Prince Murat
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Napoleon I of France
Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution.As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815...
for his brother-in-law Joachim Murat
Joachim Murat
Joachim-Napoléon Murat , Marshal of France and Grand Admiral or Admiral of France, 1st Prince Murat, was Grand Duke of Berg from 1806 to 1808 and then King of Naples from 1808 to 1815...
who would serve as King of Naples. On the 5 December 1812 Joachim's second son Lucien was also created sovereign Prince of Pontecorvo (of an enclave in the Kingdom of Naples
Kingdom of Naples
The Kingdom of Naples, comprising the southern part of the Italian peninsula, was the remainder of the old Kingdom of Sicily after secession of the island of Sicily as a result of the Sicilian Vespers rebellion of 1282. Known to contemporaries as the Kingdom of Sicily, it is dubbed Kingdom of...
), in succession to Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte
Charles XIV John of Sweden
Charles XIV & III John, also Carl John, Swedish and Norwegian: Karl Johan was King of Sweden and King of Norway from 1818 until his death...
by an Imperial Decree. The Prince of Pontecorvo title is still used to this day for the heir to the Prince Murat.
Princes Murat
| Name | Birth Date | Death Date | Reign Begin | Reign End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joachim, 1st Prince Murat Joachim Murat Joachim-Napoléon Murat , Marshal of France and Grand Admiral or Admiral of France, 1st Prince Murat, was Grand Duke of Berg from 1806 to 1808 and then King of Naples from 1808 to 1815... |
25 March 1767 | |||
| Achille, 2nd Prince Murat Prince Achille Murat Achille Charles Louis Napoléon, Crown Prince of Naples, Hereditary Prince of Berg, 2nd Prince Murat was the eldest son of the King of Naples during the First French Empire and later in life mayor of Tallahassee, Florida in the United States.-Early life:Murat was born in the Hôtel de Brienne in... |
21 January 1801 | 13 October 1815 | 15 April 1847 | |
| Lucien, 3rd Prince Murat | 16 May 1803 | 15 April 1847 | 10 April 1878 | |
| Joachim, 4th Prince Murat Joachim, 4th Prince Murat Joachim Joseph Napoléon Murat, 4th Prince Murat , was a Major-General in the French Army and a member of the Bonaparte-Murat family.-Biography:... |
21 June 1834 | 10 April 1878 | 23 October 1901 | |
| Joachim, 5th Prince Murat Joachim, 5th Prince Murat Joachim Napoléon Murat, 5th Prince Murat , was a member of the Bonaparte-Murat family.- Biography:... |
28 February 1856 | 23 October 1901 | 2 November 1932 | |
| Joachim, 6th Prince Murat Joachim, 6th Prince Murat Joachim Murat, 6th Prince Murat , was a member of the Bonaparte-Murat family.- Biography:... |
6 August 1885 | 2 November 1932 | 11 May 1938 | |
| Joachim, 7th Prince Murat Joachim, 7th Prince Murat Joachim Murat, 7th Prince Murat , was a member of the Bonaparte-Murat family. He was killed in World War II.- Biography:... |
16 January 1920 | 11 May 1938 | 20 July 1944 | |
| Joachim, 8th Prince Murat Joachim, 8th Prince Murat Joachim Louis Napoléon Murat, 8th Prince Murat Joachim Louis Napoléon Murat, 8th Prince Murat Joachim Louis Napoléon Murat, 8th Prince Murat (Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France, 26 November 1944 is a member of the Bonaparte-Murat family.- Biography:... |
26 November 1944 | (age ) | 20 July 1944 | |
| Joachim, Prince of Pontecorvo Joachim, Prince of Pontecorvo Joachim Murat, Prince of Pontecorvo is a member of the Bonaparte-Murat family.- Biography:Joachim is the eldest son and second child of Joachim, 8th Prince Murat and of Laurence Marie Gabrielle Mouton... |
3 May 1973 | (age ) |