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From the 16th to the 17th centuries, the First French colonial empire existed mainly in the Americas and Asia. During the 19th and 20th centuries, the second French colonial empire existed mainly in Africa and Asia. France had about 80 colonies throughout its history, the second most colonies in the world behind only the British Empire. [1]
From the 16th to the 17th centuries, the First French colonial empire stretched from a total area at its peak in 1680 to over 10,000,000 km 2 (3,900,000 sq mi), the second largest empire in the world at the time behind only the Spanish Empire. [1] [2] During the 19th and 20th centuries, the French colonial empire was the second largest colonial ...
By 1943, all of the colonies, except for Indochina under Japanese control, had joined the Free French cause. [111] The overseas empire helped liberate France as 300,000 North African Arabs fought in the ranks of the Free French. [112] However Charles de Gaulle had no intention of liberating the colonies.
The family tree of Frankish and French monarchs (509–1870) France was ruled by monarchs from the establishment of the kingdom of West Francia in 843 until the end of the Second French Empire in 1870, with several interruptions. Classical French historiography usually regards Clovis I, king of the Franks (r. 507–511), as the first king of ...
The First French Empire, in 1812 French Empire and colonies Puppet states and occupied territories (Note: Spanish America was rebelling against Spain and the Dutch colonial empire was occupied by the British) Europe in 1812. France had several puppet states between 1792–1815 (the French First Republic and the First French Empire) and ...
Napoleon was declared Emperor by the Senate, marking the beginning of the First French Empire and the end of the French Consulate. 2 December: Napoleon crowned himself Emperor in Notre-Dame de Paris. Napoleon had Pope Pius VII in attendance to indicate approval of the Church. 1805: 2 December
The Second French Empire, [a] officially the French Empire, [b] was the government of France from 1852 to 1870. It was established on 2 December 1852 by Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte , president of France under the French Second Republic , who proclaimed himself Emperor of the French as Napoleon III.
Partition of the Frankish Empire after the Treaty of Verdun 843. West Francia Middle Francia East Francia The division of the Carolingian Empire into West, Middle and East Francia at the Treaty of Verdun in 843 - with three grandsons of the emperor Charlemagne installed as their kings - was regarded at the time as a temporary arrangement, yet it heralded the birth of what would later become ...