Joachim, 8th Prince Murat

For other people with the same name, see Joachim Murat (disambiguation).

Joachim Murat
Joachim, 8th Prince Murat
Prince Murat
Tenure	26 November 1944 – present
Predecessor	Joachim, 7th Prince Murat
Born	(1944-11-26) 26 November 1944 (age 80) Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France[1]
Spouse	Laurence Marie Gabrielle Mouton (m. 1969; divorced) Maria del Pilar Arnao Cacho (m. 2015)
Issue	Princess Caroline Joachim, Prince of Pontecorvo Princess Laetitia Princess Élisa Princess Pauline
Father	Joachim, 7th Prince Murat
Mother	Nicole Véra Claire Hélène Pastré

Joachim Louis Napoléon Murat, 8th Prince Murat (born 26 November 1944) is a member of the Bonaparte-Murat family and the current head of the Murat family. He is an important figure in the Napoleonic circles and is very much involved in the commemoration of the Imperial memory. A long time collector of art, he was also the owner and founder of the Museum and Center of Contemporary Art Prince Murat of Nointel (1982-1987).

Family

The sixth generation descendant of Joachim Murat (1767-1815), Grand Duke of Berg and King of Naples, and his wife Caroline Bonaparte (1782-1839), Joachim Murat is the posthumous son of Joachim Murat (1920-1944), 7th Prince Murat, and Nicole Véra Claire Hélène Pastré (1921-1982).

Biography

The posthumous and only son of Joachim, 7th Prince Murat, Prince Murat married Laurence Marie Gabrielle Mouton on 11 October 1969 in Paris. They have five children:

• Princess Caroline Laetizia Victoire Alix Murat (born 31 October 1971, Neuilly-sur-Seine).
• Prince Joachim Charles Napoléon Murat, Prince of Pontecorvo (born 3 May 1973, in Neuilly-sur-Seine) – heir apparent to his father, who married Yasmine Lorraine Briki on 5 March 2021 in Paris.[2]
• Princess Laetitia Caroline Marie Pierre Murat (born 27 August 1975, Neuilly-sur-Seine).
• Princess Élisa Marie Annonciade Murat (born 16 February 1977, Neuilly-sur-Seine) – twin with Princess Pauline.
• Princess Pauline Béatrice Marie Murat (born 16 February 1977, Neuilly-sur-Seine) – twin with Princess Élisa.

On March 25, 2017, the anniversary of the birth of his ancestor King Joachim Murat, Prince Murat reestablished the old Royal Order of the Two Sicilies, founded by the aforementioned monarch, as a dynastic family order with him as Grand Master, and members awarded in two classes, Knight and Commander[3]. This revived Order has not been officially recognized by the International Commission on Orders of Chivalry.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Joachim, 8th Prince Murat

16. Joachim, 4th Prince Murat 8. Joachim, 5th Prince Murat 17. Princess Malcy Louise Caroline Berthier de Wagram 4. Joachim, 6th Prince Murat 18. Duke Michel Aloys Ney d'Elchingen 9. Marie Cécile Michelle Ney d'Elchingen 19. Paule Marguerite Furtado-Heine 2. Joachim, 7th Prince Murat 20. Jean-Baptiste Théodore Plantié 10. Eugène Plantié 21. Amélie Villa 5. Louise Amélie Marie Plantié 11. Gabrielle Guiraud 1. Joachim, 8th Prince Murat 24. Eugène Pastré 12. Count Ange-André Pastré 25. Céline de Beaulaincourt de Marles 6. Count Jean André Hubert Pastré 26. Leopold Benedict Hayum Goldschmidt 13. Clara Julie Eugénie Goldschmidt 27. Régine Bischoffsheim 3. Nicole Véra Pastré 28. Baron Léon Double de Saint-Lambert 14. Baron Paul Double de Saint-Lambert 29. Marie Prat 7. Marie Louise Double de Saint-Lambert 30. Léopold Magnan 15. Vera Magnan 31. Elena Alexeievna Haritova

References

1. Almanach de Gotha: annual genealogical reference 2001. Vol. 2 (185th ed.). London: Almanach de Gotha. 2001. ISBN 0953214230. OCLC 59514025.
2. Alexanda Tizio, "Année Napoléon : le prince Joachim a épousé Yasmine Lorraine Briki", Gala, 11 March 2021 (in French).
3. "Royal Order of the Two-Sicilies". Retrieved 2025-01-14.

• Genealogy of the Princes Murat – website ChivalricOrders.org
• Prince Murat visits the Secretary General of the CAN, with pictures – official website of the Andean Community of Nations (Spanish)

External links

• Official website of the House of Murat Archived 2019-09-29 at the Wayback Machine

French nobility of the First French Empire
Vacant Title last held by Joachim, 7th Prince Murat	Prince Murat 1944–present	Incumbent Heir: Joachim, Prince of Pontecorvo