Baron de Wykerslooth

Overview

The husband of Jeanne de Ballore, baronne de Wykerslooth (Jeanne de Ballore), from whom she was separated: «Vous savez qu'elle est séparée de son mari, le baron de Wykerslooth, fils de la princesse de la Tremoille» (094/1882-02-14, 094.0262). The Mon Journal indexes list him as «Wykerslooth (baron de)» (t.15 p.14, t.16 p.288) and his wife as «Wykerslooth de Weerdesteyn (baronne Jeanne de Balorre)», which points to the Dutch-Belgian family de Wijkerslooth de Weerdesteyn. His forename is not given in the diary and was not found.

Relevance to Marie

He never appears in person; Marie knows him from his wife's family and shares their view of him: in June 1876 Jeanne «part dans deux jours rejoindre son mari en Belgique. Je la plains car elle le hait» (062.0299); in December 1876 she is «avec son effrayant mari et sa belle-mère la princesse de la Tremoille» (067.1454); in February 1877 «Jeanne plaide en séparation avec son affreux mari» (068.0913); in May 1879 «elle a épousé le baron de Wykerslooth, fils de la princesse de la Tremolile, affreuse brute, sale, hypocrite … ressemblant à un cochon blond», and his own sister, the baronne de Veauce, testifies for the wife (085.0094, 085.0095). In 1884 Jeanne «ne voit et n'aime pas ses enfants, tellement le mari a été odieux» (105.0262).

References in Diary

094.0262 (tagged); also 062.0299, 067.1454, 068.0913, 085.0094-0095, 105.0262 (untagged).