Mme de Boishebert

Overview

Mme de Boishébert, Amélie, marquise de Boishébert, wife of Raoul marquis de Boishébert; the Mon Journal t.13 index has «Boishébert (Amélie, Mme de) : 36, 40, 59, 95» and «(Raoul marquis de) : 36, 72», t.14 «Boishebert Mme de) : 129». In 1879 society gossip made her the mistress of Paul de Cassagnac, and a Mlle de Linselles claimed she was also the lover of Marie's brother Paul.

Relevance to Marie

Stub replaced. Names from the t.13/t.14 indexes (RSR at 085.0328). All claims of liaisons are gossip as reported by Marie, not established. The tag on 091.0595 (about Mme de Brimont, Schaeppi and a bal de l'Opéra) was removed on 2026-10-22; 091.0597 names her. Her husband Raoul is Boishébert.

References in Diary

On 16 June 1879 at the Chamber Marie points out in a gallery «Mme de Boishébert (la prétendue nouvelle maîtresse de Cassagnac) récemment séparée de M. le marquis de Boishébert, son mari et vivant sous la protection d'un vieil oncle fort riche»; she would like the liaison true, «mais la marquise est longue, anguleuse, peu élégante… la figure moutonnière» (085.0328). In July a Mlle de Linselles claims that Paul visits Mme de Boishébert and is her lover (085.0561). On 11 September 1879 Blanc says Cassagnac's wife is stupid and talkative and that «Il la trompe avec Mme de Bois-hébert» (086.0258). On 10 May 1881, seeing her in the street, Marie feels sympathy «comme pour toutes ses… semblables» (091.0597).