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• Ook bekend als Execution by firing squad of Ferdinand IV, King of Naples.
• Hij is geboren op 25 maart 1767 in Labastide-Murat, Lot, French Republic.
• Hij is overleden op 13 oktober 1815 in Pizzo Calabro, Calabria, Kingdom of Naples, hij was toen 48 jaar oud.

  Let op: Was 9 maanden voor de geboorte (??-??-1825) van kind (Gioacchino-Napoleone Marchese di Pepoli) al overleden (13 oktober 1815).

• Hij is begraven in Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France.
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 20 november 2023.

Gezin van Joachim Murat , King of Naples

Hij is getrouwd met Caroline Bonaparte.

Zij zijn getrouwd op 20 januari 1800, hij was toen 32 jaar oud.

Kind(eren):

1. Gioacchino-Napoleone Marchese di Pepoli  1825-1881
2. Achille Murat  

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Joachim Murat
Marshal of the Empire

Portrait by François Gérard, c. 1808
King of Naples
Reign1 August 1808 – 20 May 1815
PredecessorJoseph
SuccessorFerdinand IV
Grand Duke of Berg
Reign15 March 1806 – 1 August 1808
SuccessorNapoléon Louis
BornJoachim Murat-Jordy
25 March 1767
Labastide-Fortunière, Quercy, Kingdom of France
Died13 October 1815 (aged 48)
Pizzo Calabro, Calabria, Kingdom of Naples
BurialPère Lachaise Cemetery
SpouseCaroline Bonaparte ​(m. 1800)​
IssueAchille, Letizia, Lucien, Louise
HouseMurat
FatherPierre Murat-Jordy
MotherJeanne Loubières
ReligionCatholic
SignatureJoachim Murat's signature
Military career
Allegiance
Kingdom of France
Kingdom of France
First French Republic
First French Empire
Service/branchArmy
Years of service1787–1813
RankMarshal of the Empire
Battles/wars
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Joachim Murat (/mjʊəˈrɑː/ mure-AH, also /mʊˈrɑːt/ muurr-AHT, French: [ʒɔaʃɛ̃ myʁa]; 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 Austrians 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.

Early life
Murat was born on 25 March 1767 in La Bastide-Fortunière[6] (later renamed Labastide-Murat after him), in Guyenne (the present-day French department of Lot). His father was Pierre Murat-Jordy (d. 27 July 1799), an affluent yeoman,[7] innkeeper, postmaster[8] and churchwarden. His mother was Jeanne Loubières (1722 – 11 March 1806), the daughter of Pierre Loubières and his wife Jeanne Viellescazes.[9]

Murat's father, Pierre Murat-Jordy, was the son of Guillaume Murat (1692–1754) and his wife Marguerite Herbeil (d. 1755), the paternal grandson of Pierre Murat (b. 1634) and his wife Catherine Badourès (d. 1697), and the maternal grandson of Bertrand Herbeil and his wife Anne Roques.[9]

Murat's parents intended that he pursue a vocation in the church. He was taught by the parish priest, after which he won a place at the College of Saint-Michel at Cahors when he was ten years old. He then entered the seminary of the Lazarists at Toulouse. When a regiment of cavalry passed through the city in 1787, he ran away and enlisted on 23 February 1787 in the Chasseurs des Ardennes, which the following year became known as the Chasseurs de Champagne, or the 12th Chasseurs. In 1789, an affair forced him to resign, and he returned to his family, becoming a clerk to a haberdasher at Saint-Céré.[8]

French Revolutionary Wars
Further information: French Revolutionary Wars
By 1790, Murat had joined the National Guard. The Canton of Montaucon sent him as its representative to the Fête de la Fédérationthe celebration of the first anniversary of Bastille Day (la Fête nationale). He was reinstated in his former regiment. Because part of the 12th Chasseurs had been sent to Montmédy to protect the royal family on its flight to Varennes, the regiment had to defend its honour and loyalty to the Republic. Murat and the regiment's adjutant made a speech to the assembly at Toul to that effect.[8]

In 1792, Murat joined the Constitutional Guard, but left it that same year. His departure was attributed to various causes, including his constant quarreling and dueling, although he claimed he left to avoid punishment for being absent without leave.[8]

