Duc de Mouchy

Research Status: Basic Last Updated: 2025-07-06 Diary Coverage: Up to 1874-05-02

Identity

French aristocrat whom the tenor playing Shakespeare in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" resembles exactly.

Diary References

1874

• May 2: "Le ténor, Shakespeare était le duc de Mouchy en personne. Une ressemblance pareille est vraiment ridicule." Previously resembled "★tailleur" (tailor - text uncertain).

Historical Context

• Mouchy: ancient French duchy
• Title dates to 1817
• Part of Noailles family line
• French court nobility

Context

• Known to Nice society
• Distinctive appearance
• Subject of physical comparisons
• Marie finds resemblance ridiculous

Research Notes

• French nobility in Nice 1870s
• Duc de Mouchy identity
• Noailles family connections