Marie-Louise is a term used to refer to the last conscripts raised in the First French Empire, raised for Napoleon's army. The name derived from Empress Marie-Louise who issued decrees dated 9 October 1813 ordering the conscription of 280,000 men but it has been extended more widely to those that served as conscripts between 1813 and 1815. Men were required at this stage of the war to defend against an anticipated invasion of north-east France by the Sixth Coalition. Owing to a manpower shortage the conscription was extended for the first time to those aged 18 and those as short as .