comte de l’Empire

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A comte de l’Empire was a noble title created by Napoleon I within the First French Empire’s hierarchical system of imperial nobility.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Comte de l’Empire 1
comte de l’Empire canonical 1

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Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Napoleonic title
noble title
appliesToJurisdiction First French Empire
associatedWith Napoleonic heraldry
Napoleonic nobility reforms
belongsToCategory French noble titles
Titles created by Napoleon I
country First French Empire
createdBy Napoleon I
follows comte of the Ancien Régime (as a comparable rank)
hasFemaleEquivalent comtesse de l’Empire
hasGenderForm masculine title
hasRank count
higherRank duc de l’Empire
historicalPeriod Napoleonic era
isHereditary yes (subject to imperial statutes)
languageOfName French
legalBasis Napoleonic decrees on imperial nobility
lowerRank baron de l’Empire
linked to: Baron of the Empire

chevalier de l’Empire
nobleRankWithin imperial nobility of the First French Empire
partOf First French Empire’s system of imperial nobility
status historical title (no longer in official use)
titleHolderStyle Comte
Comtesse (for the wife of a comte de l’Empire)
typeOf hereditary aristocratic dignity
usedAsHonorific yes
usedIn France
annexed or satellite territories of the First French Empire

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Referenced by (2)

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

Count of the French Empire FrenchLabel comte de l’Empire
Comtesse de l’Empire maleEquivalentTitle Comte de l’Empire
linked to: comte de l’Empire