page_title: Catherine Willis Gray
section_title: Second marriage
hierarchical_section_title: Catherine Willis Gray / Personal life / Second marriage
caption_attribution_description: Digital image of the graves of Catherine Willis Gray and husband Local call number: Rck00028 Personal Author: Kerce, Red (Benjamin L.), 1911-1964. Title: [Prince and Princess Murat grave markers at St. John's Episcopal Church cemetery&#160;: Tallahassee, Florida] [graphic] Publication info: 19-- Physical descrip: 1 photoprint b&amp;w 10 x 8 in. Series Title: (Reference collection)
context_page_description: Catherine Daingerfield Willis Gray Murat was an American socialite and preservationist who was the great-grandniece of George Washington.
context_section_description: About 1825, Murat came to Tallahassee with her parents, three brothers and two sisters. In 1826, she met and married her second husband, Prince Charles Louis Napoleon Achille Murat. He was a son of Joachim Murat, former King of Naples and the former Caroline Bonaparte. His maternal uncles included Joseph Bonaparte, Napoleon I of France, Lucien Bonaparte, Louis Bonaparte and Jérôme Bonaparte. His maternal aunts included Elisa Bonaparte and Pauline Bonaparte.
  Murat, was entertained when abroad. On 8 September 1831, Catherine was present at the coronation of William IV of the United Kingdom and was given a seat in Westminster Abbey.
  In 1847, she inherited the 2,000-acre (8.1 km²) Lipona Plantation in Jefferson County, Florida upon the death of her husband. In 1854 she bought Bellevue, in Leon County, which became her primary residence.
  Early in 1866, Napoleon III of France, a maternal first cousin of her husband, granted Murat an annuity from the French government in consideration of her losses during the Civil War. Catherine Murat died August 6, 1867 at Bellevue in Tallahassee.
caption: Graves of Achille and Catherine Murat.
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