Montezemolo

Overview

The marquis de Montezemolo, according to Marie «le dernier préfet italien de Nice», i.e. the last Piedmontese-Sardinian governor before the annexation of Nice to France in 1860. His widow, a Russian lady, is the «vieille fée» Marie mentions in 1881 (Mon Journal t.14 index: «Montezemolo (marquis de) : 215»).

Relevance to Marie

Stub replaced. The man's office is Marie's phrase, not checked against French or Italian archives. The tag points at the husband; the person in the paragraph is the widow.

References in Diary

On 27 September 1881 Marie, in an unsociable mood, says the only decent acquaintance she and her mother have among the others at the hotel is the old fairy, «elle est russe et a été mariée au marquis de Montezemolo, le dernier préfet italien de Nice» (093.0148).