polity Second French Empire: All Data

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Napoleon III, a nephew of Napeloen, abolished the Republic in 1852 and created the Second French Empire. Unlike his uncle, he focused on a series of relatively small wars to increase the French territory. With the Franco-Prussian War the Empire was defeated and France occupied by Germany. After the defeat, Napoloen III was overthrown and the Republic re-established in 1870.

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1. Genealogy

Second French Empire : Genealogy

2. Maps of Political Control Over Time

Second French Empire : Map showing the initial year each territory was ruled by the polity Second French Empire : Map depicting the polity's ruler in power when each territory was first controlled Second French Empire : Maximal Extension of the Polity

3. Monthly Summaries

Second French Empire : Monthly Summary of the Changes

4. Lists and Timelines

Second French Empire : List of events the polity was involved in Second French Empire : List of Rulers Second French Empire : Timeline of Rulers

5. Rankings

Second French Empire : Top rulers ordered by largest reached area Second French Empire : Top wars ordered by largest reached area Second French Empire : Top rulers by territorial gain or loss in terms of area difference Second French Empire : Top wars by territorial gain or loss in terms of area of the changes Second French Empire : Top wars by territorial gain or loss in terms of area difference

6. Time Series

Second French Empire : Time Series of all Territorial Changes Second French Empire : time series of its population and area throughout history

7. All Events mentioned in Territorial Changes

Second Italian War of Independence Franco-Prussian War

8. All Cities mentioned in Territorial Changes

Wissembourg Toul Borny–Colombey Frœschwiller Albertville (France) Albertville (France) Annecy Monaco Nice Albertville (France) Albertville (France) Phalsbourg Borny–Colombey Strasbourg Strasbourg Toul Metz Agen Albertville (France) Aix-en-Provence Ajaccio Albertville (France) Amiens Angers Annecy Arras Auxerre Avesnes Bar-le-Duc Bastia Besançon Béziers Biarritz Bitche Bordeaux Bourges Bourmont Brest (France) Briey Brive-la-Gaillarde Caen Calais (France) Cambrai Cherbourg Clermont Clermont-Ferrand Colmar Commercy Dagsburg Dieppe Dijon Dunkirk Epinal Fénétrange Ferrette Grenoble La Rochelle Le Havre Le Mans Ligny Lille Limoges Longwy Lorient Luxeuil Lyon Marseille Melun Monaco Montbéliard Montpellier Mulhouse Murbach Nancy Nantes Nevers Nice Nîmes Orléans Paris Perpignan Poitiers Rappoltstein Reims Remiremont Rennes Roanne Rouen Saint-Brieuc Saint-Étienne Saverne Sélestat Strasbourg Tarbes Thionville Toul Toulon Toulouse Tours Troyes Vaudemont Verdun Versailles Vichy Mars-La-Tour Gravelotte Agen Aix-en-Provence Ajaccio Amiens Angers Arras Auxerre Avesnes Bar-le-Duc Bastia Besançon Béziers Biarritz Bitche Bordeaux Bourges Bourmont Bouzonville Brest (France) Briey Brive-la-Gaillarde Caen Calais (France) Cambrai Cherbourg Clermont Clermont-Ferrand Colmar Commercy Dagsburg Dieppe Dijon Dunkirk Epinal Fénétrange Ferrette Forbach Grenoble Haguenau La Rochelle Le Havre Le Mans Ligny Lille Limoges Longwy Lorient Luxeuil Lyon Marseille Melun Metz Montbéliard Montpellier Mulhouse Murbach Nancy Nantes Nevers Nîmes Orléans Paris Perpignan Poitiers Rappoltstein Reims Remiremont Rennes Roanne Rouen Saint-Brieuc Saint-Étienne Saverne Sélestat Stenay Strasbourg Tarbes Thionville Toul Toulon Toulouse Tours Troyes Vaudemont Verdun Versailles Vichy Beaumont-en-Argonne Phalsbourg Spicheren Mars-La-Tour Bitche Bitche Spicheren Wissembourg Sedan Sedan Beaumont-en-Argonne Frœschwiller