Napoléon Achille Murat

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Napoléon Achille Murat , painting by an unknown artist, around 1835

Napoléon Achille Murat (born January 21, 1801 in Paris , †  April 15, 1847 in Wasceissa , Jefferson County , Florida ) was the eldest son of Joachim Murat , King of Naples, an officer and temporarily Prince of Berg and Prince of Naples .

Life

Napoléon Achille Murat was the son of Joachim Murat and Caroline Bonaparte , the youngest sister of Napoléon Bonaparte . The birth of Napoleon Franz Bonaparte destroyed his mother's hope that he could succeed her brother. So she allied herself with Napoleon's enemy, Clemens von Metternich , who tried in vain in 1815 to save Joachim Murat's throne. The former king of Naples was shot dead on October 13, 1815 in Pizzo in Calabria by order of the Bourbon king Ferdinand IV .

After the death of his father, Napoléon Achille Murat went with his mother to Frohsdorf in Lower Austria , where he received a good education. He went to the United States in 1821 , became an American citizen, and bought a large farm near Tallahassee , Florida . Since 1824 Murat held several public offices, so he was elected mayor of the place. Among other things, he served as a militia officer under Richard Keith Call . On July 30, 1826, Murat married Catherine Willis Gray, a great-niece of George Washington . They lived a secluded life with no children and left their fortunes to charitable organizations.

Some sources report that Murat participated in the Belgian Revolution of 1830 as an officer in the Belgian service .

Works

  • Lettres d'un citoyen des Etats-Unis a ses amis d'Europe . (Paris 1830)
  • Esquisses morales et politiques sur les Etats-Unis d'Amerique . 2 vols. Paris 1838
  • Exposition des principes du gouvernement republicain tel qu'il a ete perfectionne en Amerique . (1838); a standard work for a long time

literature

Web links

Commons : Achille Murat (1801-1847)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ shannonselin.com
  2. ↑ famousamericans.net
  3. ↑ napoleon-series.org
personal data
SURNAME Murat, Napoléon Achille
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Officer and eldest son of Joachim Murat, King of Naples
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1801
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH April 15, 1847
Place of death Wasceissa , Jefferson County, Florida