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Group: Ghilzai (Pashtun tribal confederacy)
People: Joachim Murat
Topic: Ottoman–Venetian War (1714–1718)
Location: Çan Canakkale Turkey

Joachim Murat

Marshal of France and Grand Admiral or Admiral of France
Years: 1767 - 1815

Marshal of France and Grand Admiral or Admiral of France Joachim-Napoléon Murat (born Joachim Murat; Italian: Gioacchino Napoleone Murat; 25 March 1767 – 13 October 1815), 1st Prince Murat, is Grand Duke of Berg from 1806 to 1808 and then King of Naples from 1808 to 1815.

He receives his titles in part by being the brother-in-law of Napoleon Bonaparte, through marriage to Napoleon's youngest sister, Caroline Bonaparte.

He is noted as a daring and charismatic cavalry officer as well as a flamboyant dresser and is known as "the Dandy King".