Second French Empire
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Founded | 1852 |
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Capital | Paris |
Government | Dual monarchy |
Currency | French franc |
Legislature | Parliament |
Historical era | New Imperialism |
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ID | 2420181 |
About Second French Empire
The Second French Empire, officially the French Empire, was the regime of Napoleon III from 1852 to 1870, between the Second Republic and the Third Republic, in France. Historians in the 1930s and 1940s often disparaged the Second Empire as a precursor of fascism.