French Empire

French Empire may refer to:

  • First French Empire of Napoleon I and II, the French state from 1804 to 1814 and 1815
  • Second French Empire of Napoleon III, the French state from 1852 to 1870
  • French colonial empire, the territories administered by France from the 16th century to the mid-20th century
  • Francia, or the Frankish Empire of Charlemagne, the territory inhabited by the Franks, a West Germanic tribal confederation, from 481 to 843
  • Empire style, an early 19th-century design movement
  • Second Empire architecture, a late 19th-century design movement
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