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Joachim Murat ( / mjʊəˈrɑː / mure-AH, also / mʊˈrɑːt / muurr-AHT, French: [ʒɔaʃɛ̃ myʁa]; Italian: Gioacchino Murat; 25 March 1767 – 13 October 1815) was a French military commander and statesman who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. Under the French Empire he received the military titles of ...
Joachim Murat (born March 25, 1767, La Bastide-Fortunière, France—died October 13, 1815, Pizzo, Calabria) was a French cavalry leader who was one of Napoleon’s most celebrated marshals and who, as king of Naples (1808–15), lent stimulus to Italian nationalism. The son of an innkeeper, he studied briefly for a career in the church but ...
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Sep 25, 2023 · Joachim Murat (1767-1815) was a French cavalry officer who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802) and Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). He was appointed marshal of the French Empire in 1804, Grand Duke of Berg in 1806, and ruled as King of Naples from 1808 until 1815. Through his marriage to Caroline Bonaparte, he was the brother-in ...
- Joachim Murat was one of the most significant figures of the Napoleonic Wars, leading Napoleon's cavalry and eventually reigning as the King of Nap...
- Joachim Murat was executed on 13 October 1815, after trying to stage an insurrection to regain the throne of Naples.
- Joachim Murat was married to Caroline Bonaparte, the sister of Napoleon, making him Napoleon's brother-in-law.
Joachim Murat. Joachim Murat was born March 25, 1767 in the village of La Bastide-Fortunière in Gascony. He was the 11th and last child of innkeepers Pierre and Jeanne Murat. Through the influence of Talleyrand’s family, young Joachim was sent to a seminary.
Joachim Murat [ ʒ o a ʃ ɛ̃ m y ʁ a] [1] [réf. nécessaire], né le 25 mars 1767 à Labastide-Fortunière (renommée Labastide-Murat, dans le Quercy, dans l'actuel département du Lot) et mort fusillé le 13 octobre 1815 au château de Pizzo (royaume de Naples), est un militaire français, haut dignitaire du Premier Empire.
For the full article, see Joachim Murat . Joachim Murat, (born March 25, 1767, La Bastide-Fortunière, France—died Oct. 13, 1815, Pizzo, Calabria), French soldier and king of Naples (1808–15). He served in Italy and Egypt as a daring cavalry commander, and later he aided Napoleon in his coup d’état (1799) and married Napoleon’s sister ...
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For this reason, Napoleon needed a new King of Naples, and he selected his brother-in-law Joachim Murat to be the new king. Murat left for Naples and was proclaimed king on August 1st. Two months later Murat led a successful attack to take Capri and forced the British under Sir Hudson Lowe to surrender.
