Chevalier d'Eon, French Diplomat and Spy

Charles Genevieve Louis Auguste Andre Timothee d'Eon de Beaumont or Madame d'Eon (1728-1810), usually known as the Chevalier d'Eon, was a French diplomat, spy, freemason and soldier who fought in the Seven Years War. D'C?on had androgynous physical characteristics and natural abilities as a mimic, good features for a spy. D'C?on appeared publicly as a man and pursued masculine occupations for 49 years, although during that time d'C?on successfully infiltrated the court of Empress Elizabeth of Russia by presenting as a woman. For 33 years, from 1777, d'C?on dressed as a woman, identifying as female. In 1804, d'C?on was sent to a debtors prison for five months, and signed a contract for a biography to be written by Thomas William Plummer, which was never published. D'C?on became paralyzed following a fall, and spent a final four years bedridden, dying in poverty in 1810 at the age of 81. Doctors who examined his body after death discovered male organs in every respect perfectly formed but also feminine characteristics

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1700s Androgynous Beaumont Chevalier Colorised Colorization Cross-dresser Cross-dressing Crossdresser Crossdressing Dresser Eighteenth Enhancement Freemason Freemasonry Impersonator Masonic

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