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French Empire (Template:Lang-fr) may refer to:

  • First French Empire, ruled by Napoleon I from 1804 to 1814 and in 1815 and by Napoleon II in 1815, the French state from 1804 to 1814 and in 1815
  • Second French Empire, led by Napoleon III, the French state from 1852 to 1870
  • French colonial empire, the territories administered by France from the 16th century to the mid-20th century
  • Francia, or the Frankish Empire of Charlemagne, the territory inhabited by the Franks, a West Germanic tribal confederation, from 481 to 843
  • Empire style, an early 19th-century design movement