Murat, Princess Eugène (1878–1936)

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Murat, Princess Eugène (1878–1936)

French princess. Name variations: Violette Ney; Violette Murat (also seen as Violet). Born Violette Jacqueline Charlotte Ney d'Elchingen, Sept 9, 1878, in Rocquencourt, France; died July 19, 1936, in Paris, France; m. Prince Eugene Louis Michel Joachim Napoleon Murat (son of Prince Louis Napoleon Murat and Eudocia Michailovna Somova), April 26, 1899; children: Prince Pierre Murat (1900–1948).

Wealthy eccentric in turn-of-the-century France, who was well-known in artistic circles and a friend of Marie Laurencin, Berenice Abbott, Germaine Tailleferre and Winnaretta Singer.

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