Greater France

The First French Empire, also known as the Great French Empire or Napoleonic Empire, was the empire of Napoleon I of France. Now it his descendant, Napoleon VI of France, who inherits the position of emperor of the First French Empire. It was, and still is, the dominant power of much of the continental Europe. Napoleon became Emperor of the French  on 18 May 1804 and crowned Emperor on 2 December 1804, ending the period of the French Consulate , and won early military victories in the War of the Third Coalition against Austria, Prussia, Russia, Portugal, and allied nations, notably at the Battle of Austerlitz  (1805) and the Battle of Friedland (1807). The Treaty of Tilsit in July 1807 ended two years of bloodshed on the European continent.