Chevalier d’Éon

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Chevalier d’Éon was an 18th-century French diplomat, soldier, and spy famed for living part of life as a man and part as a woman, becoming one of history’s most famous gender-nonconforming figures.

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instanceOf French diplomat ⓘ
fencer ⓘ
gender-nonconforming person ⓘ
human ⓘ
memoirist ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
spy ⓘ
ageAtDeath 81 ⓘ
allegiance Kingdom of France ⓘ
birthName Charles-Geneviève-Louis-Auguste-André-Timothée d’Éon de Beaumont ⓘ
linked to: Chevalier d’Éon
burialPlace St Pancras Old Church, London ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1728-10-05 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1810-05-21 ⓘ
diplomaticPosting French embassy in Great Britain ⓘ
French embassy in Russia ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
early 19th century ⓘ
familyName d’Éon de Beaumont ⓘ
givenName Charles-Geneviève ⓘ
hasInfluenced later discussions of gender identity and expression ⓘ
knownFor being an early famous gender-nonconforming public figure ⓘ
living part of life as a man and part as a woman ⓘ
role in French secret diplomacy ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
memberOf Secret du Roi ⓘ
militaryRank captain ⓘ
name Chevalier d’Éon ⓘ
nobleTitle chevalier ⓘ
notableEvent publicly lived as a woman from the 1770s onward ⓘ
notableWork Mémoires de Mademoiselle d’Éon ⓘ
occupation diplomat ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
spy ⓘ
writer ⓘ
participatedIn Seven Years’ War ⓘ
linked to: Seven Years' War
placeOfBirth Tonnerre, Burgundy, France ⓘ
placeOfDeath London, England ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Paris ⓘ
servedIn French Army ⓘ
French diplomatic service ⓘ
sexAssignedAtBirth male ⓘ
sport fencing ⓘ
workedFor Louis XV of France ⓘ

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Tonnerre → notableResident → Chevalier d’Éon ⓘ
Chevalier d’Éon → name → Chevalier d’Éon ⓘ
Chevalier d’Éon → birthName → Charles-Geneviève-Louis-Auguste-André-Timothée d’Éon de Beaumont ⓘ
linked to: Chevalier d’Éon
Charles de Beaumont → alsoKnownAs → Chevalier d'Éon ⓘ
linked to: Chevalier d’Éon
Charles de Beaumont → alsoKnownAs → Chevalier d’Eon ⓘ
linked to: Chevalier d’Éon