Prince Louis Napoléon Murat (22 December 1851 – 22 September 1912) was a French military officer and member of the House of Murat.
Prince Louis Napoléon Murat | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | Louis Napoléon Murat 22 December 1851 Paris, France |
| Died | 22 September 1912 (aged 60) Paris, France |
| Spouse |
Eudoxia Mikhailovna Somova
(m. 1873) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parents |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | France; Sweden |
| Branch/service | French Navy; Swedish Navy |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Battles/wars | Franco-Prussian War |
Personal life edit
Murat was born on 22 December 1851 in Passy, France, the youngest child of Lucien Charles Joseph Napoléon, 3rd Prince Murat, and Caroline Georgina Fraser, former governess at the residence of Joseph Bonaparte in Bordentown, New Jersey. He was a grandson of Caroline Bonaparte, sister of Napoleon, and the godson of Napoléon III.[1]
Murat married Eudoxia Mikhailovna Somova (1850–1924), widow of Prince Alexander Orbeliani, in Odessa in 1873.[2][3] They had three sons. The eldest was Prince Eugène Louis Michel Joachim Napoléon (1875–1906), who married Violette Ney, daughter of Michel Aloys Ney, 3rd Duke of Elchingen, and died in an automobile accident in 1906.[2] The middle son was Oscar Charles Joachim (1876–1884).[4] The youngest was Prince Michel Anne Charles Joachim Napoléon (1887–1941), who married Helena MacDonald Stallo, heiress to the Standard Oil fortune, in 1913.[3][5]
Murat died in hospital in Paris on 22 September 1912 following a surgical operation.[1][6][7]
Military career edit
Murat began his military career in the French Navy in 1869. Following the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, he left to join the Swedish Navy. There, he was commissioned as a lieutenant and served as aide-de-camp to both Charles XV and Oscar II until his marriage in 1873.[1]
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References edit
- ^ a b c "Career of Prince Murat". The Washington Post. 8 October 1912. p. 6. Retrieved 19 February 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Auto kills Prince Murat". The New York Times. 27 July 1906.
- ^ a b Valynseele, Joseph (1957). Les maréchaux du Premier empire: leur famille et leur descendance (in French). pp. 47–48. Retrieved 18 February 2022 – via Gallica.
- ^ Révérend, Albert (1896). Armorial du premier empire; titres, majorats et armoiries concédés par Napoléon Ier (in French). Au Bureau de "L'Annuaire de la noblesse". p. 303. Retrieved 20 February 2022 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Princess Murat is dead in Paris". The New York Times. 2 April 1932.
- ^ "Descendant of Bonaparte; Death of Prince Murat". London Evening Standard. 24 September 1912. p. 7. Retrieved 19 February 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "1912, Décès , 16" (in French). Paris Archives. 1906. p. 9. Retrieved 4 February 2022.