Louis Napoléon Murat Explained

Honorific Prefix:Prince
Louis Napoléon Murat
Birth Name:Louis Napoléon Murat
Nationality:French
Birth Date:22 December 1851
Birth Place:Paris, France
Death Place:Paris, France
Children:3
Father:Lucien Murat
Mother:Caroline Fraser
Allegiance:France; Sweden
Branch:French Navy
Swedish Navy
Rank:Lieutenant
Battles:Franco-Prussian War

Prince Louis Napoléon Murat (22 December 1851  - 22 September 1912) was a French military officer and member of the House of Murat.

Early life

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.

Career

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.

Personal life

Murat married Eudoxia Mikhailovna Somova (1850–1924), widow of Prince Alexander Orbeliani, in Odessa in 1873.[1] They had three sons:

Murat died in hospital in Paris on 22 September 1912 following a surgical operation.[5] [6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Valynseele . Joseph . Les maréchaux du Premier empire: leur famille et leur descendance . 1957 . 47–48 . 18 February 2022 . French . Gallica.
  2. News: Auto kills Prince Murat . . 27 July 1906.
  3. Book: Révérend . Albert . Armorial du premier empire; titres, majorats et armoiries concédés par Napoléon Ier . 1896 . Au Bureau de "L'Annuaire de la noblesse" . 303 . 20 February 2022 . French . Google Books.
  4. News: Princess Murat is dead in Paris . . 2 April 1932.
  5. News: Career of Prince Murat . 19 February 2022 . The Washington Post . 8 Oct 1912 . 6 . Newspapers.com . subscription.
  6. News: Descendant of Bonaparte; Death of Prince Murat . 19 February 2022 . London Evening Standard . 24 September 1912 . 7 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription.
  7. Web site: 1912, Décès, 16 . Paris Archives . 4 February 2022 . 9 . French . 1906.