Atlas of Battles

commander, 26 engagements

Battles of Joachim Murat

Battles of Joachim Murat

Grand Duke of Berg and Cleves, The king of Naples (1767-1815)

Joachim Murat is recorded as a commander at 26 placed engagements in the atlas between 1799 and 1815: 25 battles and 1 campaign across 7 present-day countries, most in Germany (10), Poland (4), Russia (4). Taken in date order, the sites lie 14,259 km apart end to end, 570 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Napoleonic Wars (7), War of the Third Coalition (5), War of the Fourth Coalition (5).

Ulm CampaignBattle of DonauwörthBattle of WertingenBattle of NerenstettenBattle of NeresheimBattle of AmstettenBattle of SchöngrabernCapitulation of ErfurtBattle of PrenzlauBattle of LübeckBattle of GolyminBattle of AllensteinBattle of HeilsbergBattle of OstrovnoBattle of TarutinoBattle of KrasnoiBattle of DresdenBattle of the PanaroBattle of OcchiobelloBattle of MassaBattle of TolentinoFirst Battle of AbukirBattle of AusterlitzBattle of Jena–AuerstedtBattle of EylauFrench invasion of RussiaBattle of AusterlitzBattle of Jena–AuerstedtBattle of EylauBerlinKyivViennaMilanFrankfurtBucharestHamburgWarsawBudapestMunich500 km49.195N, 23.551E
26 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1799: 1 engagements1805: 8 engagements8 in 18051806: 5 engagements1807: 3 engagements1812: 4 engagements1813: 1 engagements1815: 4 engagements17991815
26 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

First Battle of Abukir, 1799Ulm Campaign, 1805Battle of Donauwörth, 1805Battle of Wertingen, 1805Battle of Nerenstetten, 1805Battle of Neresheim, 1805Battle of Amstetten, 1805Battle of Schöngrabern, 1805Battle of Austerlitz, 1805Battle of Jena–Auerstedt, 1806Capitulation of Erfurt, 1806Battle of Prenzlau, 1806Battle of Lübeck, 1806Battle of Golymin, 1806Battle of Allenstein, 1807Battle of Eylau, 1807Battle of Heilsberg, 1807French invasion of Russia, 1812Battle of Ostrovno, 1812Battle of Tarutino, 1812Battle of Krasnoi, 1812Battle of Dresden, 1813Battle of the Panaro, 1815Battle of Occhiobello, 1815Battle of Massa, 1815Battle of Tolentino, 181517991815
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 6

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
25 July 1799First Battle of AbukirAbu Qir, EgyptFrench victory
1805Ulm CampaignCentral Europe, Germany2,740 km NWFrench victory
7 October 1805Battle of DonauwörthGermany262 km SFrench victory
8 October 1805Battle of WertingenWertingen, Germany18 km SWFrench victory
16 October 1805Battle of NerenstettenNerenstetten, Germany43 km WFrench victory
17 October 1805Battle of NeresheimNeresheim, Germany30 km NEFrench victory
5 November 1805Battle of AmstettenAmstetten, Austria338 km EFrench victory
16 November 1805Battle of SchöngrabernHollabrunn, Austria106 km NEFrench victory
2 December 1805Battle of AusterlitzSlavkov u Brna, Czech Republic78 km NEFrench victory
14 October 1806Battle of Jena–AuerstedtJena, Germany422 km NWFrench victory
16 October 1806Capitulation of ErfurtErfurt, Germany38 km WFrench victory
1806Battle of PrenzlauPrenzlau, Germany323 km NEFrench victory
7 November 1806Battle of LübeckLübeck, Germany219 km WFrench victory
26 December 1806Battle of GolyminGołymin-Ośrodek, Poland685 km EFrench victory
3 February 1807Battle of AllensteinOlsztyn, Poland120 km NFrench victory
7 February 1807Battle of EylauKaliningrad, Poland62 km NImperial French Victory
10 June 1807Battle of HeilsbergLidzbark Warmiński, Poland32 km SInconclusive
1812French invasion of RussiaRussian Empire, Russia3,019 km NERussian victory
25 July 1812Battle of OstrovnoQ4338967, Russia2,438 km WFrench victory
18 October 1812Battle of TarutinoTarutino, Russia454 km ERussian victory
15 November 1812Battle of KrasnoiKrasny, Russia363 km WRussian victory
26 August 1813Battle of DresdenDresden, Germany1,249 km WFrench victory
3 April 1815Battle of the PanaroCastelfranco Emilia, Italy741 km SNeapolitan victory
8 April 1815Battle of OcchiobelloOcchiobello, Italy56 km NEAustrian victory
1815Battle of MassaMassa, Italy151 km SWAustrian victory; Treaty of Casalanza; Murat ousted from...
3 May 1815Battle of TolentinoTolentino, Italy270 km EAustrian victory; King Murat of Naples is forced to flee...

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, François Gérard, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.