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So, this is a collection of fictional flags that I've made for Napoleon's French Empire as well as the kingdoms that his royal house ruled. As the title says, the flags are based on the actual colors used by these states as well as their Coats of Arms (both have been tweaked here and there and I've used the lesser Coats of Arms).
Map of the First French Empire. Dark blue represents areas directly governed by France while light blue represents client states of the First French Empire. The map is out of copyright. It was obtained from EmersonKent.com. It is provided here to provide readers a quick understanding of the size of the First French Empire.
The Empire lasted during the so-called period of Cent-Jours (Hundred-Days), which ended with the defeat of Waterloo (18 June). The Emperor abdicated for the second time on 22 June, and was exiled to St. Helena island, where he died on 5 May 1821. The national flag used during the First Empire was the blue-white-red Tricolore flag.
May 1, 2024 · The First French Empire, officially the French Republic, [lower-alpha 2] then the French Empire ( French : Empire Français; Latin : Imperium Francicum) after 1809 and also known as Napoleonic France, was the empire ruled by Napoleon Bonaparte, who established French hegemony over much of continental Europe at the beginning of the 19th century.
Second French Empire. The Second French Empire, was the 18-year Imperial Bonapartist regime of Napoleon III from 14 January 1852 to 4 September 1870, between the Second Republic and the Third Republic, in France. Historians in the 1930s and 1940s often disparaged the Second Empire as a precursor of fascism. That interpretation is no longer ...
The downfall of the First French Empire came with the Peninsular War in Spain and the Russian Campaign. The Peninsular War was a lengthy and draining conflict, while the Russian campaign was a lethal and badly planned disaster. Napoleon was eventually defeated by the Sixth Coalition in 1815, after the Hundred Days.
The french republican flag has always been defined by some sort of popular concensus. In the current constitution it is only stated "L'emblème national est le drapeau tricolore, bleu, blanc, rouge." (The national emblem is the tricolour flag, blue, white, red), with no mention of equal band size or ratios, because everyone knows what it's ...
