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Catherine Daingerfield Willis Gray Murat (August 17, 1803 – August 6, 1867) was an American socialite and preservationist. In 1858, she was appointed the first vice regent for Florida by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association.
13. Apr. 2023 · Catherine Daingerfield Willis Gray Murat (August 17, 1803 – August 6, 1867) was an American socialite. She was married to Prince Achille Murat, an exiled Napoleonic prince living in America, from 1826 to 1847. She was born near Fredericksburg, Virginia and died in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. Family.
Bellevue Plantation was the U.S. home of Catherine Willis Gray Murat, located in Tallahassee, Florida. It was purchased in 1854 after Catherine's second husband Prince Achille Murat (son of Joachim Murat, Napoleon 's brother-in-law and King of Naples from 1808 to 1815) died in 1847.
On July 12, 1826, Achille Murat married Catherine (Kate) Daingerfield Willis Gray, a 23-year-old widow who had recently moved to Tallahassee from Virginia with her parents and siblings. Catherine was a great-granddaughter of Betty Washington Lewis, who was George Washington’s sister.
This was the site of Bellevue Plantation which was purchased by Catherine Willis Gray Murat in 1854. Murat was the great-grandniece of George Washington after her second husband, Prince Achille Murat died in 1847. The plantation was named after the Hotel de Belle-Vue in Brussels, where Catherine and Achille had lived while in Europe. It was a ...
Portrait #721. Subject/Title: Murat, Princess Achille (Catherine Daingerfield Willis Gray Murat) Artist: Stuart, Gilbert* (attrib.) Date Created: ca. 1790s (birth and death dates would refute this) Owner/Location: Private Collection. Frame Dimensions: 32 x 27.
14. Nov. 2019 · Catherine Daingerfield Willis Gray Murat (August 17, 1803 – August 6, 1867) was an American socialite. She was married to Prince Achille Murat, an exiled Napoleonic prince living in America, from 1826 to 1847. She was born near Fredericksburg, Va. and died in Tallahassee, Fla.
