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After studying at Cahors, Joachim Murat was sent to Toulouse to further his study in theology, where in February of 1787 he ran away from the school for a girl he loved, or so the rumors claimed. With little to no support from his family, he enlisted with a regiment of chasseurs and was promoted to sergeant major due to his ability to read and write.
Joachim Murat’s path to the throne of Naples was not unusual for the French Revolutionary era. Born in 1767 and originally destined for the church, Murat ran off from his home near Cahors, Gascony to join the army at the age of twenty. In the years that followed, he served as one of Napoleon’s top officers, rising through the ranks just as ...
Murat, at the head of 60 grenadiers, forced the Council out from the Orangerie at St. Cloud and established Napoleon Bonaparte as ruler of France. As a reward for his invaluable service during the Coup d’Etat of 18 Brumaire, Joachim Murat, despite his low birth, married Caroline Bonaparte, on January 20, 1800. Brother-in-law to France’s ...
Joachim-Napoléon Murat (25. března 1767, La Bastide-Fortunière – 13. října 1815) byl francouzský maršál, kníže Murat, velkovévoda z Bergu a Kleve, v letech 1808–1815 neapolský král. Své tituly obdržel zejména jakožto Napoleonův švagr – oženil se s jeho nejmladší sestrou Caroline .
Joachim Murat. Schwager Napoleons, geboren am 25. März 1767 in Labastide-Fortunière als Gastwirtssohn. Er trat 1787 nach abgebrochenem Theologiestudium als Gemeiner in ein Kavallerieregiment ein und diente sich während der Revolution und des Interventionskrieges rasch hoch und war 1796 Brigadegeneral und Adjutant Napoleons.
Emperor’s lieutenant in Spain, 1808, quashing of the ‘Dos de Mayo’ uprising. Decreed Joachim-Napoleon (Gioacchino-Napoleone) I, king of Naples, 15 July 1808. Distinguished action at the Battle of Borodino, 7 September, 1812. Negotiations with Austria and England, 1813. Signed treaty with Austria, detaching Naples from the Empire, 11 ...
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.