An ardent Republican, Murat wrote to his brother in 1791 stating he was preoccupied with revolutionary affairs and would sooner die than cease to be a patriot. Upon his departure from the Constitutional Guard, he reported to the Committee of Surveillance of the Constitutional Assembly that the Guard was guilty of treason and that his lieutenant colonel, a man named Descours, had encouraged him to serve in the émigré army of Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé, then stationed in Koblenz.[8] This garnered for him the support of the Republicans. Murat rejoined his former regiment and was promoted to corporal in April, and later to sergeant in May.[8]

By 19 November 1792, Murat was 25 years old and elated at his latest promotion. As a sous-lieutenant, he thought, his family must recognise that he had no great propensity for the priesthood, and he was hoping to prove that he had not been wrong in wishing to be a soldier. Two of the ministers had accused him of being an aristocrat, confusing him with the noble family of Murat d'Auvergne, an accusation that continued to haunt him for the next several years.[10]

13 Vendémiaire
Further information: 13 Vendémiaire
In the autumn of 1795, two years after King Louis XVI had been guillotined, royalists and counter-revolutionaries organised an armed uprising. On 3 October, General Napoleon Bonaparte, who was stationed in Paris, was named commander of the French National Convention's defending forces. Bonaparte tasked Murat, who had offered himself voluntarily, with the gathering of artillery from a suburb outside the control of the government's forces.[11]

Murat managed to take the cannons of the Camp des Sablons and transport them to the centre of Paris while avoiding the rioters.[11] The use of these cannons – the famous "whiff of grapeshot" – on 5 October allowed Bonaparte to save the members of the National Convention.[12] Napoleon’s later report did not mention Murat, but Napoleon did not forget him, as Murat was made a marshal, the "First Horseman of Europe", Grand Duke of Berg and King of Naples.[13]

Italian and Egyptian campaigns
Further information: Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars and French campaign in Egypt and Syria

Murat at the Battle of Abukir, painted by Antoine-Jean Gros (1804)
In 1796 Joachim Murat went with Bonaparte to northern Italy, initially as his aide-de-camp,[14] and was later named commander of the cavalry during the many campaigns against the Austrians and their allies.[15]

Murat in hussar uniform as commander of the Consular Guard, by François Gérard (1801)
Murat commanded the cavalry of the French Egyptian expedition of 1798, again under Bonaparte. On 25 July 1799 at the Battle of Abukir, he successfully led the cavalry charge that broke the Ottoman line.[16]

In 1799, some remaining staff officers, including Murat, and Bonaparte returned to France, eluding various British fleets in five frigates. A short while later, Murat played an important, even pivotal, role in Bonaparte's "coup within a coup" of 18 Brumaire (9 November 1799), when he first assumed political power.[17]

Murat married Caroline Bonaparte, with whom he shared the same birthday, in a civil ceremony on 20 January 1800 at Mortefontaine and in a religious ceremony on 4 January 1802 in Paris, thus becoming a son-in-law of Letizia Ramolino as well as brother-in-law to Napoleon Bonaparte, Joseph Bonaparte, Lucien Bonaparte, Elisa Bonaparte, Louis Bonaparte, Pauline Bonaparte and Jérôme Bonaparte.[18]

Napoleonic Wars

Murat leading a cavalry charge at the Battle of Jena, 14 October 1806
Napoleon made Murat a Marshal of the Empire on 18 May 1804, and granted him the title of "First Horseman of Europe". He was made Prince of the Empire and Admiral of the Empire in 1805, despite having very little knowledge about naval warfare. He fought in various battles, during 1805-1807, including those of Ulm, Austerlitz, Jena and Eylau, where he led a famous cavalry charge against the Russians.[17]

Murat as King of Naples, c. 1812
After several territorial concessions made by Prussia, the Grand Duchy of Berg was set up, he was appointed Grand Duke of Berg and Duke of Cleves on 15 March 1806, and held this title until 1 August 1808, when he was named King of Naples. Murat was in charge of the French Army in Madrid when the popular Dos de Mayo Uprising, that started the Peninsular War, broke out.[17]

Murat proved to be equally useful in the Russian campaign of 1812, where he distinguished himself as the best cavalry commander of the Grande Armée at battles such as Smolensk and Borodino.[19]

