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Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French by the French Senate.

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Napoleon

French general and politician, Emperor of the French (r. 1804–1814, 1815)

Napoleon Bonaparte, later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of military campaigns across Europe during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815. He…
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Emperor of the French

Monarchical title of Napoleon I to III

Emperor of the French was the title of the monarch and supreme ruler of the First French Empire and the Second French Empire. The emperor of France was an absolute monarch.
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Senate (France)

Upper house of the French Parliament

The Senate is the upper house of the French Parliament, with the lower house being the National Assembly, the two houses constituting the legislature of France. It is made up of 348 senators elected by part of the country's local councillors in indirect elections. Senators have…
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