Marcel

Overview

Marcel Canrobert, son of Marshal Canrobert and the Maréchale, elder brother of Louis and brother of Claire. He is Marcelin Certain-Canrobert (1867–1921), a cavalry officer (see Claire's entry and MARECHALE_CANROBERT, which cite napoleon.org and the Jouy-en-Josas local-history site). Marie gives him as 17 in August 1883 (101.0240, per Claire's entry).

Relevance to Marie

Stub replaced. Identification as Marcelin Certain-Canrobert from the Canrobert family entries (already sourced there), not re-derived; he is not in the Mon Journal name indexes under «Marcel» (t.15–16 checked). «Futur marquis de Tarente»: Marie's own phrase, not explained in the diary.

References in Diary

Marie knows the family at Jouy-en-Josas in the autumn of 1883 and is unsparing about the boy. On 2 September 1883 «Marcel file à Paris sans permission. C'est un futur marquis de Tarente, il lui ressemble, ne veut rien faire et n'écoute pas plus cette pauvre maréchale que comme si elle chantait» (101.0306); she adds that she and Claire should have been boys, «Paul et Marcel filles». He sings while she paints Louis's portrait (101.0317, 7 September). On 11 September she writes that he leaves on the 14th for Nancy, «Que Dieu l'emmène. Ce sera la calamité de la famille» (101.0328), and calls him «un garçon aussi grossier avec sa mère, aussi bête, aussi tapageur, aussi insolent. Quand il n'estropie pas un chien, il fait saigner son frère» (101.0329). On New Year's Eve 1883 he is one of the family circle at the Opéra-Comique and at midnight (102.0618). In August 1884 she still mentions «l'air abruti de Marcel» (105.0435).