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Joachim Murat

1767 - 1815

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Joachim Murat ( mure-AH, also muurr-AHT; French: [ʒɔaʃɛ̃ myʁa]; Italian: Gioacchino Murat; 25 March 1767 – 13 October 1815) was a French Army officer and statesman who served during the French Revolutionary 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, Grand Duke of Berg from 1806 to 1808, and King of Naples as Joachim-Napoleon (Italian: Gioacchino Napoleone) from 1808 to 1815. Born in Labastide-Fortunière in southwestern France, Murat briefly pursued a vocation in the clergy before enlisting in a cavalry regiment upon the outbreak of the French Revolution. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joachim Murat is the 481st most popular politician (down from 328th in 2019), the 182nd most popular biography from France (down from 140th in 2019) and the 45th most popular French Politician.

Joachim Murat is most famous for being a Marshal of France and King of Naples.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joachim Murat ranks 481 out of 19,576. Before him are Alcibiades, António Guterres, Isaias Afwerki, Qianlong Emperor, Philip V of Spain, and Mehmed V. After him are Sigismund III Vasa, Matthias Corvinus, Kanishka, Scorpion II, Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, and Amin al-Husseini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1767, Joachim Murat ranks 2. Before him is Andrew Jackson. After him are Wilhelm von Humboldt, John Quincy Adams, Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, John VI of Portugal, Jean-Baptiste Say, Benjamin Constant, Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg, Maria Theresa of Austria, August Wilhelm Schlegel, and Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn. Among people deceased in 1815, Joachim Murat ranks 1. After him are Michel Ney, Sarah Baartman, Franz Mesmer, Robert Fulton, Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Jan Potocki, Guillaume Brune, Carsten Niebuhr, Emma, Lady Hamilton, José María Morelos, and Smithson Tennant.

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In France

Among people born in France, Joachim Murat ranks 182 out of 6,770. Before him are Catherine Deneuve (1943), Madame du Barry (1743), Jean-Michel Jarre (1948), Philip V of Spain (1683), Jean Racine (1639), and Pope Innocent V (1225). After him are Nicolas Appert (1749), Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (1113), Guy of Lusignan (1150), Jean-François Millet (1814), Louis VIII of France (1187), and Rudolf Diesel (1858).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Joachim Murat ranks 45. Before him are Charles VI of France (1368), Charles V of France (1338), Georges Pompidou (1911), Godfrey of Bouillon (1060), Nicolas Sarkozy (1955), and Philip V of Spain (1683). After him are Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (1113), Guy of Lusignan (1150), Louis VIII of France (1187), Georges Danton (1759), Louis VII of France (1120), and Henry II of England (1133).

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