Although he was a great horseman, Murat showed a total lack of concern for the well-being of the horses. Napoleon had created the greatest forage problem known in military history by putting together a cavalry of 40,000 men and horses. The long marches and the lack of rest meant that the horses suffered from hunger, bad fodder, saddle sores and exhaustion, but these factors were aggravated by Murat himself.[20] He also failed to forge caulkin shoes for the horses to enable them in the retreat to traverse roads that had become iced over. The Polish cavalry and Caulaincourt knew this and acted accordingly.[21]

He continued to serve Napoleon during the German Campaign of 1813. Following Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Leipzig, Murat reached a secret agreement with the Allies in order to save his own throne and switched sides to the Coalition.[22]

In March 1815, he declared war on Austria in the Rimini Proclamation to Italian patriots, moved north to fight against the Austrians in the Neapolitan War in order to strengthen his rule in Italy by military means. He was defeated by Austrian general Frederick Bianchi at the Battle of Tolentino (2–3 May 1815).[23]

Death
Murat fled to Corsica and then on to France, where Napoleon refused to see him. After the failure of the Hundred Days, he led an expedition to Pizzo to try to regain his throne. Soon he was captured by forces of King Ferdinand IV of Naples. He was tried for treason and sentenced to death by firing squad. The execution was carried out on 13 October 1815.[24] According to the memoirs of his granddaughter:

On being asked if he had any request to make, he said he wished to have a bath prepared for him and perfumed with a bottle of eau-de-Cologne, and, as a last request, that his eyes should not be bandaged. Both wishes were granted, and, by order sent by King Ferdinand, twelve of his own soldiers were selected to shoot him. When the fatal hour came, seeing the emotion of his men, Murat said, "My friends, if you wish to spare me, aim at my heart."[25]

Castello di Pizzo, Murat's place of imprisonment and execution
Castello di Pizzo, Murat's place of imprisonment and execution

Murat's death sentence, as shown in the Naples State Archive
Murat's death sentence, as shown in the Naples State Archive

Murat showed courage at his execution, facing the firing squad standing and without a blindfold.
Murat showed courage at his execution, facing the firing squad standing and without a blindfold.

Murat's Cenotaph in Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris
Murat's Cenotaph in Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris

Coats of arms
Coat of arms as Grand Duke of Berg
Coat of arms as Grand Duke of Berg

Coat of arms as King of Naples
Coat of arms as King of Naples

Children

Caroline Bonaparte and her children
Murat and Caroline had four children:

Achille Charles Louis Napoléon Murat, Hereditary Prince of Berg, Prince of Naples, 2nd Prince Murat (Paris, 21 January 1801 – Jefferson County, Florida, 15 April 1847), m. Tallahassee, Florida, 12 July 1826 Catherine Daingerfield Willis (near Fredericksburg, Virginia, 17 August 1803 – Tallahassee, Florida, 7 August 1867), daughter of Colonel Byrd C. Willis (29 August 1781 – 1846) and wife Mary Lewis, and great-grandniece of George Washington, without issue
Princess Marie Letizia Josephine Annonciade Murat [it] (Paris, 26 April 1802 – Bologna, 12 March 1859), m. Venice, 27 October 1823 Guido Taddeo Pepoli, Marchese Pepoli, Conte di Castiglione (Bologna, 7 September 1789 – Bologna, 2 March 1852), and had issue
Lucien Charles Joseph Napoléon Murat, 2nd Sovereign Prince of Pontecorvo, 3rd Prince Murat (Milan, 16 May 1803 – Paris, 10 April 1878), m. Bordentown, New Jersey, 18 August 1831 Caroline Georgina Fraser (Charleston, South Carolina, 13 April 1810 – Paris, 10 February 1879), daughter of Thomas Fraser and wife Anne Lauton, and had issue; he was an associate of his first cousin Napoleon III of France. Ancestor of René Auberjonois
Princess Louise Julie Caroline Murat (Paris, 21 March 1805 – Ravenna, 1 December 1889), m. Trieste, 25 October 1825 Giulio Conte Rasponi [it] (Ravenna, 19 February 1787 – Florence, 19 July 1876) and had issue.[25]
Relatives
Murat had a brother named Pierre (La Bastide-Fortunière, 27 November 1748 – La Bastide-Fortunière, 8 October 1792), who married at La Bastide-Fortunière on 26 February 1783 Louise d'Astorg (La Bastide-Fortunière, 23 October 1762 – 31 May 1832), daughter of Aymeric d'Astorg, born in 1721, and wife Marie Alanyou, paternal granddaughter of Antoine d'Astorg, born 18 November 1676, and wife Marie de Mary (4 May 1686 – 7 October 1727) and maternal granddaughter of Jean Alanyou and wife Louise de Valon.

