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French Empire<ref name="FRANCine">But still domestically styled as *French Republic* until 1808: compare the French franc minted in 1808 [1] and in 1809 [2], as well as Article 1 of the Constitution of the Year XII, which reads in English *"The Government of the* Republic *is vested in an Emperor, who takes the title of Emperor of the French."*</ref><ref name="gallica.bnf.fr">The official bulletin of laws of the French Empire</ref>
	French Empire<ref name="FRANCine">But still domestically styled as French Republic until 1808: compare the French franc minted in 1808 [1] and in 1809 [2], as well as Article 1 of the Constitution of the Year XII, which reads in English "The Government of the Republic is vested in an Emperor, who takes the title of Emperor of the French."</ref><ref name="gallica.bnf.fr">The official bulletin of laws of the French Empire</ref>
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Government	Elective Monarchy
Historical era	Napoleonic Wars

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The First French Empire at its greatest extent in 1812. <ref name="Taagepera1997">Taagepera1997</ref>

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The French Empire and sphere of influence in 1812.

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="2" Religion Roman Catholicism, Lutheranism, Calvinism, Judaism, Laïcité

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The First French Empire<ref name="FRANCine" /><ref name="gallica.bnf.fr"/> (French: Empire Français{{#invoke:Category handler|main}}), also known as the Greater French Empire or Napoleonic Empire, was the empire of Napoleon Bonaparte of France and the dominant power in much of continental Europe at the beginning of the 19th century.

On 18 May 1804, Napoleon was granted the title Emperor of the French (L'Empereur des Français, pronounced: [lɑ̃.pʁœʁ dɛ fʁɑ̃.sɛ]) by the French Sénat and was crowned on 2 December 1804,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> ending the period of the French Consulate and of the French First Republic. The French Empire won early military victories in the War of the Third Coalition against Austria, Prussia, Russia, Portugal and allied nations, notably at the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and, during the War of the Fourth Coalition, at the Battle of Friedland<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> in 1807.

A series of wars, known collectively as the Napoleonic Wars, extended French influence over much of Western Europe and into Poland. At its height in 1812, the French Empire had 130 departments, ruled over 70 million subjects, maintained an extensive military presence in Germany, Italy, Spain, and the Duchy of Warsaw, and could count Prussia and Austria as nominal allies.<ref>Martyn Lyons, Napoleon Bonaparte and the Legacy of the French Revolution. p. 232</ref> Early French victories exported many ideological features of the French Revolution throughout Europe: the introduction of the Napoleonic Code throughout the continent increased legal equality, established jury systems and legalised divorce, and seigneurial dues and seigneurial justice were abolished, as were aristocratic privileges in all places with the exception of Poland.<ref>Martyn Lyons p. 234-236</ref>

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