Napoléon Lucien Murat

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Napoléon Lucien Murat

Lucien Murat , Prince of Pontecorvo (* 16th May 1803 in Milan , †  10 / 11 April 1878 in Paris ) was a French politician . He was the second son of Joachim Murat , King of Naples (1808-1815), and Caroline Bonaparte .

Life

Murat and his family had to flee Italy after his father's death. From 1815 to 1822 he and his brother, Napoleon Achille , received a solid education at Schloss Frohsdorf in Lower Austria . He then went to Venice , where he was persecuted by the Austrian authorities and therefore embarked for the USA . He was shipwrecked in Spain and interned there for several months before he was released at the instigation of his brother - who had appealed to President Monroe in the USA - and finally arrived in the United States in April 1825. Here he first went to Philadelphia to his uncle Joseph Bonaparte and then made extensive trips through the western parts of the USA as well as Texas and California .

Murat married Carolina Georgina Frazer in 1831 and lived in Bordentown , New Jersey, for a few years . On several trips to France in 1838 and 1844, Murat explored the possibility of regaining the lost throne that his older brother had renounced. However, he was only allowed to stay in France for five weeks at a time. In daily correspondence with the supporters, he lived on in the USA until the fall of Ludwig Philipp in 1848 opened up new opportunities. He returned to France with his wife and was elected to the Constitutional Assembly. After the proclamation of his cousin Napoléon III. as emperor he received the rank of senator and the title of prince in 1852 .

In 1861 he made further efforts to reclaim the throne of Naples and wrote a relevant manifesto. Since he was from Napoléon III. was not supported in this, he withdrew it again. During the Franco-Prussian War he was trapped in the fortress of Metz in September 1870 with Marshal Bazaine . After the fall of the German Empire, Murat returned to the USA for a short time, where he still had business interests to represent.

Napoléon Lucien Murat died on 10/11. April 1878 in Paris. His wife followed him on February 10, 1879.

The couple had five children:

  1. Caroline Laetitia (* 1832 in Baltimore ); ⚭ 1st Baron de Chassiron († 1870), ⚭ 2nd 1871 John Garden, a wealthy American;
  2. Joseph Joachim (* 1834 in Baltimore), Général de division of the French army;
  3. Anna (* 1838 in Baltimore); ⚭ Duke de Mouchy;
  4. Achille Napoleon (* 1847 in Baltimore); ⚭ Mingrelian princess Salome Dadiani
  5. Louis Napoléon (1851-1912); ⚭ Georgian Princess Eudoxia Mikhailovna Somova

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SURNAME Murat, Napoléon Lucien
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1803
PLACE OF BIRTH Milan
DATE OF DEATH April 10, 1878 or April 11, 1878
Place of death Paris