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Prince Murat
Prince Murat is a Nobility of the First French Empire, French princely title that traces its origin back to 1804, when Emperor Napoleon granted the rank of Nobility of the First French Empire#Princes, ''prince français'' to his brother-in-law Joachim Murat, who subsequently reigned as King of Naples from 1808 to 1815. On 5 December 1812, Joachim Murat's second son Lucien Murat, Lucien was created sovereign Prince of Pontecorvo (an enclave in the Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic), Kingdom of Naples) in succession to Charles XIV John of Sweden, Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, by an Imperial Decree. The Prince of Pontecorvo title is still used to this day for the heir apparent of the head of the family. The Murat family is known collectively as the House of Murat (; ). Heads of the family The heir apparent is the current head of the family's only son, Joachim, Prince of Pontecorvo (born 3 May 1973). References External links Official website of the House of Murat Princes Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin. Its eighteen integral regions (five of which are overseas) span a combined area of and contain clos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heir Apparent
An heir apparent, often shortened to heir, is a person who is first in an order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person; a person who is first in the order of succession but can be displaced by the birth of a more eligible heir is known as heir presumptive. Today these terms most commonly describe heirs to hereditary titles (e.g. titles of nobility) or offices, especially when only inheritable by a single person. Most monarchies refer to the heir apparent of their thrones with the descriptive term of ''crown prince'' or ''crown princess'', but they may also be accorded with a more specific substantive title: such as Prince of Orange in the Netherlands, Duke of Brabant in Belgium, Prince of Asturias in Spain (also granted to heirs presumptive), or the Prince of Wales in the United Kingdom; former titles include Dauphin in the Kingdom of France, and Tsesarevich in Imperial Russia. The term is also used metaphorically to indic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princes Murat
A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. The female equivalent is a princess. The English word derives, via the French word ''prince'', from the Latin noun , from (first) and (head), meaning "the first, foremost, the chief, most distinguished, noble ruler, prince". Historical background The Latin word (older Latin *prīsmo-kaps, literally "the one who takes the first lace/position), became the usual title of the informal leader of the Roman senate some centuries before the transition to empire, the '' princeps senatus''. Emperor Augustus established the formal position of monarch on the basis of principate, not dominion. He also tasked his grandsons as summer rulers of the city when most of the government were on holiday in the country or attending religious rituals, and, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joachim, Prince Of Pontecorvo
Joachim Charles Napoléon Murat, Prince of Pontecorvo (born 3 May 1973 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France), is a French aristocrat and member of the Bonaparte-Murat family. Life and family He is the second child and only son of Joachim, 8th Prince Murat, and of Laurence Marie Gabrielle Mouton. He uses the title of Prince of Pontecorvo, an unofficial title, and is the heir apparent to the title of Prince Murat. He married civilly Yasmine Lorraine Briki on 5 March 2021 in Paris ( 10th arrondissement of Paris). On 5 August 2021 they had a son. He received the names of ''Joachim Georges Laurent Napoléon''. They married religiously on 22 October 2022 at Les Invalides Cathedral. Ancestry See also * House of Bonaparte *Joachim Murat References ''of the First French Empire The First French Empire, officially the French Republic, then the French Empire (; Latin: ) after 1809, also known as Napoleonic France, was the empire ruled by Napoleon Bonaparte, who established Frenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joachim 8th Prince Murat
Joachim (; ''Yəhōyāqīm'', "he whom Yahweh has set up"; ; ) was, according to Christian tradition, the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the Biblical apocryphal Gospel of James. His feast day is 26 July, a date shared with Saint Anne. In Christian tradition The story of Joachim, his wife Anne (or Anna), and the miraculous birth of their child Mary, the mother of Jesus, was told for the first time in the 2nd-century apocryphal infancy-gospel the Gospel of James (also called Protoevangelium of James). Joachim was a rich and pious man, who regularly gave to the poor. However, Charles Souvay, writing in the ''Catholic Encyclopedia'', says that the idea that Joachim possessed large herds and flocks is doubtful. At the temple, Joachim's sacrifice was rejected, as the couple's childlessness was interpreted as a sign of divine displeasure. Joachim consequently withdrew to the desert, where he fasted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joachim, 7th Prince Murat
