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:
“The Persians are called the French of the East; we will call the Arabs Oriental Italians. A gifted noble people; a people of wild strong feelings, and of iron restraint over these: the characteristic of noblemindedness, of genius.”
—Thomas Carlyle (17951881)
“Positively I sit here, and look at Europe sink, first one deck disappearing, then another, and the whole ship slowly plunging bow-down into the abyss; until the nightmare gets to be howling. The Roman Empire was a trifle to it.”
—Henry Brooks Adams (18381918)