Mac Mahon

Marshal Mac-Mahon

Patrice de MacMahon (1808-1893), duc de Magenta, Marshal of France and President of the Republic from 24 May 1873 to 30 January 1879; his wife was the duchesse de Magenta, the «maréchale» (Wikipedia, «Patrice de MacMahon»). Mon Journal indexes: t.2 pp. 8, 47; t.4 pp. 15, 229.

In the diary: Walitsky's absurd story of September 1873 in which Mac-Mahon challenges the Pope to a duel (009.0058); the President and the duchess in their stands at the Auteuil races, 26 May 1874 (019.0357); the comte de Tanlay, who is «quelque chose auprès de Mac-Mahon» (021.0138); Prince Wittgenstein, who has dined with Mac-Mahon and grand-dukes (027.0108); clippings pasted at the end of the 1876 notebook on the debate over the President's allowance (067.1594-1600, Le Figaro, 4 Dec 1876); and the military review of 1 July 1877, during the political crisis, with the maréchale saluted «comme une reine» (072.0359-0367). Marie also mentions the Marshal in a Le Pays clipping of March 1878 (079.0121) and the maréchale's attendance at a service in July 1878 (081.0320).