Researchers will begin the
removal and DNA testing of the remains of what may be early 19th
century King of Naples Joachim Murat, media announced on
Tuesday.
A scientific and technical committee organized by Calabrian
port city Pizzo and the Murat association will test remains
found in a crypt in the city's cathedral to prove if they belong
to Murat.
Murat was a former French admiral and Napoleon Bonaparte's
brother-in-law. Bonaparte titled him the King of Naples, which
he carried until Napoleon's fall and Murat's subsequent
imprisonment and execution in Pizzo in1815.
There has been debate as to what happened to Murat's body.
According to some, Murat's remains disappeared while others
speculated that he was buried in the Pizzo church.
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