Joachim Murat
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Joachim Murat was a Marshal of the Empire, regarded as the foremost cavalry commander of the Napoleonic Wars, who reigned as King of Naples as Joachim-Napoleon from 1808 to 1815. A brother-in-law of N
Portrait c. 1808
Murat at the Battle of Abukir, painted by Antoine-Jean Gros (1804)
Murat in hussar uniform as commander of the Consular Guard, by François Gérard (1801)
Joachim Murat's signature, brother-in-law of Napoleon Bonaparte, at the bottom of a letter of complaint in 1807.
Ferdinand I was King of the Two Sicilies from 1816 until his death. Before that he had been, since 1759, King of Naples as Ferdinand IV and King of Sicily as Ferdinand III. He was deposed twice from t
Joachim Murat
…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. Murat was born on 25 March 1767 in La Bastide-Fortunière (later renamed…
Portrait by Anton Raphael Mengs, c. 1772–1773
Ferdinand in 1760, at age nine
Piastra of Ferdinand IV of Naples, dated 1805
Portrait of Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies by Vincenzo Camuccini, 1818-1819