Count of the French Empire

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Count of the French Empire was a noble title created by Napoleon Bonaparte within the First French Empire’s hierarchical system of imperial nobility.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hereditary title ⓘ
noble title ⓘ
title of nobility in France ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction First French Empire ⓘ
associatedWith Napoleonic Code (broad legal context) ⓘ
linked to: Napoleonic Code
country First French Empire ⓘ
creator Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
dissolvedIn 1814 ⓘ
distinctFrom Ancien Régime French count title ⓘ
Count of the Second French Empire ⓘ
endCause fall of the First French Empire ⓘ
followedBy Duke of the French Empire ⓘ
follows Baron of the French Empire ⓘ
FrenchLabel comte de l’Empire ⓘ
grantedBy Emperor of the French ⓘ
hasCharacteristic associated with specific territorial designations ⓘ
came with regulated coats of arms ⓘ
could be granted for civil service ⓘ
could be granted for military merit ⓘ
linked to service to the Emperor ⓘ
often hereditary in the male line ⓘ
part of a codified hierarchy of titles ⓘ
hasRankOrder above Baron of the Empire ⓘ
below Duke of the Empire ⓘ
hasType hereditary title after fulfillment of conditions ⓘ
personal title initially ⓘ
hierarchicalLevel intermediate rank in Napoleonic nobility ⓘ
historicalPeriod Napoleonic era ⓘ
inception 1808 ⓘ
languageOfName French ⓘ
legalBasis Napoleonic decrees on imperial nobility ⓘ
Sénatus-consulte of the First French Empire ⓘ
nobleRank count ⓘ
partOf Napoleonic titles of nobility ⓘ
linked to: Napoleonic nobility

imperial nobility of the First French Empire ⓘ
regulates style and precedence of its holders ⓘ
subjectOf Napoleonic nobility reforms ⓘ
usedIn Napoleonic heraldry ⓘ
usedUntil end of Napoleonic rule in France ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès → positionHeld → Count of the French Empire ⓘ
Count of the French Empire → distinctFrom → Count of the Second French Empire ⓘ
linked to: Count of the French Empire