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- In 1793, Caroline moved with her family to France during the French Revolution. There she fell in love with Joachim Murat, one of her brother's generals, and they married on January 20, 1800. They were parents to four children:
* Napol?on Achille Murat (1801 - 1847). He was married to Catherine Willis in 1826.
* Laetitia Josephine Murat (1802 - 1859). She was married to Guido-Taddeo, Marquess Pepoli in 1823.
* Prince Napoleon Lucien Charles Murat (May 16, 1803 - April 10, 1878). He was an associate of his first cousin Napoleon III of France. He married Caroline Georgina Fraser in 1831.
* Louise Julie Murat (March 22, 1805 - 1889). She married Giullio, Count Rasponi.
Ambitious and power-hungry, she became Grand Duchess of Berg and Cleves on March 15, 1806. She became Queen consort of Naples on August 1, 1808.
The birth of Napol?on II to her namesake brother and his second Empress Consort Marie Louise of Austria, destroyed any hope of her son Napol?on Achille Murat succeeding to her brother. So she allied with Napol?on's rival, Klemens Wenzel von Metternich. When he failed in his attempt to secure the throne for Murat, the latter was executed and Caroline fled to the Austrian Empire. She died in Florence.
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