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Historical trivia

Napoleon termed his cavalry leader, Murat, the bravest of the brave. Murat sided with Napoleon after the latter's return from exile, and was shot.

His son, Achille Charles Louis Napoléon, Royal Prince of Naples, 2nd Prince Murat, and nephew of Napoleon, wound up living in Florida, a militiaman and elected official, and married to a grand-niece of George Washington. On the side, he spoke seven languages and could fix an alligator steak.