The First French Empire by Angelina Lopez

Friday, December 18, 2009

The Great French Empire

The French Empire, also known as the Greater French Empire, First French Empire or Napoleonic Empire was led by Napoleon I in France.

Took place from 1804 to 1814

At this time the empire was the dominant power of much of continental Europe.

Friday, December 18, 2009

Highs and Lows

At the empires height in 1812, the empire possessed 130 departments, ruled over 44 million subjects and had military presence in Germany, Italy and Spain.

French loss during the Peninsula War made the empire weak and eventually fell.

The empire was restored for a brief term called The Hundred Days during 1815, until Napoleon’s defeat at the Battle of Waterloo.

Friday, December 18, 2009