The morning call., 1894-12-02
A PRINCE WEBS.
Grandson of the King of
Naples.
HIS REMARKABLE CAREER.
The Nuptials of Joachim Murat and
the Baroness Hainguerlot
i'm Paris.

riages of the season took place yesterday
in the Church of ST. Pierre de Chaillot.
The bridegroom was Prince Murat, grand
son of King Murat of Naples. and the
bride Baroness Hainguerlot, nee Hervey.
Her first husband was a grandson of
Marechal Oudinot. Duke de Reggie, and
she owns the splendid castle of Chalis in
the Department of Disc.
joachim Murat, Prince of Cleves, Berg
and Pontecorvo, is member of all of
the principal clubs of Europe, and most
popular among Parislans. His brilliant
military career only won for him friends,
and he has remained faithful 10 the
memory of Napoleon III and the Prince
imperial
Prince Murat's first wife was Princess
Wagram; she died ten years ago. In 1889
Prince Murat was engaged to Miss Gwen
doine Caldwell. founder of The Catholic
university of Washington, d. g. 1t was
said the engagement was broken for finan-
cial reasons. Gossips affirmed that Miss
Caldwell offered her fiance $4,000 year
as his portion of her income, and he. con-
sderng the amount far too small. replied ::
1T is too much for butler and not enough
for husband" Baroness Haiuguerlot,
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women in France.
1t is of Interest to recall that in spite of
the fact that the grandfather Of Murat sat
upon a throne he himself was born in
America and of an American mother.
Caroline. sister of Napoleon l, married
Joachim MuTat. afterward King of Ma
pies. Like all the relatives of NapoleOn
Queen Caroline fell from the heights of
glory to the depths of misery. King
Murat submitted to the allies in 1914, but
his submission was of no avail. Driven
from Naples he went incognito to Touon
and here offered TO acknowledge the au-
thOrty of his brOther-iD-iaw. Too late,
for Waterloo put an end to all hopes and
Count LlDonas Qor that was the name
taken by MuraO found it impossible to
conceal his identity. King Louis XVIII
sent the Marquis de Rlviere to TOulOn as
mis- Commissioner. Riviere owed his life
| to Murat. Condemned 10 death for par
ticipatIon in the Pichegru conspiracy Mu-
rat had obtained his pardon from the First
Consul. Alas for ingrati;udei Murat
built hopes upon the Marquis di Riviere,
but 10 sooner did the latter arrive in Tou-
Ion than he offered a reward of $4,000
francs for Murat's head. For days the ex-
King wandered in the forest. living upon
roots and leaves, until be found farmer
willing to help him to reach Corsica. But
! Murat was not content. He returned to
Naples and there he met his death.
Caroline was obliged to remain with her
| four children at the Castle OF Frohsdnrff In
Austria. Pince Aehile Murat escaped
and entered the servire of King Leopold of
| Belgium. But so menaced was the King
| by the French and Austrian Cabinets ne
| was obliged to send away his cDmprOuisn ing
| officer and Acnille went TO America,
where he was joined by his brother
Lucien. Achille became postmaster in a
little Florida town and LucieD, marrying
Miss Caroline Fraser, opened a school for
children ia New Jersey.
Three children were born in America to
| Lucien Murat: Caroline, VINO married a
Mr. Garden of Retisham Hall. England
de Mouchy. Achille and Louis Murat
were born later in France.
Joachim Murat received his early in
struction in Philadelphia, but in 1S4S the
entire family returned to France. The
emnire restored the Murats in favor and in
1852 Napoleon III gave them all the title OF
| HlghnesS.
Lucien Murat and his wife decided that
their sons should be Catholic their daugh-
ters Pro testant. Consequently. while Joa.
chin is a strict Catholic the Duchess de
Mouchy was brought UP seVere Protes-
tant.
Prince Joachim Murat was IA years old
in 1S4S, the time of the family's return to
France, and soon after ne entered the army.
Like his grandfather, Joachim Murat
WAS the most brilliant officer of the In
perial Guard, and short time before the
| Frauco-GermaD war he was named brig
adier-general. In all the famous battles
| of the war Murat was seen CALAMITY fight
ing at the head of his troops, and it was he
who commanded what the Germans called
| the death charge"
After The war he was placed on the half
retred list by President Theirs, and when
General BOulanger was Minister of War
L., i
| were obliged to leave the army. BY bis
marriage with Maley de Wagram Prince
Murat had three children. His son mar
rIed Cecile Ney, daughter of the Duke
d'Elchingen. Que daughter married Prince
di Tore!a of Naples and the other Count
Goluchowski. an Austrian diplomat. A
! nephew of Prince Murat, the son Of the
Duchess de Mouchy. married in 1885 Mary
de Couvral. the daughter of an American,
whose home in the rue Paul Bandry is one
of the most agreeable in Paris.
Anna Murat Duchess de Mouchy) was
a great favorite of the Empress Eugene,
and in fact, was treated as her adopted
child. She was very beautiful and pos
sessed Of talent. Ii was she who made
driving fashionable, and at CCmpiegne she
was an intrepid huntress. She sang,
danced, played comedies, and when the
Empress visited Egypt the Duchess ac-
| Compan;ed her. But Anna Murat could
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proposed would accept Protestant wife.
Severe as had been her Protestant educa-
ton, she found il easy TO embrace the
Catholic faith, and TO consecrate her con-
version Princess Anna Murat made a pill
grimage TO Palestine. Two years after she
married one of the leaders of the old
regime. the Duke de Mouchy. Nota men,
| Der of the Noailles- Mouchy family attend
| ed the wedding, that took place at the
| Tuileries. because the old nobility looked
with contempt on the upslart Bonapartes.
| Until the war of 1870 not a salon of the
old faubourg was open 10 her, but after
the fall OF the empire she was treated as
the Duchess de Mouchy, and no longer as
q Murat.
Aside from the Empress, the Duchess
de Mouchy has continued acquaintance
with few of her Bonapartist friends.
| When she married, Napoleon Ill. gave her
an income of $sOO0-four times as great as
that of the Due de Mouchy, for only later
did he become wealthy.
A few years ago the Duke met with
| reverses of fortune and was obliged 10
! leave his splendid mansion IN Pare Mon
ceau for quieter homr on the Esplanade
des Invalides. The Duchess de M0uchy
| prefers now to spend tue win tiers in Naples
| and the summers at the castle of MOuchY