Marie Antoinette Murat
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{{Infobox royalty
| name = Marie Antoinette Murat
| title = Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
| image = Richard Lauchert - Fürstin Antoinette.jpg
| spouse =Charles, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
| issue = Princess Karoline
Charles Anthony, Prince of Hohenzollern
Princess Amalie
Princess Friederike
| house =Murat
| father =Pierre Murat
| mother =Louise d'Astorg
| birth_date ={{Birth date|1793|01|03|df=y}}
| birth_place = Cahors, French Republic
| death_date ={{Death date and age|1847|01|19|1793|01|05|df=y}}
| death_place = Sigmaringen, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
| burial_place =
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Marie Antoinette Murat (3 January 1793, Cahors{{Snd}}19 January 1847, Sigmaringen) was Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen as the wife of Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.{{Cite web |title=Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Antoinette Maria; Fürstin von |url=https://www.leo-bw.de/web/guest/detail/-/Detail/details/PERSON/wlbblb_personen/101795819X/person |access-date=16 February 2024 |website=LEO-BW |publisher=Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg |language=de}} She was by birth member of the House of Murat. Marie Antoinette was the niece of Joachim Murat, King of Naples 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 posthumous daughter of Pierre Murat (1748-1792), elder brother of Joachim Murat, King of Naples (1808-1815) and his wife, Louise d'Astorg (1762-1832), daughter of Aimery d'Astorg (1721-1768) and Marie d'Alanyou (b. 1740).
Marriage and issue
Marie Antoinette married Karl, Hereditary Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, the eldest son of Anton Aloys, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and his wife, Princess Amalie Zephyrine of Salm-Kyrburg, on 4 February 1808{{Cite book |last=Atteridge |first=Andrew Hilliard |url=https://archive.org/details/joachimmuratmars00atte/page/n7/mode/2up?q=Marie+Antoinette&view=theater |title=Joachim Murat, Marshal of France and King of Naples |publisher=Methuen Publishing |year=1911 |location=London |page=11 |access-date=16 February 2024}} in Paris. Marie Antoinette and Charles had four children:
- Princess Annunziata Karoline Joachime Antoinette Amalie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (6 June 1810 – 21 June 1885) ⚭ Prince Friedrich von Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1790-1847) ⚭ Johann Stäger von Waldburg (1813-1882)
- 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) ⚭ Gioacchino-Napoleone, Marchese di Pepoli (1825-1881)
Ancestry
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|5= 5. Jeanne Loubières
|6= 6. Aymeric d'Astorg
|7= 7. Marie Alanyou
|8= 8. Guillaume Murat
|9= 9. Marguerite Herbeil
|10= 10. Pierre Loubières
|11= 11. Jeanne Viellescazes
|12= 12. Antoine d'Astorg
|13= 13. Maria de Mary
|14= 14. Jean Alanyou
|15= 15. Louise de Valon
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References
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| title = Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
| years = 1831 – 19 January 1847
| before = Amalie Zephyrine of Salm-Kyrburg
| after = Katharina of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
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Category:Princesses of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen