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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...

Portrait of Joachim Murat (1767-1815), a French marshal of the Empire during the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). A daring cavalry officer, Murat served in Napoleon's Italian and Egyptian campaigns, supported the Coup of 18 Brumaire, and distinguished...

A portrait of the Murat family: Caroline Bonaparte, Queen of Naples and wife of Joachim Murat, sits in the center of her four children. The children include Achille Murat, Lucien Murat, Luisa Murat, and Letizia Murat. Oil on canvas painting...

The Battle of Eylau (7-8 February 1807) was a bloody but inconclusive military engagement during the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). Fought on the snowy fields of Poland, the two-day battle resulted in a draw. Eylau marked the first serious...

The Battle of Austerlitz (2 December 1805), or the Battle of the Three Emperors, was one of the most significant battles of the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). It saw French Emperor Napoleon I (r. 1804-1814; 1815) and his Grande Armée decisively...

Joachim Murat leads a cavalry charge against the Ottoman Turks at the Battle of Aboukir, during Napoleon's Campaign in Egypt and Syria, in July 1799. Painting by Antoine-Jean Gros, 1807. Palace of Versailles.

French Marshal Joachim Murat leads a cavalry charge at the Battle of Jena (14 October 1806). His cavalry pursued the defeated Prussian army for miles, maximizing Napoleon's victory. Image by Henri Chartier, from Life of Napoleon Bonaparte...

Execution of Joachim Murat, former French marshal and King of Naples, by firing squad, 13 October 1815. Image from the book Patria Esercito Re by Leopoldo Pullè, 1908.

Portrait of Joachim Murat as King of Naples (r. 1808-1815), oil on canvas by François Gérard, c. 1811. Private collection.

The Revolt of 13 Vendémiaire Year IV (5 October 1795) was a royalist uprising in Paris during the French Revolution (1789-1799). In response to the anti-royalist policies of the Thermidorian Reaction, 25,000 Parisians rose in revolt but were...