After a series of short-lived governmental schemes , PERSON@1 seized control of the LOCATION@1 in NUMBER@1 , making himself First Consul , and later Emperor of what is now known as the First Empire -LRB- NUMBER@2 -- NUMBER@3 -RRB- .

He later made himself Emperor of the First Empire -LRB- NUMBER@2 -- NUMBER@3 -RRB- .
