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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.
Jul 2, 2024 · 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.
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.
Joachim Murat [ ʒoaʃɛ̃ myʁa] 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.
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.
Biography of Marshal Joachim Murat (1767-1815): Brother-in-law to Napoleon, Marshal of France, King of Naples, and dashing cavalry leader.
Joachim Murat, master of horses and courage, charged again and again into enemies to tilt the battles in his master Napoleon Bonaparte’s favor. This article appears in: June 2002 By Jeremy Green
Au combat c'était "un césar", mais hors de là, "presque une femme"... Murat avait un très grand courage et fort peu d'esprit. La trop grande différence entre ces deux qualités l'explique en entier', Napoleon on Saint Helena to Las Cases, 1816.
French cavalry leader Joachim Murat was one of Napoleon’s most celebrated marshals. He was born on March 25, 1767, in Bastide-Fortunière, in southwestern France. He was the husband of Napoleon’s youngest sister, Caroline.
One of the most dashing cavalry commanders in an era of beau sabreurs was Joachim Murat. He joined the army as a cavalry trooper at the age of 20 and his first contact with the rising General Napoleon Bonaparte came when he helped suppress the Vendemaire coup attempt.
