French Empire

The term French Empire can refer to:

  • Two Empires of the French founded by members of the House of Bonaparte,
    • The First French Empire of Napoleon I and II (1804–1814 and 1815)
    • The Second French Empire of Napoleon III (1852–1870)
  • The French colonial empire of the 17th to 20th centuries
  • French Empire style
  • Second (French) Empire style
  • Francia (Frankish Empire) of Charlemagne

Famous quotes containing the words french and/or empire:

    “Salad is roughage and a French idea.”
    —U.S. grandmother. As quoted in “Once a Tramp, Always ...,” by M.F.K. Fisher (1969)

    “An empire is an immense egotism.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)