoKnownAs → French Empire ⓘ

Duke of Reichstadt → citizenship → French Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Napoleon II

Emperor of the French → appliesToJurisdiction → French Empire ⓘ

Empress of the French → country → French Empire ⓘ

Berlin Decree → appliesTo → French Empire ⓘ

Embargo Act of 1807 → aimedAt → French Empire ⓘ

Madame Mère de l’Empereur → country → French Empire ⓘ

Grand Duke of Berg → countryOfCitizenshipOfHolders → French Empire ⓘ

Grand Elector of the French Empire → country → French Empire ⓘ

Grand Elector of the French Empire → jurisdiction → French Empire ⓘ

Hougoumont farm → belligerent → French Empire ⓘ

Congress of Paris (1856) → countryRepresented → French Empire ⓘ

Treaty of Pressburg → strengthenedPositionOf → French Empire ⓘ

Inkerman → belligerent → French Empire ⓘ

Second Italian War of Independence → allyOf → French Empire ⓘ

Treaty of Zurich (1859) → signatory → French Empire ⓘ

Treaty of Zurich (1859) → countryAffected → French Empire ⓘ

Count of the Empire → usedIn → French Empire ⓘ

Napoléon François Charles Joseph Bonaparte → citizenship → French Empire ⓘ

Ems Dispatch crisis → countryInvolved → French Empire ⓘ

Treaty of Tientsin → countrySignatory → French Empire ⓘ

Constitution of the Year XII → territorialExtent → French Empire ⓘ

Battle of Cape Lizard → countryInvolved → French Empire ⓘ

Empereur des Français → appliesToJurisdiction → French Empire ⓘ

Armistice of Villafranca → signedByState → French Empire ⓘ

Kingdom of Hawaii → foreignInfluence → French Empire ⓘ

Netherlands 2nd Division → opponent → French Empire ⓘ

Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph → supportedBy → French Empire ⓘ

Prussian I Corps → opponent → French Empire ⓘ

Archchancellor of the Empire → jurisdiction → French Empire ⓘ

Senate of the Second Empire → hasJurisdiction → French Empire ⓘ

de Beauharnais → region → French Empire ⓘ

Macon's Bill Number 2 → aimedAt → French Empire ⓘ

King Mongkut of Siam → engagedWith → French Empire ⓘ

George → deathPlace → French Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: George V of Hanover

siege of Bitche (1870–1871) → belligerent → French Empire ⓘ

Grand Constable of the Empire → country → French Empire ⓘ

Grand Huntsman of the Empire → country → French Empire ⓘ

Grand Chamberlain of the Empire → appliesToJurisdiction → French Empire ⓘ

The Eaglet → countryOfCitizenship → French Empire ⓘ

French military administration in Berlin → country → French Empire ⓘ