[1] His father was the second son of Joachim Murat, King of Naples, who married Napoleon's sister, Caroline Bonaparte.

[1] After the fall of Napoleon III he retired to a private life but was able to maintain the title of general and prince.

[1] In 1854, he married in Paris Malcy Louise Caroline Berthier de Wagram (1832–1884), at the Tuileries Palace.

Together, they were the parents of three surviving children, two daughters and one son:[1] As a widower (since 1884), he married secondly the Baroness Hainguerlot, née Lydia Hervey (1841–1901), in Paris on 7 November 1894.

Lydia was born in Kemptown, Sussex, and was the daughter of Charles John Vigors Hervey, Esq.