Marie Antoinette Murat, (born 5 January 1793 in Cahors

Cahors

Cahors is the capital of the Lot department in south-western France.Its site is dramatic being contained on three sides within an udder shaped twist in the river Lot known as a 'presqu'île' or peninsula...

, Lot, French Republic

French First Republic

The French First Republic was founded on 22 September 1792, by the newly established National Convention. The First Republic lasted until the declaration of the First French Empire in 1804 under Napoleon I...

; died 19 January 1847 in Sigmaringen

Sigmaringen

Sigmaringen is a town in southern Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Situated on the upper Danube, it is the capital of the Sigmaringen district....

, Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

-Noble jurisdictions:Prince Karl Eitel of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, and descendants of his nephew Ferdinand ruled over the Kingdom of Romania, as Karl Eitel did not have children...

) was a member of the House of Murat

Prince Murat

Prince Murat is a title created by Emperor Napoleon I for his brother-in-law Joachim Murat who would serve as King of Naples. On the 5 December 1812 Joachim's second son Lucien was also created sovereign Prince of Pontecorvo , in succession to Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte by an Imperial Decree...

 and a Princess Murat by birth . Through her marriage to Charles, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Charles, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Charles, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen from 1831 to 1848.In 1833 Karl called a constitutional assembly together and created a constitutional charter that would be the law in his lands...

, Marie Antoinette was also a member of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

-Noble jurisdictions:Prince Karl Eitel of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, and descendants of his nephew Ferdinand ruled over the Kingdom of Romania, as Karl Eitel did not have children...

 and Princess consort of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. Marie Antoinette was the niece of Joachim Murat

Joachim Murat

Joachim-Napoléon Murat , Marshal of France and Grand Admiral or Admiral of France, 1st Prince Murat, was Grand Duke of Berg from 1806 to 1808 and then King of Naples from 1808 to 1815...

, King of the Two Sicilies from 1808 to 1815 and a brother-in-law of Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon I of France

Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution.As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815...

, through marriage to Napoleon's youngest sister, Caroline Bonaparte

Caroline Bonaparte

Maria Annunziata Carolina Murat , better known as Caroline Bonaparte, was the seventh surviving child and third surviving daughter of Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino and a younger sister of Napoleon I of France...

.

Family

Marie Antoinette was a daughter of Pierre Murat (elder brother of Joachim Murat

Joachim Murat

Joachim-Napoléon Murat , Marshal of France and Grand Admiral or Admiral of France, 1st Prince Murat, was Grand Duke of Berg from 1806 to 1808 and then King of Naples from 1808 to 1815...

, King of the Two Sicilies) and his wife Louise d'Astorg.

Marriage and issue

Marie Antoinette married Charles, Hereditary Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Charles, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Charles, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen from 1831 to 1848.In 1833 Karl called a constitutional assembly together and created a constitutional charter that would be the law in his lands...

, eldest son of Anton Aloys, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and his wife Princess Amalie Zephyrine of Salm-Kyrburg

Amalie Zephyrine of Salm-Kyrburg

Amalie Zephyrine of Salm-Kyrburg was a daughter of fürst Philip Joseph of Salm-Kyrburg and Maria Theresa of Hornes, eldest daughter and heiress of Maximilian, Prince of Hornes...

, on 4 February 1808 in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

. Marie Antoinette and Charles had four children:

• Princess Annunziata Karoline Joachime Antoinette Amalie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (6 June 1810 – 21 June 1885)
• Karl Anton Joachim Zephyrinus Friedrich Meinrad, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (7 September 1811 – 2 June 1885)
• Princess Amalie Antoinette Karoline Adrienne of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
  Princess Amalie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
  Princess Amalie Antoinette Karoline Adrienne of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, was a member of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and a Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen by birth...
  
  (30 April 1815 – 14 January 1841)
• Princess Friederike Wilhelmine of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (24 March 1820 – 7 September 1906)

Titles and styles

• 5 January 1793 – 4 February 1808: Marie Antoinette Murat, Princess Murat
• 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