{"id":543,"date":"2023-04-14T00:01:53","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T00:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/?p=543"},"modified":"2024-07-11T04:25:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T04:25:15","slug":"chevalier-deon-de-beaumont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/chevalier-deon-de-beaumont\/","title":{"rendered":"Chevalier D&#8217;Eon de Beaumont"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This brave woman trained and worked as a French spy and diplomat using both male and female personas. When her life was endangered she used some documents she acquired from King Louis XV to secure her safety. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are a list of documents about her.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list has-dates wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-13-185100-180x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-13-185100-180x300.png 180w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-13-185100.png 406w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/essai-historique\/\">Essai historique<\/a><time datetime=\"1753-01-01T01:45:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">January 1, 1753<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Essai historique sur les diff\u00e9rentes situations de la France par rapport aux finances, sous le r\u00e8gne de Louis XIV &amp; la r\u00e9gence du duc d&#8217;Orl\u00e9ans. Title Translated into English by&#8230;.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/lettres-cover-228x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/lettres-cover-228x300.png 228w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/lettres-cover.png 583w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/lettres-memoires-et-negociations-particulieres-du-chevalier-deon\/\">Lettres, m\u00e9moires et n\u00e9gociations particuli\u00e8res du chevalier d&#8217;Eon<\/a><time datetime=\"1764-01-01T19:06:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">January 1, 1764<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">After d&#8217;Eon de Beaumont was unceremoniously pushed out of his position, he published a collection of documents he had collected over the years, including some secret correspondences with the Kings&#8230;.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-13-185846-170x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-13-185846-170x300.png 170w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-13-185846.png 369w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/the-musgrave-controversy-being-a-collection-of-curious-and-interesting-papers-on-the-subject-of-the-late-peace\/\">The Musgrave controversy: being a collection of curious and interesting papers, on the subject of the late peace<\/a><time datetime=\"1770-01-01T01:58:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">January 1, 1770<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Timoth\u00e9e S Musgrave and Chevalier D &#8216; Eon This is a series of papers including letters between Musgrave and d&#8217;Eon. The peace refers to the Treaty of Paris in 1763&#8230;..<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" src=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/32346533-300x192.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/32346533-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/32346533-1024x656.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/32346533-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/32346533-1536x985.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/32346533-2048x1313.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/32346533-1320x846.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/32346533-600x385.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/chevalier-deon-or-the-stock-brokers-outwitted\/\">Chevalier D&#8217;Eon or the Stock-Brokers Outwitted<\/a><time datetime=\"1771-09-01T22:15:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">September 1, 1771<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">[Much of this I have not yet seen the primary documents to confirm, so I am using secondary sources for the description] By May of 1771 the London Evening Post&#8230;.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"247\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Umkreis_von_Angelika_Kauffmann_Le_Chevalier_dEon-247x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Umkreis_von_Angelika_Kauffmann_Le_Chevalier_dEon-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Umkreis_von_Angelika_Kauffmann_Le_Chevalier_dEon-600x728.jpg 600w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Umkreis_von_Angelika_Kauffmann_Le_Chevalier_dEon-768x932.jpg 768w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Umkreis_von_Angelika_Kauffmann_Le_Chevalier_dEon.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/le-chevalier-deon-by-angelika-kauffmann\/\">Le Chevalier d\u2019\u00c9on by Angelika Kauffmann<\/a><time datetime=\"1775-01-01T06:10:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">January 1, 1775<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">This is a painting that many other paintings of d&#8217;Eon are based on. It was painted probably in or about 1775 when d&#8217;Eon was 48 years old. Possibly (probably) later&#8230;..<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/service-pnp-ds-03300-03347r-199x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/service-pnp-ds-03300-03347r-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/service-pnp-ds-03300-03347r.jpg 425w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/mademoiselle-de-beaumont-or-the-chevalier-deon\/\">Mademoiselle de Beaumont or The Chevalier D&#8217;Eon<\/a><time datetime=\"1777-10-01T00:06:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">October 1, 1777<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">This is a caricature showing d&#8217;Eon de Beaumont is half male and half female attire. This was a common joke at the time, and there are actually records of bets&#8230;.