Marie Antoinette Murat, french: Marie Antoinette Murat, Princesse Murat (3 January 1793, Labastide-Murat,

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– 19 January 1847,

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) was a member of the

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. Through her marriage to

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, Marie Antoinette was also a member of the

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and Princess consort of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. Marie Antoinette was the niece of

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from 1808 to 1815 and a brother-in-law of

Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...

, through marriage to Napoleon's youngest sister,

Caroline Bonaparte Carolina Maria Annunziata Bonaparte Murat Macdonald (French: ''Caroline Marie Annonciade Bonaparte''; 25 March 1782 – 18 May 1839), better known as Caroline Bonaparte, was an Imperial French princess; the seventh child and third daughter of Ca ...

Family

Marie Antoinette was a daughter of Pierre Murat, elder brother of

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(1748-1792) and his wife Louise d'Astorg (1762-1832).

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 Amalie Zephyrine of Salm-Kyrburg (french: Amélie Zéphyrine de Salm-Kyrbourg; Paris, 6 March 1760 – Sigmaringen, 17 October 1841), was a German noblewoman by birth member of the House of Salm in the Salm-Kyrburg branch and through her marria ...

, on 4 February 1808 in

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. Marie Antoinette and Charles had four children: *Princess Annunziata ''Karoline'' Joachime Antoinette Amalie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (6 June 1810 – 21 June 1885) * ''Karl Anton'' Joachim Zephyrinus Friedrich Meinrad, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (7 September 1811 – 2 June 1885) * Princess ''Amalie'' Antoinette Karoline Adrienne of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (30 April 1815 – 14 January 1841) *Princess ''Friederike'' Wilhelmine of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (24 March 1820 – 7 September 1906)

Ancestry

References

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Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette Josèphe Jeanne (; ; née Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last queen of France before the French Revolution. She was born an archduchess of Austria, and was the penultimate child a ...

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