French Empire Empire Français
Capital | Paris
Common languages | French (official) Breton, Basque, Occitan, Picard, Polish, Franco-Provençal, Dutch, Croatian, Catalan, German, Italian, Slovene, Spanish, Romansh, Latin
Religion | Roman Catholicism Calvinism Lutheranism Judaism
Government | Constitutionally absolute monarchy
Emperor |
• 1804–1814/1815 | Napoleon I
• 1815 | Napoleon II
Legislature | Parliament
• Upper house | Sénat conservateur
• Lower house | Corps législatif
Historical era | Napoleonic Wars French Revolutionary Wars
• Constitution adopted | 18 May 1804
• Coronation of Napoleon I | 2 December 1804
• Treaty of Tilsit | 7 July 1807
• Invasion of Russia | 24 June 1812
• Treaty of Fontainebleau | 11 April 1814
• Hundred Days | 20 March – 7 July 1815