List of French client states
French client states were territories directly influenced or controlled by France, often established during periods of political expansion, such as the Napoleonic era. These states served as strategic allies or buffer zones, with governments typically aligned with French interests and policies. Spanning Europe, Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Americas, these client states played a significant role in extending France's geopolitical reach.
Client states of the First Empire
 First French Empire (1804–1814, 1815)
 Principality of Elba (1814–1815)
Former Holy Roman Empire
 County of Wetzlar (1803–1810)
 Principality of Erfurt (1807–1814)- Confederation of the Rhine (1806–1813)
 Forest- and Rhine-County of Salm-Horstmar (1803–1813)
 County of Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck (1806–1811)
 Grand Duchy of Baden
 Kingdom of Bavaria
 Grand Duchy of Berg
 Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt
 Principality of Regensburg (1803–1810)
 Kingdom of Saxony
 Kingdom of Westphalia (1807–1813)
 Kingdom of Württemberg
 Grand Duchy of Würzburg (1806–1814)
 Duchy of Anhalt-Bernburg (1807–1813)
 Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau (1807–1813)
 Duchy of Anhalt-Köthen (1807–1813)
 Duchy of Arenberg (1803–1810)
 Principality of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
 Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
 Principality of Isenburg (1806–1815)
 Principality of Leyen (1806–1814)
 Principality of Liechtenstein
 Principality of Lippe-Detmold (1807–1813)
 Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1808–1813)
 Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1808–1813)
 Duchy of Nassau
 Duchy of Oldenburg (1808–1813)
 Principality of Reuss-Ebersdorf (1807–1813)
 Principality of Reuss-Greiz (1807–1813)
 Principality of Reuss-Lobenstein (1807–1813)
 Principality of Reuss-Schleiz (1807–1813)
 Principality of Salm (1802–1810)
 Duchy of Saxe-Coburg
 Duchy of Saxe-Gotha
 Duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen
 Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen
 Duchy of Saxe-Weimar (1806–1809)
 Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach (1806–1809)
 Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1809–1813)
 Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe (1807–1813)
 Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1807–1813)
 Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1807–1813)
 Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1807–1813)
 Grand Duchy of Frankfurt (1810–1813)
 Principality of Aschaffenburg (1803–1810)
 
Italy
 Principality of Lucca and Piombino (1805–1814)
 Kingdom of Etruria (1801–1807)
 Kingdom of Italy (1805–1814)
 Kingdom of Naples (1806–1815)
 Grand Duchy of Tuscany (1807–1814)
 Principality of Benevento (1806–1815)
 Principality of Pontecorvo (1806–1815)
 Duchy of Guastalla (1806)
  Duchy of Massa and Carrara (1796–1814)
Rest of Europe
 Principality of Neuchâtel (1806–1814)
 Kingdoms of Denmark and Norway (1807–1814)
 Duchy of Warsaw (1807–1815)
 Free City of Danzig (1807–1814)
 Kingdom of Spain (1808–1813)
 Kingdom of Holland (1806–1810)
 Swiss Confederation (1803–1814)
 Kingdom of Sweden (1810–1812)
 Principality of Andorra (1806–1814, 1815)
 Lithuanian Provisional Governing Commission  (1812-1813)
 Duchy of Siewierz (1807-1815)
 Duchy of Courland, Semigallia and Pilten (1812)
 Septinsular Republic (1807–1814)

France had several puppet states between 1792–1815 (the French First Republic and the First French Empire) and 1852–1870 (the Second French Empire).
 French First Republic (1792–1804)
Former Holy Roman Empire
- Rauracian Republic (1792–1793)
 
 Republic of Mainz (1793)
 Cisrhenian Republic (1797–1802)- Republic of Bouillon (1794–1795)
 
Italy
 Republic of Crema (1797)
 Cispadane Republic (1796–1797)- Bolognese Republic (1796)
 
 Transpadane Republic (1796–1797)
 Republic of Alba (1796)- Republic of Brescia (1797)
 - Republic of Bergamo (1797)
 
 Cisalpine Republic (1797–1802)
 Italian Republic (1802–1805)
 Anconine Republic (1797–1798)
 Ligurian Republic (1797–1805)
 Tiberina Republic (1798)
 Roman Republic (1798–1799)- Altamura (1799)
 
 Subalpine Republic (1800–1802)
 Piedmontese Republic (1798–1799)
 Parthenopean Republic (1799)
 Republic of Pescara (1799)
 Republic of Lucca (1799–1805)
 Astese Republic (1797)- Republic Reggiana (1796)
 
Rest of Europe
 Batavian Republic (1795–1806)
 Helvetic Republic (1798–1803)
- Canton of Léman (1798–1803)
 
 Rhodanic Republic (1802–1810)- Rauracian Republic (1792–1793)
 
 Irish Republic (1798)
Second French Empire
 French Second Republic (1848–1852)
 Second French Empire (1852–1870)
 Second Mexican Empire (1863–1867)
 Principality of Andorra (1848–1870)
