On August 3, 2021, Prince Joachim Murat became the happy father of a little boy, the fruit of his marriage – which took place in March – with Princess Yasmine. A baby, named Joachim Georges Laurent Napoléon Murat, who then became the 10th prince of the Murat clan. His baptism took place on December 12, in Paris.
Appointment was given at the Saint-Louis des Invalides cathedral, in the very chic 7th arrondissement of the capital, for this baptism orchestrated by the canon Emmanuel Duchy. As stated by the site specializing in crowned heads, Royal Stories, “at four months, Prince Joachim, who bears the same first name as his father, his grandfather and so on until his illustrious grandfather, King Joachim 1st of Naples, received his first sacrament.“The baby is sponsored by the Grand Duke George of Russia (“Joachim, I hope you can always count on me“, he declared), the businessman Laurent Dassault as well as Christian Bourdeille, president of the Souvenir napoléonien. And, as godmothers, he can count on the crown princess Noal Zaher of Egypt, the journalist Dominique Torrès , Nesrine Briki and Sabine Domenget.
Around the parents of the child, it was necessary to count on the presence of an audience of guests such as the current head of Maison Murat – the baby’s grandfather -, Prince Jérôme Murat with his wife and their children, Prince Pierre Murat with his wife, Princess Leila … Among the other guests of this beautiful event which takes place a few days before Christmas, we also had to count on Baron Jean-Christophe Iseux von Pfetten, Prince Stéphane Belosselsky-Belozersky , Louis-Sampion Bouglione, Crown Prince Mohamed Ali of Egypt or Princess Victoria Romanovna, Prince Charles Bonaparte …
As a reminder, 47-year-old Prince Joachim Charles Napoléon Murat, Prince of Ponte Corvo, is the son of Joachim Louis Napoléon Murat, 8th Prince Murat, head of Maison Murat. Both are the direct descendants of Joachim I, Prince of the Empire and King of Naples, and of Caroline Bonaparte, wife of Murat, Queen of Naples and sister of the Emperor Napoleon I.