JOACHIM MURAT King of Naples and the Two Sicilies - Lot 268

JOACHIM MURAT King of Naples and the Two Sicilies July 15, 1808 - May 2, 1815 GIOCCHINO NAPOLEONE. His bare head to the right. Below, date. R/. REGNO DELLE DUE SICILIAE. Coat of arms. Below, face value. Recessed edge (star) DIO PROTEGGE IL REGNO. ♦ Dav 167 5 Lire silver 1813 (25.00 g) Very slight nick on the edge. Very fine. Joachim Napoleon, King of Naples, was born on March 25, 1767 in Labastide-Fortunière (renamed Labastide-Murat, in Quercy, in today's Lot department). He was shot to death on October 13, 1815, at the Château de Pizzo (Kingdom of Naples). He was a French military officer and a high-ranking official of the First Empire. Made marshal of the Empire and a French prince by Napoleon I, he was also Grand Admiral of the Empire, Grand Duke of Cleves and Berg, then King of Naples from 1808. He was Napoleon I's brother-in-law through his marriage to Caroline Bonaparte, the Emperor's sister.