Joachim Murat
Grand Duke of Berg and Cleves, The king of Naples (1767-1815)
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Napoleon's cavalry commander and brother-in-law who seized cannons to crush a Paris uprising, led massed charges across Europe, then wore a crown in Naples — until he bet against his patron and faced a firing squad in a fishing town.
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Born in southwestern France in 1767, Murat abandoned seminary for a cavalry regiment when revolution came. He caught Napoleon's eye in 1795 by commandeering artillery to put down royalist revolt in Paris, then rode as his aide through Italy and Egypt. After helping engineer the 1799 coup that made Napoleon First Consul, Murat married Caroline Bonaparte the following year and rose to Marshal of the Empire. He led charges at Austerlitz, Jena, and Eylau — the last a thundering wave of horsemen into Russian lines — and collected titles: Grand Duke of Berg in 1806, King of Naples in 1808. But after…
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