Prince and Princess Murat

Prince and Princess Murat is a Florida historical marker in Tallahassee, Leon County, dedicated 1969.

on Call Street, St.John's Episcopal Cemetery., Tallahassee

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Prince Achille Murat was the nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte and the son of General Jochaim Murat, King of Naples. He settled in Florida in 1825, and as attorney, county judge, and director of Tallahassee's Union Bank, he played an active role in public life. Princess Catherine Willis Murat was the great grandneice of George Washington. Their plantations, "Lipona" and "Econchatti," were centers of social activity. Twin marble obelisks mark their graves in St. John's Episcopal Cemetery. The Murat seal is on the surrounding wall.

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1826 · Georgia (A. Finley, 1826) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1827 · Florida. Principal Mountains, Cities, &c. in North & South America. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1831 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1835 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1842 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Florida. Principal Mountains, Cities, &c. in North & South America, 1827, covering the location of Prince and Princess Murat, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Florida. Principal Mountains, Cities, &c. in North & South America, 1827, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Florida Historical Marker Program, Division of Historical Resources, Florida Department of State

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