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The First French Empire [4] [a] or French Empire (French: Empire français; Latin: Imperium Francicum) and also known as Napoleonic France, was the empire ruled by Napoleon Bonaparte, who established French hegemony over much of continental Europe at the beginning of the 19th century.
This is a list of wars involving modern France from the abolition of the French monarchy and the establishment of the French First Republic on 21 September 1792 until the current Fifth Republic. For wars involving the Kingdom of France (987–1792), see List of wars involving the Kingdom of France .
Anglo-French Wars; Franco-Spanish War (disambiguation) List of battles involving France (disambiguation) List of wars involving Francia (France before 987) List of wars involving France (France after September 1792: First to Fifth Republic, First and Second Empire, Bourbon Restoration, July Monarchy, and Vichy France)
First Empire of Haiti: 1806 1807 War of the Fourth Coalition Part of the Napoleonic Wars: French Empire and allies: France Confederation of the Rhine Bavaria Württemberg Saxony (from Dec.1806) Polish Legions Italy Naples Etruria Holland Swiss Confederation Spain Prussia Russia United Kingdom Saxony (1806 only) Sweden Sicily. 1806 1812
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 ...
In parallel, France developed its first colonial empire in Asia, Africa, and in the Americas. In 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 square kilometres (3,900,000 sq mi), the second-largest empire in the world at the time behind the Spanish Empire.
Imperial coat of arms Arms granted to Joseph Christophe Couin, made a baron de Granchamp et de l'Empire in 1808 Patent of nobility granted to artillery colonel François Cabau, who became baron de l'Empire in 1810. As Emperor of the French, Napoleon I created titles in a newly established noblesse impériale (imperial nobility) to institute a ...
These lists do not include the battles of the French civil wars (as the Wars of Religion, the Fronde, the War in the Vendée) unless a foreign country is involved. The list gives the name, the date, the present-day location of the battles, the French allies and enemies, and the result of these conflicts following this legend: