Joachim Murat was a French Army officer and statesman who served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Under the French Empire he received the military titles of Marshal of the Empire and Admiral of France. He was the first Prince Murat, Grand Duke of Berg from 1806 to 1808, and King of Naples as Joachim-Napoleon from 1808 to 1815. He was known as the Dandy King and First Horseman of Europe. These distinguished and valiant cavalrymen were commanded by the most chivalrous and intrepid French "Beau Sabreur."