#princess violette murat

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François Flameng, pair of family murals in the Villa Masséna (1902-1903). Sitters identified below.

(Léon) Napoléon Louis Michel Ney, 4th Prince of Moskowa (1870-1928), son of (22), brother of (2)(9)(10)(18), half-brother of (6)(19)(21), husband of (14)

Charles Aloys Jean Gabriel Ney, 4th Duke of Elchingen (later 5th Prince of Moskowa) (1873-1933), son of (22), brother of (1)(9)(10)(18), half-brother of (6)(19)(21), husband of (28)

Princess of Essling (née Anne Debelle) (1802-1887), wife of (4), mother of (5)(13)(17)(20)

François Victor Masséna, 3rd Duke of Rivoli, 3rd Prince of Essling (1799-1863), husband of (3), father of (5)(13)(17)(20)

Victor Masséna, 5th Duke of Rivoli, 5th Prince of Essling (1836-1910), son of (3)(4), brother of (13)(17)(20), husband of (5), father of (6)(19)(21)

Anne Victoire Andrée Masséna (later Duchess of Albufera) (1884-1967), daughter of (5)(22), sister of (19), half-sister of (1)(2)(9)(10)(18)

Prince Paul Murat (1893-1964), son of (9)(15), brother of (8)(11)(16)(23)(24)(27)

Princess Marguerite Murat (later Baroness Lejeune) (1886-1956), daughter of (9)(15), sister of (7)(11)(16)(23)(24)(27)

Princess Joachim Murat (née (Marie) Cécile Ney) (1867-1960), daughter of (22), sister of (1)(2)(10)(18), half-sister of (6)(19)(21), wife of (15), mother of (7)(8)(11)(16)(23)(24)(27)

Rose Blanche Mathilde Ney (later Princess of Trabia) (1871-1939), daughter of (22), sister of (1)(2)(9)(18), half-sister of (6)(19)(21)

Prince Charles Michael Joachim Napoléon Murat (1892-1973), son of (9)(15), brother of (7)(8)(16)(23)(24)(27)

Prince Eugène Louis Michel Joachim Napoléon Murat (1875-1906), cousin of (15), husband of (18), father of (25)(26)

Mrs d'Attainville (née Marie Anne Victoire Masséna) (1826-1913), daughter of (3)(4), sister of (5)(17)(20)

Princess of Moskowa (née Eugénie Laetitia Barbe Caroline Lucienne Marie Jeanne Bonaparte) (1872-1949), wife of (1)

Joachim Napoléon Murat, 5th Prince Murat (1856-1932), cousin of (12), husband of (9), father of (7)(8)(11)(16)(23)(24)(27)

Prince Alexandre Murat (1889-1926), son of (9)(15), brother of (7)(8)(11)(23)(24)(27)

Countess Reille (née Françosie Anne Masséna) (1818-1895), daughter of (3)(4), sister of (5)(13)(20)

Princess Eugène Murat (née Violette Jacqueline Charolette Ney) (1878-1936), daughter of (22), sister of (1)(2)(9)(10), half-sister of (6)(19)(21), wife of (12), mother of (25)(26)

Victoire Laura Anne Gabrielle Masséna (later Duchess of Fezensac) (1888-1918), daughter of (5)(22), sister of (6)(21), half-sister of (1)(2)(9)(10)(18)

Andre Prosper Victor Masséna, 4th Duke of Rivoli, 4th Prince of Essling (1829-1898), son of (3)(4), brother of (5)(13)(17)

Andre Prosper Victor Eugène Napoléon Masséna, 6th Duke of Rivoli, 6th Prince of Essling (1891-1974), son of (5)(22), brother of (6)(19), half-brother of (1)(2)(9)(10)(18)

Princess of Essling (née Paule Marguerite Laure Juliette Furtado-Heine; Ney, Duchess of Elchingen) (1847-1903), wife of (5), mother of (1)(2)(6)(9)(10)(18)(19)(21)

Prince Louis Murat (1896-1916), son of (9)(15), brother of (7)(8)(11)(16)(24)(27)

Prince Jérôme Murat (1898-1992), son of (9)(15), brother of (7)(8)(11)(16)(23)(27)

Prince Pierre Eugène Louis Michel Joachim Napoléon Murat (1900-1948), son of (12)(18), brother of (26)

Princess Paule Caroline Mathilde Murat (later Blanc) (1901-1937), daughter of (12)(18), sister of (25)

Joachim Napoléon Michel Murat, 6th Prince Murat (1885-1938), son of (9)(15), brother of (7)(8)(11)(16)(23)(24)

Duchess of Elchinger (née Germaine Roussel) (1873-1930), wife of (2)

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Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (vol. 1), 1918-38, entry for Wednesday, 20th February 1918

I dined with Princesse Violette Murat, a party to celebrate the whiskey, I gathered, as everyone seemed most hilarious. There were about twenty, the men mostly home on leave. They behaved very badly and all got drunk including the princesses … this is not my milieu, I must retreat further into the faubourg.¹

The ‘faubourg’ had become a synonym for the French nobility, and the highest echelon of Parisian society. It began as shorthand for the Faubourg Saint-Germain, in what is now the 7th arrondissement of the city, on the rive gauche. It is the location of the French National Assembly, many government offices and embassies, and since the time of Louis XIV has been the home of the aristocracy in the capital, usually in spectacular hôtels particuliers, or grand town houses.

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Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (vol. 1), 1918-38, entry for Saturday, 16th February 1918

Tea with Princesse Violette Murat.¹ I gave her a dozen bottles of whiskey from Bobbie. It is very difficult to procure it in Paris. She received me in a white boudoir, everything including the floor and rugs were of the purest snow colour. She reclined in a white chaise longue and looked old, ugly and wicked, but very friendly.

Princesse Eugène Murat (1878–1936), born Violette Ney d’Elchingen, married Prince Eugène Murat 1899; friend of Igor Stravinsky and Jean Genet.