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/1613080975-214x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/1613080975-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/1613080975-600x841.jpg 600w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/1613080975-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/1613080975-768x1076.jpg 768w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/1613080975-1096x1536.jpg 1096w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/1613080975-1461x2048.jpg 1461w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/1613080975.jpg 1784w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/false-painting-of-deon-de-beaumont-by-francis-haward\/\">False painting of d&#8217;Eon de Beaumont by Francis Haward<\/a><time datetime=\"1779-01-01T06:28:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">January 1, 1779<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">This painting was originally published in 1788 and is taken from another print published in 1779. It could not have been painted on her 25th birthday as it says in&#8230;.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"133\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/The_General_Advertiser_and_Political_Commercial_Agricultural_and_Literary_Journal_Sat__Jun_11__1791_-133x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/The_General_Advertiser_and_Political_Commercial_Agricultural_and_Literary_Journal_Sat__Jun_11__1791_-133x300.jpg 133w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/The_General_Advertiser_and_Political_Commercial_Agricultural_and_Literary_Journal_Sat__Jun_11__1791_-scaled-600x1353.jpg 600w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/The_General_Advertiser_and_Political_Commercial_Agricultural_and_Literary_Journal_Sat__Jun_11__1791_-454x1024.jpg 454w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/The_General_Advertiser_and_Political_Commercial_Agricultural_and_Literary_Journal_Sat__Jun_11__1791_-768x1732.jpg 768w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/The_General_Advertiser_and_Political_Commercial_Agricultural_and_Literary_Journal_Sat__Jun_11__1791_-681x1536.jpg 681w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/The_General_Advertiser_and_Political_Commercial_Agricultural_and_Literary_Journal_Sat__Jun_11__1791_-908x2048.jpg 908w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/The_General_Advertiser_and_Political_Commercial_Agricultural_and_Literary_Journal_Sat__Jun_11__1791_-scaled.jpg 1135w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 133px) 100vw, 133px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/extracts-from-memoirs-of-the-life-of-mademoiselle-la-chevaliere-deon\/\">Extracts from Memoirs of the Life of Mademoiselle la Chevaliere d&#8217;Eon<\/a><time datetime=\"1791-06-11T21:47:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">June 11, 1791<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">News clipping from Aurora General Advertiser, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 11 June 1791.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"249\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Chevalier-dEon-249x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Chevalier-dEon-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Chevalier-dEon-600x722.jpg 600w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Chevalier-dEon.jpg 665w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/portrait-of-chevalier-deon-by-thomas-stewart\/\">Portrait of Chevalier d&#8217;Eon by Thomas Stewart<\/a><time datetime=\"1792-01-01T00:07:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">January 1, 1792<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Chevalier d&#8217;Eon by Thomas Stewart, after Jean-Laurent Mosnieroil on canvas, 179230 1\/8 in. x 25 1\/4 in. (765 mm x 640 mm) In the National Portrait Gallery, London. NPG 6937<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/The_Caledonian_Mercury_Mon__Aug_10__1795_-209x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/The_Caledonian_Mercury_Mon__Aug_10__1795_-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/The_Caledonian_Mercury_Mon__Aug_10__1795_-scaled-600x859.jpg 600w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/The_Caledonian_Mercury_Mon__Aug_10__1795_-715x1024.jpg 715w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/The_Caledonian_Mercury_Mon__Aug_10__1795_-768x1100.jpg 768w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/The_Caledonian_Mercury_Mon__Aug_10__1795_-1073x1536.jpg 1073w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/The_Caledonian_Mercury_Mon__Aug_10__1795_-1430x2048.jpg 1430w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/The_Caledonian_Mercury_Mon__Aug_10__1795_-scaled.jpg 1788w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/a-living-example\/\">A Living Example<\/a><time datetime=\"1796-08-10T21:59:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">August 10, 1796<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">An article about d&#8217;Eon de Beaumont published after fencing exhibition in Birmingham, England. Published in The Caledonian Mercury of Edinburgh, Scotland on 10 August, 1795 on page 4.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"93\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/The_Morning_Chronicle_Tue__May_29__1810_-93x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/The_Morning_Chronicle_Tue__May_29__1810_-93x300.jpg 93w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/The_Morning_Chronicle_Tue__May_29__1810_-scaled-600x1939.jpg 600w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/The_Morning_Chronicle_Tue__May_29__1810_-317x1024.jpg 317w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/The_Morning_Chronicle_Tue__May_29__1810_-768x2482.jpg 768w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/The_Morning_Chronicle_Tue__May_29__1810_-475x1536.jpg 475w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/The_Morning_Chronicle_Tue__May_29__1810_-634x2048.jpg 634w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/The_Morning_Chronicle_Tue__May_29__1810_-scaled.jpg 792w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 93px) 100vw, 93px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/the-chevalier-deon\/\">The Chevalier d&#8217;Eon<\/a><time datetime=\"1810-05-28T21:52:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">May 28, 1810<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Newspaper article from The Morning Chronicle, London, England on 29 May 1810. Page 3. This chronicle of her life was published days after her death. It was not until her&#8230;.