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Joachim Murat (/ m j ʊəˈr ɑː / mure-AH, also / m ʊ ˈ r ɑː t / 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.
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.
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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.
- 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.
Murat’s daring and efficiency had impressed Bonaparte. With the words “honor and the ladies” engraved on the blade of his sword, Joachim Murat was about to begin his career as the world’s greatest swashbuckler. The dashing Murat was actively engaged in all the battles of Bonaparte’s 1796 Italian campaign.
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 Caroline Bonaparte.
May 18, 2018 · Joachim Murat. The French marshal Joachim Murat (1767-1815), brother-in-law of Napoleon I, served in the wars of the French Revolution and Empire. He was king of Naples from 1808 to 1815. Joachim Murat was born at La Bastide-Fortumière (Lot) on March 25, 1767. He was the second son of an inn-keeper who intended the boy to make his career in ...
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Marshal Joachim Murat. By Nathan D. Jensen. Born: March 25, 1767. Place of Birth: La Bastide-Fortunière, Lot, France. Died: October 13, 1815. Cause of Death: Executed. Place of Death: Pizzo, Italy. Arc de Triomphe: MURAT on the south pillar. Pronunciation: Beginnings.
