Daring Cavalry Charges and the Royal Crown of Naples

Joachim Murat

A military officer and politician during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. As one of Napoleon Bonaparte's most crucial cavalry commanders, he became a Marshal of the Empire in 1804, Grand Duke of Berg from 1806 to 1808, and King of Naples from 1808 to 1815. Having met Napoleon during the suppression of the 1795 royalist uprising, he commanded massive cavalry charges in the Italian Campaign, Egyptian Campaign, Austerlitz, Jena, Eylau, and the Russian Campaign. He became the Emperor's brother-in-law by marrying Napoleon's sister, Caroline. Following the Battle of Leipzig in 1813, he defected from Napoleon to preserve his Neapolitan crown and concluded an agreement with Austria in 1814. In 1815, he fought against Austria championing Italian unification, but was defeated at the Battle of Tolentino, ultimately being captured and executed by firing squad at Pizzo. He was also known as the "First Cavalier of Europe" and the "Dandy King."

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1767	Birth of Joachim Murat (Period: March 25, 1767, Location: La Bastide-Fortunière (present-day Labastide-Murat, Lot, France))
1787	Enlistment in a Cavalry Regiment (Joachim Murat, Age: 19 years old, Period: February 23, 1787, Location: Toulouse, France)
1790	Participation in the National Guard (Joachim Murat, Age: 22 years old, Period: 1790, Location: France, near Montaucon)
1796	Appointment as Napoleon's Aide-de-Camp and the First Italian Campaign (Joachim Murat, Age: 28 years old, Period: 1796–1797, Location: Northern Italy)
1798	French Revolutionary Wars: Egyptian and Syrian Campaigns (Age: 30 years old, Period: 1798–1801, Location: Egypt, Syria, Eastern Mediterranean)
1799	Appointment as Commander of the Consular Guard (Joachim Murat, Age: 31 years old, Period: 1799–1800, Location: Paris, France) Cavalry Charge at the Battle of Abukir (Joachim Murat, Age: 32 years old, Period: July 25, 1799, Location: Abukir, Egypt)
1800	Battle of Marengo (Age: 33 years old, Period: June 14, 1800, Location: Marengo, Northern Italy)
1802	Marriage (Joachim Murat and Maria Annunziata "Caroline" Bonaparte, Age: 34 years old, Period: January 4, 1802, Location: Paris, France)
1804	Appointment as Marshal of the Empire (Joachim Murat, Age: 37 years old, Period: May 19, 1804, Location: Paris, France)
1806	Appointment as Grand Duke of Berg (Joachim Murat, Age: 38 years old, Period: March–July 1806, Location: Duchy of Berg, Düsseldorf)
1808	Dos de Mayo Uprising (Age: 41 years old, Period: May 2, 1808, Location: Madrid, Spain) Accession as King of Naples (Joachim Murat, Age: 41 years old, Period: July–September 1808, Location: Kingdom of Naples, Naples) Accession to the Throne of Naples (Joachim Murat, Age: 41 years old, Period: July 15–August 1, 1808, Location: Kingdom of Naples)
1812	French Invasion of Russia (Age: 44 years old, Period: 1812, Location: Russian Empire, Smolensk, Borodino, Moscow, etc.) Command of Cavalry in the Russian Campaign (Age: 44 years old, Period: 1812, Location: Russian Empire, Borodino, Moscow, etc.)
1813	Defection from Napoleon after the Battle of Leipzig (Age: 46 years old, Period: October 1813–January 1814, Location: Germany, Naples, Austria)
1814	Treaty between the Kingdom of Naples and Austria (Age: 46 years old, Period: January–April 1814, Location: Italy, Austria)
1815	Neapolitan War (Age: 47 years old, Period: 1815, Location: Northern and Central Italy, Kingdom of Naples) Participation in the Movement for Italian Independence and Unification (Joachim Murat, Age: 47 years old, Period: March–May 1815, Location: Rimini, Northern and Central Italy) Proclamation of Rimini (Age: 48 years old, Period: March 30, 1815, Location: Rimini, Italy) Defeat at Tolentino (Age: 48 years old, Period: May 2–4, 1815, Location: Tolentino, Central Italy) Flight to Corsica (Joachim Murat, Age: 48 years old, Period: August–September 1815, Location: Corsica) Landing at Pizzo and Arrest (Age: 48 years old, Period: October 8–13, 1815, Location: Pizzo, Calabria) Death of Joachim Murat (Age: 48 years old, Period: October 13, 1815) Execution of Joachim Murat by Firing Squad (Age: 48 years old, Period: October 13, 1815, Location: Pizzo, Calabria)

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Napoleonic Era	Napoleon Bonaparte Lazare Carnot Joachim Murat Michel Ney Louis-Nicolas Davout Jean Lannes André Masséna Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord Joseph Fouché Jacques Necker Paul Barras
Victorian Era	Alexandrina Victoria Prince Albert Benjamin Disraeli William Gladstone Robert Peel Henry John Temple Florence Nightingale Charles Dickens Mary Ann Evans
Music	Ludwig van Beethoven Franz Schubert Hector Berlioz Frédéric Chopin Franz Liszt Wilhelm Richard Wagner Johannes Brahms Charles Gounod

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