First French Empire

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1804 – 1815 · up to 1,240 thousand km² · Europe

Capital: Paris

The French Empire, known retroactively as the First French Empire, and colloquially 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. It lasted from 18 May 1804 to 6 April 1814 and again briefly from 20 March 1815 to 7 July 1815, when Napoleon was exiled to Saint Helena.

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Predecessors: Kingdom of Holland, French Consulate, French First Republic, Duchy of Arenberg-Meppen

Successors: Republic of Genoa, Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands, Bourbon Kingdom of France, Neutral Moresnet

Rulers

Franks and France

Napoleon Bonaparte 1804 – 1814, Louis XVIII 1814 – 1824