Family tree of Joachim MURAT

French Revolution & Empire, 19th Century

French Born Joachim MURAT

Marshal of France

Born on March 25, 1767 in Labastide-Fortunière, France , France

Died on October 13, 1815 in Pizzo, Calabre, Italie

Born on march 25 38

Deceased on october 13 33

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Murat

Pierre

1634 -

Badourès

Catherine

- 1697

Murat

Guillaume

1692 - 1754

Herbeil

Marguerite

- 1755

Murat

Pierre

1721 - 1799

Loubières

Jeanne

1722 - 1806

Murat

Joachim

1767 - 1815

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Joachim Murat was born in La Bastide-Fortunière, (renamed Labastide-Murat after its renowned citizen), in the Lot department of France, in the former province of Guyenne, to Pierre Murat-Jordy, (d. 27 July 1799), an affluent farmer and an innkeeper, and his wife Jeanne Loubières (La Bastide Fortunière, b. 1722 – La Bastide Fortunière, d. 11 March 1806), daughter of Pierre Loubières and of his wife Jeanne Viellescazes. Pierre Murat-Jordy was the son of Guillaume Murat (1692 – 1754) and his wife Marguerite Herbeil (d. 1755); paternal grandson of Pierre Murat, born in 1634, and wife Catherine Badourès, who died in 1697; and maternal grandson of Bertrand Herbeil and wife Anne Roques.

Joachim Murat's parents intended he pursue a career in the church, and 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 seminary of the Lazarists at Toulouse, but when a regiment of cavalry passed through the city in 1787, he ran away from seminary and enlisted on 23 February 1787 in the Chasseurs des Ardennes, which the following year became known as the Chasseurs de Champagne, also known as 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-Ceré.

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