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    Mu·rat, Joachim
    /m(y)o͝oˈrä(t)/
    • 1. (c. 1767–1815), French general, king of Naples 1808–15. A cavalry commander in Napoleon's Italian campaign 1800, he was made king of Naples. His attempt to become king of all Italy in 1815 failed, and he was captured in Calabria and executed.

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  2. May 21, 2024 · Last updated. How to say JOachim Murat in English? Pronunciation of JOachim Murat with 3 audio pronunciations, 1 meaning and more for JOachim Murat.

  3. Pronounce Joachim Murat in French. Pronunciation guide: Learn how to pronounce Joachim Murat in French with native pronunciation. Joachim Murat translation and audio pronunciation.

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  5. We warmly thank His Royal Highness Prince Joachim Charles Napoléon Murat, Prince of Pontecorvo, who told us the pronunciation of the first name Joachim within the Murat family. We thank Mr Liam Mulroy for having translated this page and Mr Cyril Maillet for the photograph of Prince Murat's statue, Rue de Rivoli in Paris.

    • Beginnings
    • Alongside Napoleon
    • Marshal of The Empire
    • King of Naples
    • Fall from Power

    The son of an innkeeper, Joachim Murat would one day go on to become a cavalry general, a king, and Napoleon'sbrother-in-law. But his family never envisioned such lofty goals and instead intended for him to become a priest, securing a scholarship for him to attend the seminary at Cahors. After studying at Cahors, Joachim Murat was sent to Toulouse ...

    Murat's star began to shine when his regiment was posted to Paris in 1795. That October a royalist mob formed to violently overthrow the government, and General Napoleon Bonaparte was appointed to lead the defense. Napoleon ordered Murat to retrieve the artillery guns from the Place de Sablons, but when Murat and his men rode for the guns they enco...

    1804 was a year of change for Murat, when he was first named as Governor of Paris and he was later ordered to form the commission that judged the Duke of Enghien. When the French Empire was established, Murat was one of the first marshals of the empire. Due to his marriage to Napoleon's sister, he was considered senior to all the other marshals exc...

    In 1808 as the French moved into Spain, Marshal Murat was named the commander-in-chief of the Army of Spain. As Napoleon's chief lieutenant in Spain, when the Spanish revolted against the French presence in Madrid on May 2nd, Murat imposed martial law and put down the revolt, but his forceful response only fueled growing resentment against the Fren...

    Murat reopened secret negotiations with Great Britain and Austria, and they agreed to let him keep Naples in exchange for bringing 30,000 troops from Naples against France. Murat agreed and his troops began to maneuver against Prince Eugene's French troops, forcing Eugene to defend the Kingdom of Italy along a second front, holding back the Austria...

  6. 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 ...

  7. 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 ...

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