<P> Emperor of the French ( French : Empereur des Français ) was the title used by the House of Bonaparte starting when Napoleon Bonaparte was given the title of Emperor on 18 May 1804 by the French Senate and was crowned emperor of the French on 2 December 1804 at the cathedral of Notre - Dame de Paris , in Paris , with the Crown of Napoleon . </P>
<P> Emperor of the French ( French : Empereur des Français ) was the title used by the House of Bonaparte starting when Napoleon Bonaparte was given the title of Emperor on 18 May 1804 by the French Senate and was crowned emperor of the French on 2 December 1804 at the cathedral of Notre - Dame de Paris , in Paris , with the Crown of Napoleon . </P>
who crowned himself as an emperor of france in 1804
who crowned himself as an emperor of france in 1804
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte