Not to be confused with Marat, political theorist and journalist of the French Revolution.
For other people with the same name, see Joachim Murat (disambiguation).
French military commander (1767–1815)
Joachim Murat
Marshal of the Empire
Portrait by François Gérard, c. 1808
King of Naples
Reign
1 August 1808 – 20 May 1815
Predecessor
Joseph
Successor
Ferdinand IV
Grand Duke of Berg
Reign
15 March 1806 – 1 August 1808
Successor
Napoléon Louis
Born
Joachim Murat-Jordy (1767-03-25)25 March 1767 Labastide-Fortunière, Quercy, Kingdom of France
Died
13 October 1815(1815-10-13) (aged 48) Pizzo Calabro, Calabria, Kingdom of Naples
Burial
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Spouse
Caroline Bonaparte
(m. 1800)
Issue
Achille, Letizia, Lucien, Louise
House
Murat
Father
Pierre Murat-Jordy
Mother
Jeanne Loubières
Religion
Catholic
Signature
Military career
Allegiance
Kingdom of France
Kingdom of France
First French Republic
First French Empire
Service/branch
Army
Years of service
1787–1813
Rank
Marshal of the Empire
Battles/wars
See list:
Napoleonic Wars
War of the First Coalition
Campaign in Italy (1796–1797)
War of the Second Coalition
Campaign in Egypt and Syria
Battle of Marengo
War of the Third Coalition
Battle of Austerlitz
War of the Fourth Coalition
Battle of Jena
Battle of Eylau
French Invasion of Russia
Battle of Borodino
French occupation of Moscow
War of the Sixth Coalition
Battle of Leipzig
Neapolitan War
Battle of Tolentino
Selected battles
1000km 620miles
Pizzo
14
Tolentino
13
Leipzig
12
Borodino
11
Madrid
10
Eylau
9
Jena
8
Austerlitz
7
Ulm
6
Marengo
5
Abukir
4
Rivoli
3
Paris
2
Labastide
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Joachim Murat (/mjʊəˈrɑː/mure-AH, also /mʊˈrɑːt/muurr-AHT, French:[ʒɔaʃɛ̃myʁa]; 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 Marshal of the Empire and Admiral of France. He was the first Prince Murat,[1] Grand Duke of Berg from 1806 to 1808,[2] and King of Naples as Joachim-Napoleon[3] (Italian: Gioacchino Napoleone) from 1808 to 1815.[4][5]
Born in Labastide-Fortunière in south-western France, Murat briefly pursued a vocation in the clergy before enlisting in a cavalry regiment on the outbreak of the French Revolution. Murat distinguished himself under the command of General Napoleon Bonaparte on 13 Vendémiaire (1795), when he seized a group of large cannons and was instrumental in suppressing the royalist insurrection in Paris. He became Napoleon's aide-de-camp and commanded the cavalry during the French campaigns in Italy and Egypt. Murat played a pivotal role in the Coup of 18 Brumaire (1799), which brought Napoleon to political power. In 1800 he married Caroline Bonaparte, thus becoming a brother-in-law to Napoleon.
Murat was named a Marshal of the Empire on the proclamation of the French Empire. He took part in various battles including those of Ulm, Austerlitz, Jena and Eylau, where he led a famous massed cavalry charge against the Russians. In 1806, Murat was appointed Grand Duke of Berg, a title he held until 1808 when he was named King of Naples. He continued to serve Napoleon during his Russian and German campaigns but abandoned the Grande Armée after the Battle of Leipzig to save his throne. In 1815, Murat launched the Neapolitan War against the Austrian Empire but was decisively defeated at Tolentino. He fled to Corsica and then made a last-ditch attempt to recover his throne, but was soon taken prisoner by King Ferdinand IV of Naples. He was tried for treason and sentenced to death by firing squad in Pizzo.
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Naples and the Austrian Empire. It started on 15 March 1815, when King JoachimMurat declared war on Austria, and ended on 20 May 1815, with the signing...
Bonaparte, Napoleon's younger brother) the Kingdom of Naples (under JoachimMurat, husband of Napoleon's sister Caroline) the Principality of Lucca and...
now also a major nightlife district. To the south is the Murat quarter (erected by JoachimMurat), the modern heart of the city, which is laid out on a...
Naples. During the Napoleonic occupation the palace was enriched by JoachimMurat and his wife, Caroline Bonaparte, with Neoclassic decorations and furnishings...
Masséna – receiving more than one million Francs each. Two Marshals – JoachimMurat and Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte – went on to become kings, with the latter...
the citadel; he was not relieved until January 1809. On 20 February, JoachimMurat was appointed lieutenant of the emperor and commander of all French...
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