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- Though Napoleon gave the Spanish throne to his brother Joseph, he rewarded Murat with Joseph’s former place as king of Naples, under the name Joachim-Napoléon (or Gioacchino-Napoleone, in Italian).
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Sep 25, 2023 · Joachim Murat (1767-1815) was a French cavalry officer who became a marshal of the French Empire in 1804 and ruled as King of Naples from 1808 until 1815. He was a brother-in-law of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Captured at Pizzo and executed there 13 October, 1815. From modest beginnings (he was the son of an innkeeper) Murat saw probably the most stratospheric rise of all Napoleon’s entourage. His ability initially as a simple cavalryman and later as a cavalry commander was prodigious.
In 1806, he was appointed as the ‘Grand Duke of Berg and Cleves’. On August 1, 1808 , he was crowned the ‘King of Naples’. His family name, Murat, is engraved on the famous French national monument ‘Arc de Triomphe’. His statue is also seen on the Rue de Rivoli on the north side the Louvre in Paris.
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