Joachim, 5th Prince Murat

Joachim Murat
Prince Murat
Tenure	23 October 1901 – 2 November 1932
Predecessor	Joachim Joseph Murat
Successor	Joachim Murat
Born	28 February 1856
Died	2 November 1932 (aged 76)
Spouse	Marie Cécile Ney d'Elchingen
Father	Joachim, 4th Prince Murat
Mother	Malcy 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

Ancestors 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.