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Quai Masséna

A waterfront quay in Nice, France, near the Jardin Public and connecting to the Promenade des Anglais. Named after André Masséna, Napoleon's marshal who was born in Nice.

Quai Saint-Jean

The Quai Saint-Jean (or Quai Saint-Jean-Baptiste) was a street or quayside in Nice frequented by the Bashkirtseff family for shopping and errands in 1873. Marie visits it to check on a grey bodice ("corsage gris") being made there, and finds the workmanship disappointing: "c'est mal fait, j'ai besoin d'une robe, celle-là est manquée."

Quai Saint-Jean-Baptiste

Quartier latin

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Queen Elisabeth of Romania (Carmen Sylva)

The Queen of Romania in Marie's era was Elisabeth of Wied (29 December 1843 -- 2 March 1916), who married King Carol I of Romania in 1869. She was known by her literary pseudonym "Carmen Sylva" under which she published poetry, novels, plays, and essays.

Queen Isabel II

Queen Isabella II of Spain

Isabella II (10 October 1830 – 9 April 1904) was Queen of Spain from 1833 until the Glorious Revolution of September 1868 forced her into exile in France, where she settled in Paris. In 1870 she abdicated in favour of her son Alfonso XII. She continued to live in Paris for most of the rest of her life, maintaining a royal household and an active social circle in the city. After Alfonso's accession (1874) she made a few visits to Spain but largely remained in France until her death. In 1880, when Marie mentions visiting "la Reine" (the Queen) who "m'aime beaucoup" (is very fond of me), Isabella was 49 years old and well established in Parisian society. Marie's family moved in the aristocratic and émigré circles that naturally included the exiled Spanish queen.

Queen Louise of Prussia

Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1776–1810), Queen of Prussia, wife of Frederick William III. On 29 July 1876, near Berlin, Marie's party visits «le mausolée du roi Frédéric et de la reine Louise» (064.0307). The mausoleum of the king and queen stands in the park of Charlottenburg Palace, so Marie confused it with Schloss Bellevue (diary footnote 1 at 064.0307, citing Wikipedia «Mausoleum (Charlottenburg Palace Park)»).

Queen Margherita

Queen Mercedes of Spain

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Queen Victoria

Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 and Empress of India from 1876 (en.wikipedia «Queen Victoria»).

Querteux

Fashion house or couturier that Marie chooses alongside Laferrière as an alternative to Worth.