French Empire

French Empire may refer to:

• First French Empire of Napoleon I and II, the French state from 1804 to 1814 and 1815
• Second French Empire of Napoleon III, the French state from 1852 to 1870
• French colonial empire, the territories administered by France from the 16th century to 1946
• Francia, or the Frankish Empire of Charlemagne, the territory inhabited by the Franks from 481 to 843
• Empire style, an early 19th-century design movement
• Second Empire architecture, a late 19th-century design movement