1. The First French Empire
by Angelina Lopez
Friday, December 18, 2009

2. The Great French Empire
The French Empire, also known as the Greater French Empire,
First French Empire or Napoleonic Empire was led by Napoleon
I in France.
Took place from 1804 to 1814
At this time the empire was the dominant power of much of
continental Europe.
Friday, December 18, 2009

3. Highs and Lows
At the empires height in 1812, the empire possessed 130
departments, ruled over 44 million subjects and had military
presence in Germany, Italy and Spain.
French loss during the Peninsula War made the empire weak
and eventually fell.
The empire was restored for a brief term called The Hundred
Days during 1815, until Napoleon’s defeat at the Battle of
Waterloo.
Friday, December 18, 2009