See also: Armorial du Premier Empire (fr)
Below is a list which presents and describes of the coat of arms of the Nobility of the First French Empire in France between 1804 and 1814, and 1815.
Note: all information is from each respective coat of arms' pages regarding their description, correct positions, etc.
Emperor of the French Birth (French) NameLocal nameNoble TitleSubsidiary titlesCoat of ArmsGrand ArmsPortraitTerm beginDate endDescriptionNapoléon BonaparteNapoléon IEmperor of the French, King of Italy (see below), Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine (12 July 1806 – 19 October 1813), and Mediator of the Swiss Confederation (19 February 1803 – 19 October 1813)Co-Prince of Andorra (from 1806), Grand Duke of Berg and Cleves (from 1809)18 May 180411 April 1814Azure, an Eagle Or, head facing to the sinister, clutching in its talons a Thunderbolt Or.King of Italy17 March 180511 April 1814An escutcheon, with a silver pale charged with the blue Milanic serpent (spitting out the first human for the Duchy of Milan). Both sides of the pale are divided horizontally. The upper right field shows the papal parasol with the keys of Saint Peter. The upper left shows the Venetian lion, but without bible and with a Phrygian cap (revolutionary symbol) on its head (for the Papal States). The lower right quarter shows the white eagle of the house of Este (for the Duchy of Modena) and the lower left shows the arms of Piemonte, but under to the right charged with a silver tower (for Rovigo and Feltre (for the Republic of Venice)). The shield is charged with an escutcheon showing the Iron Crown of Lombardy (with pinnacles (for the Ligurian Republic) in a red border with silver rings.Sovereign Prince of Elba13 April 181426 February 1815Argent, on a bend Gules three bees Or.Emperor of the FrenchCo-Prince of Andorra20 March 181522 June 1815Azure, an Eagle Or, head facing to the sinister, clutching in its talons a Thunderbolt Or.Napoléon François Joseph Charles BonaparteNapoléon II22 June 18157 July 1815Azure, an Eagle Or, head facing to the sinister, clutching in its talons a Thunderbolt Or.
Empresses Birth (French) NameLocal nameNoble TitleSubsidiary titlesCoat of ArmsGrand ArmsPortraitTerm beginDate endDescriptionJoséphineMarie-Josèphe-Rose de Tascher de La Pagerie (Joséphine de Beauharnais)Joséphine IEmpress of the FrenchQueen of Italy (26 May 1805 – 10 January 1810), Viscountess of Beauharnais18 May 180416 December 1806Azure, an Eagle Or, head facing to the sinister, clutching in its talons a Thunderbolt Or.Queen of ItalyViscountess of Beauharnais17 March 180516 December 1809An escutcheon, with a silver pale charged with the blue Milanic serpent (spitting out the first human for the Duchy of Milan). Both sides of the pale are divided horizontally. The upper right field shows the papal parasol with the keys of Saint Peter. The upper left shows the Venetian lion, but without bible and with a Phrygian cap (revolutionary symbol) on its head (for the Papal States). The lower right quarter shows the white eagle of the house of Este (for the Duchy of Modena) and the lower left shows the arms of Piemonte, but under to the right charged with a silver tower (for Rovigo and Feltre (for the Republic of Venice)). The shield is charged with an escutcheon showing the Iron Crown of Lombardy (with pinnacles (for the Ligurian Republic) in a red border with silver rings.Duchess of NavarreDuchess of Navarre, Viscountess of Beauharnais8 April 181029 May 1814†Quarterly, first: Azure with an imperial eagle Or, encroaching a thunderbolt of the same, second and third: Argent a fess Sable surmounted by three martlets of the same (Armes des Beauharnais) and fourth : Or with three pals Vert.Marie LouiseMaria Ludovica Leopoldina Franziska Therese Josepha LuciaMarie Louise IEmpress of the French1 April 18106 April 1814Attached from France and Austria, which started from two lines; 1st Or, a lion Gules armed, langued and crowned Azure; second Gules a the fess Argent; third Or, a bend Gules, charged with three alerions Argent. With a mantle of gules, sown with golden bees, fringed with gold, lined with ermines, with an imperial crown surmounted by a globe surmounted by a crisscrossed cross.Queen of Italy1 April 18106 April 1814An escutcheon, with a silver pale charged with the blue Milanic serpent (spitting out the first human for the Duchy of Milan). Both sides of the pale are divided horizontally. The upper right field shows the papal parasol with the keys of Saint Peter. The upper left shows the Venetian lion, but without bible and with a Phrygian cap (revolutionary symbol) on its head (for the Papal States). The lower right quarter shows the white eagle of the house of Este (for the Duchy of Modena) and the lower left shows the arms of Piemonte, but under to the right charged with a silver tower (for Rovigo and Feltre (for the Republic of Venice)). The shield is charged with an escutcheon showing the Iron Crown of Lombardy (with pinnacles (for the Ligurian Republic) in a red border with silver rings.
House of Bonaparte
Birth (French) NameLocal nameNoble TitleRelationsCoat of ArmsGrand ArmsPortraitTerm beginDate endDescriptionJoseph BonaparteJoseph BonaparteJoseph BonaparteFrench PrinceSon of Maria Bonaparte and Brother of Napoléon Bonaparte1st: 18 May 1804 2: 22 June 18151st: 11 April 1814 2: 7 July 1815Azure with a golden eagle encroaching a thunderbolt of the same.Imperial French PrinceSon of Maria Bonaparte and Brother of Napoléon Bonaparte18 May 180420 March 1811Azure with a golden eagle encroaching a thunderbolt of the same.Giuseppe IKing of Naples (Kingdom of Naples)Son of Maria Bonaparte and Brother of Napoléon BonaparteBeginning of ReignEnd of ReignBeginning of ReignEnd of Reign30 March 18068 June 1808BEGINNING OF REIGN: Cut: I, party: a, Azure, with two cornucopias Or passed in saltire (Terra di Lavoro); b, Azure, to a golden dolphin (alias a crowned fish tail) (Otranto); II, of gold, to a triquêtre issante of a head of Mercury of carnation (Island of Sicily); above all azure, with the golden eagle, the head turned, the flight lowered, encroaching a thunderbolt of the same.
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