Marie Antoinette Murat

Marie Antoinette Murat
Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Spouse Charles, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Issue
Princess Karoline
Charles Anthony, Prince of Hohenzollern
Princess Amalie
Princess Friederike
Full name
Marie Antoinette
House House of Murat
House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Father Pierre Murat
Mother Louise d'Astorg
Born 5 January 1793(1793-01-05)
Cahors, Lot, French Republic
Died 19 January 1847(1847-01-19) (aged 54)
Sigmaringen, Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Marie Antoinette Murat,[1][2] French: Marie Antoinette Murat, Princesse Murat[1][2] (born 5 January 1793 in Cahors, Lot, French Republic;[1][2] died 19 January 1847 in Sigmaringen, Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen[1][2]) was a member of the House of Murat and a Princess Murat by birth . Through her marriage to Charles, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Marie Antoinette was also a member of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Princess consort of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. Marie Antoinette was the niece of Joachim Murat, King of the Two Sicilies from 1808 to 1815 and a brother-in-law of Napoleon Bonaparte, through marriage to Napoleon's youngest sister, Caroline Bonaparte.

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Family

Marie Antoinette was a daughter of Pierre Murat (elder brother of Joachim Murat, King of the Two Sicilies) and his wife Louise d'Astorg.[1][2]

Marriage and issue

Marie Antoinette married Charles, Hereditary Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, eldest son of Anton Aloys, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and his wife Princess Amalie Zephyrine of Salm-Kyrburg, on 4 February 1808 in Paris.[1][2] Marie Antoinette and Charles had four children:[1][2]

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Darryl Lundy (3 Dec 2002). "Antoinette Marie Murat, Princesse Murat". thePeerage.com. http://www.thepeerage.com/p11096.htm#i110953. Retrieved 2009-08-02. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Paul Theroff. "HOHENZOLLERN". Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site. http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/hohenzollern.html. Retrieved 2009-08-02. 
Marie Antoinette Murat
Born: 5 January 1793 Died: 19 January 1847
German nobility
Preceded by
Amalie Zephyrine of Salm-Kyrburg
Princess consort of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
1831 – 19 January 1847
Succeeded by
Katharina of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst