Joachim, 7th Prince Murat

Prince Murat
HouseMuratFatherJoachim, 6th Prince MuratMotherLouise Plantié

Joachim Napoléon Murat, 7th Prince Murat (16 January 1920 – 20 July 1944) was a French soldier and Head of the Bonaparte-Murat noble family, descended from Joachim Murat, 1st Prince Murat and Caroline Bonaparte, sister of Napoleon. He was killed fighting for the French resistance during World War II.

Biography

Murat was a member of the French resistance during the 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 Summer Olympics.[1]

They had three children:

  • Princess "Caroline" Marie Louise Murat (b. 1941): Married in 1962 to Count Yves de Parcevaux, (b. 1936) and divorced. Married in 1967 to Miklós Klobusiczky de Klobusicz et Zétény (b. 1946). Her children are:
    • Count Amaury de Parcevaux (b. 1963).
    • Patricia Klobusiczky de Klobusicz et Zétény (b. 1968).
    • Arielle Klobusiczky de Klobusicz et Zétény (b. 1971).
  • Princess Madeleine Marie Annonciade "Malcy" Murat (1943-1990).
  • "Joachim" Louis Napoleon Murat, 8th Prince Murat (b. 1944), current head of the House of Bonaparte-Murat: Married Laurence Mouton and had issue.

Awards

Medals:

Ancestry

Ancestors of Joachim, 7th Prince Murat
8. Joachim, 4th Prince Murat
4. Joachim, 5th Prince Murat
9. Malcy Berthier de Wagram
2. Joachim, 6th Prince Murat
10. Michel Ney, 3rd Duke of Elchingen
5. Cécile Ney d'Elchingen
11. Paule Furtado-Heine
1. Joachim, 7th Prince Murat
12. Théodore Plantié
6. Eugène Plantié
13. Saubade Amélie Villa
3. Louise Plantié
14. Joseph Guiraud
7. Gabrielle Guiraud
15. Marie Justine Compans

References

  1. ^ Edmonde Charles-Roux parle de la Comtesse Lily Pastré Archived 7 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Culture 13

External links

  • Genealogy of Prince Murat
  • Descendance de Joseph-Marie Bonaparte
French nobility
of the First French Empire
Preceded by Prince of Pontecorvo
1932–1938
Vacant
Title next held by
Joachim, Prince of Pontecorvo
Prince Murat
1938–1944
Vacant
Title next held by
Joachim, 8th Prince Murat