Joachim, 4th Prince Murat
| Joachim Murat | |
|---|---|
| File:Joachim 4eme Prince Murat.jpg | |
| Prince Murat | |
| Tenure | 10 April 1878 – 23 October 1901 |
| Predecessor | Prince Lucien |
| Successor | Prince Joachim |
| Born | 21 July 1834 Bordentown, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | 23 October 1901 (aged 67) Chambly, Oise, France |
| Spouse | Malcy Louise Caroline Berthier de Wagram (m. 1854; died 1884) Lydia Hainguerlot, Baroness Hainguerlot (née Hervey) (m. 1894; died 1901) |
| Issue | 3, including Joachim, 5th Prince Murat |
| Father | Lucien, 3rd Prince Murat |
| Mother | Caroline Georgina Fraser |
Joachim Joseph Napoléon Murat, 4th Prince Murat (21 July 1834 – 23 October 1901) was a major-general in the French Army and a member of the Bonaparte-Murat family.
Early life
Joachim Joseph was born at Bordentown, New Jersey, on 21 June 1834. He was the eldest son, of four siblings, born to the former Caroline Georgina Fraser (1810–1879) and Prince Napoléon Lucien Charles Murat, 2nd Prince of Pontecorvo and 3rd Prince Murat.[1]
His father was the second son of Joachim Murat, King of Naples, who married Napoleon's sister, Caroline Bonaparte. His maternal grandparents were Thomas Fraser, a Scottish emigrant to the United States and major in the Loyalist militia during the American Revolution, and his wife Ann Loughton (née Smith) Fraser.[2]
Career
He moved to France with his family in 1848, after the fall of Louis-Philippe of France, where his father was appointed Minister, senator and imperial prince.[1]
In 1852 Joachim entered the army, becoming an officer the following year and rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1863. In 1866 he became a colonel of a regiment of the Cavalry Guard.[1]
In 1870 he was made brigadier general and participated in the Franco-Prussian War that led to the end of the Second Empire.[1]
After the fall of Napoleon III he retired to a private life but was able to maintain the title of general and prince.[1]
Personal life
In 1854, he married in Paris Malcy Louise Caroline Berthier de Wagram (1832–1884), at the Tuileries Palace.[3] She was a daughter of Napoléon Berthier de Wagram, 2nd Duc de Wagram, and the former Zénaïde Françoise Clary. His wife's paternal grandfather was Marshal Berthier and she was a grand-niece of Désirée Clary and Julie Clary. Together, they were the parents of three surviving children, two daughters and one son:[1]
- Princess Eugénie Louise Caroline Zenaide Murat (1855–1934), who married Giuseppe Caracciolo, 9th Prince of Torella (1839–1910),[4] in Paris in June 1887.[3]
- Joachim, 5th Prince Murat (1856–1932), who married Marie Cécile Ney d'Elchingen, a daughter of the Prince de la Moskowa and a great-granddaughter of Marshal Michel Ney, in 1884.[5]
- Princess Anna Napoléona Karolina Alexandrine Murat (1863–1940), who married Count Agenor Maria Gołuchowski, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria-Hungary.[6]
As a widower (since 1884), he married secondly the Baroness Hainguerlot, née Lydia Hervey (1841–1901), in Paris on 7 November 1894. Lydia was born in Kemptown, Sussex, and was the daughter of Charles John Vigors Hervey, Esq. and Martha Hervey (née Kemp). She was the widow of Arthur, Baron Hainguerlot (1833–1892), a wealthy Parisian banker. Joachim and his second wife did not have any children together.[7]
He spent the rest of his life at his family's castle, the Château de Chambly in Chambly, Oise, France where his second wife died on 25 September 1901. Prince Murat there died a month later on 23 October 1901.[1]
Awards
- 1860: Grand Cross of the Zähringer Lion[8]
- 26 January 1861: Knight of the Red Eagle, 1st Class[9]
- 1867: Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of Leopold[10]
Ancestry
- Ancestors of Joachim, 4th Prince Murat
- 16. Guillaume Murat
- 8. Pierre Murat-Jordy
- 17. Marguerite Herbeil
- 4. Joachim Murat, King of Naples
- 18. Pierre Loubières
- 9. Jeanne Loubières
- 19. Jeanne Viellescazes
- 2. Prince Napoleon Lucien Charles Murat
- 20. Giuseppe Maria Buonaparte
- 10. Carlo Buonaparte
- 21. Maria Saveria Paravicini
- 5. Caroline Bonaparte
- 22. Giovanni Geronimo Ramolino
- 11. Letizia Ramolino
- 23. Angela Maria Pietrasanta
- 1. Joachim, 4th Prince Murat
- 12. David Fraser
- 6. Thomas Fraser
- 3. Georgina Fraser
- 28. Benjamin Smith
- 14. Thomas Loughton Smith
- 29. Ann Loughton
- 7. Ann Loughton Smith
- 15. Elizabeth Inglis
References
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- Back to citation of), Melville Amadeus Henry Douglas Heddle de La Caillemotte de Massue de Ruvigny Ruvigny and Raineval (9th marquis (1914). The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, Or "Who's Who", of the Sovereigns, Princes and Nobles of Europe. Harrison & Sons. p. 1450.
- Back to citation "PRINCE MURAT, HEAD OF HIS HOUSE, DEAD; Great-Grandson of a Marshal of France and Napoleon's Sister, Caroline. NOTED AS A SPORTSMAN His Home in Paris Used by President Wilson--Kin Was Husband of Washington's Niece". The New York Times. 3 November 1932.
- Back to citation Godsey, William D; Godsey Jr, William D. (1999). Aristocratic Redoubt: The Austro-Hungarian Foreign Office on the Eve of the First World War. Purdue University Press. p. 181. ISBN 978-1-55753-140-7.
- Back to citation Annuaire de la noblesse de France (in French). Au Bureau de la publication. 1897. p. 202.
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