Pierre and Louise were the parents of Marie Louise, Pierre Adrien (d. 1805), Marie Radegonde (d. 1800), Thomas Joachim and Marie Antoinette Murat, whom Emperor Napoleon I arranged to marry Charles, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen; Karl III and Marie were the parents of Charles Anthony, Prince of Hohenzollern from whom descended Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Queen of Portugal; her brother Carol I of Romania and her nephew Albert I of Belgium.

Another descendant of note is his great-great-great-grandson, American actor René Auberjonois.

Notes
Atteridge 1911, Chapter VII.
Atteridge 1911, Chapter IX.
Zamoyski 2018.
Emsley 2014, pp. 59.
Atteridge 1911, Chapter XIII.
Chavanon 1905.
Fisher 1903, p. 174.
Phipps 1926, pp. 146–147.
Atteridge 1911, Chapter I.
Phipps 1926, pp. 148–149.
Kircheisen 2010, p. 44.
Connelly 2006, pp. 19–21.
Connelly 2006, p. 21.
Atteridge 1911, Chapter II.
Atteridge 1911, Chapter IV.
McLynn 2002, p. 196
Murat 1910, p. 16.
Atteridge 1911, p. 56.
Riehn 1990, pp. 245–248.
Zamoyski 2004, pp. 174–175.
Caulaincourt 1935, p. 155.
Atteridge 1911, Chapter XVI.
Atteridge 1911, Chapter XVII.
Atteridge 1911, p. 294.
Murat 1910, p. 23.
References
Atteridge, A. Hilliard (1911). Joachim Murat, marshal of France and king of Naples. London: Methuen. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
Bonar, Hugh S. (Jr.) (1989). Joachim Murat : lieutenant of the Emperor. Consortium on Revolutionary Europe 1750–1850 (University of Florida), Articles relatifs totalement ou partiellement à la période 1795–1815, Proceedings.
Caulaincourt, Armand-Augustin-Louis de (1935). With Napoleon in Russia: the memoirs of General de Caulaincourt. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
Chavanon, Jules and Georges Saint-Yves (1905). Joachim Murat (1767–1815). Libraire Hachette.
Cole, Hubert (1972). The Betrayers: Joachim and Caroline Murat. Eyre Methuen.
Connelly, Owen (2006). Blundering to Glory: Napoleon's Military Campaigns. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780842027809. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
Emsley, Clive (2014). Napoleon: Conquest, Reform and Reorganisation. Routledge. ISBN 978-1317610281. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
Fisher, Herbert A. L. (1903). Studies in Napoleonic Statesmanship Germany. Oxford: Clarendon press. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
Kircheisen, F.M. (2010). Memoires Of Napoleon I. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
McLynn, Frank (2002). Napoleon: A biography. New York: Arcade. ISBN 978-1-55970-631-5.
Murat, Caroline (1910). My Memoirs. London. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
Phipps, Ramsey Weston (1926). Armies of the First French Republic: And the Rise of the Marshals of Napoleon I. Oxford University Press, H. Milford. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
Riehn, Richard K. (1990). 1812 : Napoleon's Russian campaign. ISBN 9780070527317. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
Zamoyski, Adam (2004). Moscow 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March. Harper Collins. ISBN 9780061075582. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
Zamoyski, Adam (2018). Napoleon: A Life. Hachette. ISBN 9781541644557. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
See also
Monumento a los Caídos por España (Madrid)
Further reading
Phillips, Walter Alison (1911). "Murat, Joachim" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 27–30.
Potocka-Wąsowiczowa, Anna z Tyszkiewiczów. Wspomnienia naocznego świadka. Warszawa: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1965.
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