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Joachim Murat
Prince Murat
Tenure23 October 1901 – 2 November 1932
PredecessorJoachim Joseph Murat
SuccessorJoachim Murat
Born(1856-02-28)28 February 1856
Died2 November 1932(1932-11-02) (aged 76)
SpouseMarie Cécile Ney d'Elchingen
FatherJoachim, 4th Prince Murat
MotherMalcy Louise Caroline Berthier de Wagram

Joachim Napoléon Murat, 5th Prince Murat (Boissy-Saint-Léger, Val-de-Marne, France, 28 February 1856 – Château de Chambly, Chambly, Oise, France November 2, 1932), was a member of the Bonaparte-Murat family.

Early life

Joachim Napoléon Murat was born on 28 February 1856 at Boissy-Saint-Léger, Val-de-Marne, France. His parents were Joachim Joseph Murat, 4th Prince Murat and of Malcy Louise Caroline Berthier de Wagram. His paternal grandparents were Prince Napoleon Lucien Charles Murat, 2nd Prince of Pontecorvo and 3rd Prince Murat, the second son of Joachim Murat, King of Naples, who married Napoleon's sister, Caroline Bonaparte, and Caroline Georgina Fraser (Charleston, South Carolina, 13 April 1810 – Paris, 10 February 1879), daughter of Thomas Fraser.[1]

His maternal grandparents were Napoléon-Alexandre Berthier, 2nd Prince of Wagram (1810–1887) and Zénaïde Françoise Clary (1812–1884), who was the niece of Désirée Clary and Julie Clary. His maternal great-grandfather was Louis-Alexandre Berthier (1753–1815), 1st prince de Wagram, 1st duc de Valangin, 1st sovereign Prince of Neuchâtel, who was a Marshal and Vice-Constable of France beginning in 1808, and Chief of Staff (Major général) under Napoleon.

Personal life

Cécile Murat Ney d'Elchingen (1867-1960) (Giovanni Boldini, 1910)

On 10 May 1884 he married Marie Cécile Ney d'Elchingen, with whom he had eight children:

  1. Joachim, 6th Prince Murat (1885–1938)
  2. Princess Marguerite (1886–1956), m. Baron Edgar Lejeune
  3. Prince Pierre (1887–1888)
  4. Prince Alexandre (1889–1926) m. Yvonne Gillois [2]
  5. Prince Charles Michael Joachim Napoleon (1892–1973)
  6. Prince Paul (1893–1964) m. Solange de La Rochefoucald
  7. Prince Louis (b. 1896; k.i.a. 1916)
  8. Prince Jérôme Murat (1898–1992)

Descendants

Prince Louis died unmarried and Prince Charles had no issue; all the others did.

Ancestry

Family of Joachim, 5th Prince Murat
16. Pierre Murat-Jordy
8. Joachim Murat, King of Naples
17. Jeanne Loubières
4. Prince Napoleon Lucien Charles Murat
18. Carlo Buonaparte
9. Caroline Bonaparte
19. Letizia Ramolino
2. Joachim, 4th Prince Murat
10. Thomas Fraser
5. Georgina Fraser
22. Thomas Loughton Smith
11. Anne Loughton Smith
23. Elizabeth Inglis
1. Joachim, 5th Prince Murat
24. Jean-Baptiste Berthier
12. Louis-Alexandre Berthier
25. Marie Françoise L'Huillier de La Serre
6. Napoléon Alexandre Berthier
26. Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria
13. Duchess Maria Elisabeth in Bavaria
27. Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
3. Princess Malcy Louise Caroline Berthier de Wagram
28. François Clary
14. Count Nicolas Clary
29. Françoise Rose Somis
7. Countess Zénaide Françoise Clary
30. Marie François Rouyer
15. Anne Rouyeur

References

  1. ^ "Prince Murat is dead" (pdf). New York Times. 24 October 1901. Retrieved 5 May 2008.
  2. ^ Scarisbrick, Diana. "THE MURAT TIARA". Sothebys.
French nobility
of the First French Empire
Preceded by Prince of Pontecorvo
1878–1901
Succeeded by
Prince Murat
1901–1932