Joachim Napoléon Murat, 7th Prince Murat (16 January 1920 – 20 July 1944) was a French soldier and Head of the House of Bonaparte, Bonaparte-Prince Murat, Murat noble family, descended from Joachim Murat, Joachim Murat, 1st Prince Murat and Caroline Bonaparte, sister of Napoleon. He was killed fighting for the French Resistance, French resistance during World War II. Biography Murat was a member of the French Resistance, French resistance during the World War II, Second World War. He was killed by a patrol of the Das Reich Division on 20 July 1944, aged only twenty-four. Maxime Weygand said of him: "A young officer distinguished by his zealousness and courage, a true leader of men." Before his death, Murat was married on 18 August 1940, in Marseille to Nicole Véra Claire Hélène Pastré (1921-1992), the daughter of Countess Lily Pastré, a philanthropist who founded the Aix-en-Provence Festival in 1948, and Count Jean Pastré, a polo player who played polo at the 1924 Summe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joachim, 6th Prince Murat
Joachim Napoléon Michel Murat, 6th Prince Murat (6 August 1885, in Paris, Île-de-France, France – 11 May 1938, in Paris), was a member of the Bonaparte-Murat family. Biography His parents were Joachim, 5th Prince Murat and Marie Cécile Ney d'Elchingen, great-granddaughter of Marshal Michel Ney. As heir to the princely title of Murat, he used the courtesy title of Prince of Pontecorvo until he succeeded his father in 1932. In 1914 Murat served as a lieutenant of cavalry following the outbreak of World War I. He became an official interpreter to the General Headquarters of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC), based at Saint-Omer from August 1914 to November 1915. One of his British colleagues at St-Omer was Maurice Baring, a lieutenant in the RFC, assistant to General David Henderson and later Hugh Trenchard. Murat is frequently mentioned in Baring's memoirs.. He subsequently commanded the during the Battle of Verdun in 1916, where his conduct earned him the Croix de Guerre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joachim, 5th Prince Murat
Joachim Napoléon Murat, 5th Prince Murat (28 February 1856 – 2 November 1932) was a member of the Bonaparte-Murat family. Early life Joachim Napoléon Murat was born on 28 February 1856 at Boissy-Saint-Léger, Val-de-Marne, France. His parents were Joachim Joseph Murat, 4th Prince Murat and of Malcy Louise Caroline Berthier de Wagram. His paternal grandparents were Prince Napoleon Lucien Charles Murat, 2nd Prince of Pontecorvo and 3rd Prince Murat, the second son of Joachim Murat, King of Naples, who married Napoleon's sister, Caroline Bonaparte, and Caroline Georgina Fraser ( Charleston, South Carolina, 13 April 1810 – Paris, 10 February 1879), daughter of Thomas Fraser. His maternal grandparents were Napoléon-Alexandre Berthier, 2nd Prince of Wagram (1810–1887) and Zénaïde Françoise Clary (1812–1884), who was the niece of Désirée Clary and Julie Clary. His maternal great-grandfather was Louis-Alexandre Berthier (1753–1815), 1st prince de Wagram, 1st duc de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joachim, 5th Prince Murat (cropped)
Joachim Napoléon Murat, 5th Prince Murat (28 February 1856 – 2 November 1932) was a member of the Bonaparte-Murat family. Early life Joachim Napoléon Murat was born on 28 February 1856 at Boissy-Saint-Léger, Val-de-Marne, France. His parents were Joachim Joseph Murat, 4th Prince Murat and of Malcy Louise Caroline Berthier de Wagram. His paternal grandparents were Prince Napoleon Lucien Charles Murat, 2nd Prince of Pontecorvo and 3rd Prince Murat, the second son of Joachim Murat, King of Naples, who married Napoleon's sister, Caroline Bonaparte, and Caroline Georgina Fraser ( Charleston, South Carolina, 13 April 1810 – Paris, 10 February 1879), daughter of Thomas Fraser. His maternal grandparents were Napoléon-Alexandre Berthier, 2nd Prince of Wagram (1810–1887) and Zénaïde Françoise Clary (1812–1884), who was the niece of Désirée Clary and Julie Clary. His maternal great-grandfather was Louis-Alexandre Berthier (1753–1815), 1st prince de Wagram, 1st duc de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joachim, 4th Prince Murat
Joachim Joseph Napoléon Murat, 4th Prince Murat (21 June 1834 – 23 October 1901) was a Major-General in the French Army and a member of the Bonaparte-Murat family. Early life Joachim Joseph was born at Bordentown, New Jersey on 21 June 1834. He was the eldest son, of four siblings, born to the former Caroline Georgina Fraser (1810–1879) and Prince Napoléon Lucien Charles Murat, 2nd Prince of Pontecorvo and 3rd Prince Murat. His father was the second son of Joachim Murat, King of Naples, who married Napoleon's sister, Caroline Bonaparte. His maternal grandparents were Thomas Fraser, a Scottish emigrant to the United States and major in the Loyalist militia during the American Revolution, and his wife Ann Loughton (''née'' Smith) Fraser. Career He moved to France with his family in 1848, after the fall of Louis-Philippe of France, where his father was appointed Minister, Senator and Imperial Prince. In 1852 Joachim entered the army, becoming an officer the follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joachim 4eme Prince Murat
Joachim (; ''Yəhōyāqīm'', "he whom Yahweh has set up"; ; ) was, according to Christian tradition, the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the Biblical apocryphal Gospel of James. His feast day is 26 July, a date shared with Saint Anne. In Christian tradition The story of Joachim, his wife Anne (or Anna), and the miraculous birth of their child Mary, the mother of Jesus, was told for the first time in the 2nd-century apocryphal infancy-gospel the Gospel of James (also called Protoevangelium of James). Joachim was a rich and pious man, who regularly gave to the poor. However, Charles Souvay, writing in the ''Catholic Encyclopedia'', says that the idea that Joachim possessed large herds and flocks is doubtful. At the temple, Joachim's sacrifice was rejected, as the couple's childlessness was interpreted as a sign of divine displeasure. Joachim consequently withdrew to the desert, where he fasted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
