Three women have held the title Empress of France or Empress of the French:
First French Empire
- Joséphine de Beauharnais, first wife of Napoleon I
- Marie Louise of Austria, second wife of Napoleon I.
Second French Empire
- Eugénie de Montijo, wife of Napoleon III
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