Mme Paskevitch

Overview

The wife of #M. Paskevitch, a Russian diplomat (first secretary of embassy, 040/1875-08-27-28); Marie knew her from Baden-Baden and from Nice as the companion of Carlo Hamilton, the Duke of Hamilton's brother (#Carlo_Hamilton). Her first name is not given in the diary. Marie writes of her with curiosity and some envy of a woman who has «tout obtenu».

Relevance to Marie

• Baden and Nice, 1873. Marie is «si contente de la voir» on the Promenade (003/1873-03-14) because she recalls Baden and the duke; in July 1873 Marie and the princess talk of Baden, «la société de Mme Paskevitch, Carlos Hamilton» (007/1873-07-22), and the book of Nice and Baden gossip holds «de Mme Paskevitch à Venise» (007/1873-07-21).
• Marriage to Carlo. In June 1874 it is said that Carlo «a épousé Mme Paskevitch» and that the duke will no longer see him (020/1874-06-01). In August 1875 Marie hears that Carlo, divorce at last obtained for Mme Paskevitch, was thrown from his carriage on the Nevsky Prospect in St Petersburg on the eve of the wedding and is dying: «C'est elle que je plains» (039/1875-08-15); later that month she calls her «quelle heureuse femme», gossips about her parvenu family and her first marriage to Paskevitch (040/1875-08-27-28). By June 1877 she is «celle qui a épousé Carlo» and assures that Carlo will be duke (072/1877-06-29).
• Her first husband is met by Marie in Warsaw in 1881 (092/1881-07-23): see PASKEVITCH.

References in Diary

003/1873-03-14; 004/1873-04-19; 007/1873-07-21, 07-22; 009/1873-09-06; 020/1874-06-01; 039/1875-08-15 (039.0070–0077); 040/1875-08-27-28; 072/1877-06-29; 092/1881-07-23.