Prince Murat is a French princely title that traces its origin back to 1804, when Emperor

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granted the rank of ''prince français'' to his brother-in-law

Joachim Murat Joachim Murat ( , also ; ; ; 25 March 1767 – 13 October 1815) was a French Army officer and statesman who served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Under the French Empire he received the military titles of Marshal of the ...

, who subsequently reigned as

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from 1808 to 1815. On 5 December 1812, Joachim Murat's second son Lucien was created sovereign

Prince of Pontecorvo The Principality of Pontecorvo was a principality in Italy created by Napoleon after he became King of Italy in 1805. It consisted of the Italian commune of Pontecorvo, an exclave of the Papal States from 1463 within the territory of the Kingd ...

(an

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in the

Kingdom of Naples The Kingdom of Naples (; ; ), officially the Kingdom of Sicily, was a state that ruled the part of the Italian Peninsula south of the Papal States between 1282 and 1816. It was established by the War of the Sicilian Vespers (1282–1302). Until ...

) in succession to Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, by an Imperial Decree. The Prince of Pontecorvo title is still used to this day for the

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of the head of the family. The Murat family is known collectively as the House of Murat (; ). On March 25, 2017, the anniversary of the birth of their founder, the family revived the old Royal Order of the Two Sicilies as a dynastic family order.

Heads of the family

The

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

Murat Murat may refer to: Places Australia * Murat Bay, a bay in South Australia * Murat Marine Park, a marine protected area France * Murat, Allier, a commune in the department of Allier * Murat, Cantal, a commune in the department of Cantal Elsew ...

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