Roi Dagobert
Also known as: Roi Dagobert, Dagobert
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The «bon roi Dagobert» of the French nursery song, who «avait mis sa culotte à l'envers»: a comic figure of the Merovingian king Dagobert I, in a satirical song that dates from the French Revolution and mocks later kings (en.wikipedia «Le Bon Roi Dagobert (song)»).Relevance to Marie
Not a person Marie meets. On 10 June 1874, in Paris, she writes: «Bien que n'étant point le roi Dagobert, j'ai mis mon jupon à l'envers; je prévoyais donc quelque chose de désagréable» (020.0200), then spends an hour and a half at the Bon Marché. The joke is that she has her petticoat on inside out, as the king in the song, and expects bad luck.References in Diary
- 1874-06-10 (020.0200)
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en.wikipedia «Le Bon Roi Dagobert (song)» (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Bon_Roi_Dagobert_(song)).Most of this glossary was researched with the help of AI language models and checked against the sources cited; mistakes are possible. If you spot one, please report it with the button at the top of the page.