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^{[citation needed]}. 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.

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]

• Princess Annunziata Karoline Joachime Antoinette Amalie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (6 June 1810 – 21 June 1885)^[2]
• Karl Anton Joachim Zephyrinus Friedrich Meinrad, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (7 September 1811 – 2 June 1885)^[2]
• Princess Amalie Antoinette Karoline Adrienne of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (30 April 1815 – 14 January 1841)^[2]
• Princess Friederike Wilhelmine of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (24 March 1820 – 7 September 1906)^[2]

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

• 5 January 1793 – 4 February 1808: Marie Antoinette Murat, Princess Murat^{[citation needed]}
• 4 February 1808–1831: Her Serene Highness The Hereditary Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
• 1831 – 19 January 1847: Her Serene Highness The Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

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 House of 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

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Name	Murat, Marie Antoinette
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	5 January 1793
Place of birth	Cahors, Lot, French Republic
Date of death	19 January 1847
Place of death	Sigmaringen, Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen