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Joachim Murat
Joachim Murat was a French cavalry commander and Marshal of the Empire who married Napoleon's sister Caroline. Napoleon made him Grand Duke of Berg in 1806 and King of Naples in 1808, where he ruled as Joachim Napoleon and introduced French reforms. He abandoned Napoleon in 1814, rejoined him in 1815 and was defeated by Austria at Tolentino. Captured during an attempt to regain Naples, he was shot in 1815.
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