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"176\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Maryland_Gazette_Wed__Aug_8__1810_-176x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Maryland_Gazette_Wed__Aug_8__1810_-176x300.jpg 176w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Maryland_Gazette_Wed__Aug_8__1810_-scaled-600x1023.jpg 600w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Maryland_Gazette_Wed__Aug_8__1810_-601x1024.jpg 601w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Maryland_Gazette_Wed__Aug_8__1810_-768x1309.jpg 768w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Maryland_Gazette_Wed__Aug_8__1810_-901x1536.jpg 901w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Maryland_Gazette_Wed__Aug_8__1810_-1202x2048.jpg 1202w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Maryland_Gazette_Wed__Aug_8__1810_-scaled.jpg 1502w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/from-a-late-london-papers-chevalier-deon\/\">From a late London Papers Chevalier d&#8217;Eon<\/a><time datetime=\"1810-08-08T22:14:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">August 8, 1810<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">This is a reprint of most of the article printed in The Morning Chronicle of London on May 29, 1810. There is some additional commentary on this article not included&#8230;.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-13-173049-188x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-13-173049-188x300.png 188w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-13-173049.png 417w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/the-strange-career-of-the-chevalier-deon-de-beaumont\/\">The Strange Career of the Chevalier D&#8217;Eon de Beaumont<\/a><time datetime=\"1885-01-01T00:25:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">January 1, 1885<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Minister Plenipotentiary from France to Great Britain in 1763 \u00b7 Volume 1 by John Buchan Telfer Published 1885 by Longmans, Green, and Company Retrieved from Google Books (public domain book)<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DEon_de_Beaumont-aged-25-233x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DEon_de_Beaumont-aged-25-233x300.png 233w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DEon_de_Beaumont-aged-25-600x773.png 600w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DEon_de_Beaumont-aged-25.png 604w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/deon-de-beaumont-aged-25\/\">D&#8217;Eon de Beaumont Aged 25<\/a><time datetime=\"1885-01-01T00:42:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">January 1, 1885<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">False painting of D&#8217;Eon de Beaumont in female form at age 25. Probably painted after Angelica Kaufmann or Marie Elizabeth Simmons. This copied from The Strange Career of the Chevalier&#8230;.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"273\" src=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/pg66483.cover_.medium.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/un-aventurier-au-xviii-siecle-le-chevalier-deon-1728-1810\/\">Un aventurier au XVIII si\u00e8cle: Le Chevalier d&#8217;\u00c9on (1728-1810)<\/a><time datetime=\"1904-01-01T18:26:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">January 1, 1904<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">by Octave Homberg and Fernand Jousselin 1904 After finding d&#8217;Eon de Beaumont&#8217;s papers languishing in a booksellers shop for almost 100 years the authors went through the documents to tell&#8230;.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-13-174032-207x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-13-174032-207x300.png 207w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-13-174032.png 403w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/deon-de-beaumont-his-life-and-times\/\">D&#8217;Eon de Beaumont, His Life and Times<\/a><time datetime=\"1911-01-01T00:37:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">January 1, 1911<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">By Octave Homberg, Fernand Jousselin, Alfred Rieu \u00b7 1911 275 pages Review: The author states that he found some papers that d&#8217;Eon had collected during her life. After her death,&#8230;.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"140\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/836481151_140.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/monsieur-deon-is-a-woman\/\">Monsieur d&#8217;Eon Is a Woman<\/a><time datetime=\"2001-01-01T01:20:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">January 1, 2001<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">a tale of political intrigue and sexual masqueradeby Kates, Gary Published 2001 &#8220;The Chevalier Charles-Genevi\u00e8ve-Louise-Auguste-Andr\u00e9-Thimoth\u00e9e d&#8217;Eon, after a distinguished career as a soldier, diplomat, and secret agent for the Government&#8230;.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/51EHZH02FKL._SX309_BO1204203200_-197x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/51EHZH02FKL._SX309_BO1204203200_-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/51EHZH02FKL._SX309_BO1204203200_.jpg 311w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/the-maiden-of-tonnerre-the-vicissitudes-of-the-chevalier-and-the-chevaliere-deon\/\">The Maiden of Tonnerre: The Vicissitudes of the Chevalier and the Chevali\u00e8re d&#8217;Eon<\/a><time datetime=\"2001-08-29T01:27:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">August 29, 2001<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">by Professor Charles d&#8217;Eon de Beaumont (Author), Professor Roland A. Champagne (Translator), Professor Nina Claire Ekstein (Translator), Professor Gary Kates (Translator) This is a translation from French to English of&#8230;.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" src=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-07-19-155614-300x159.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-07-19-155614-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-07-19-155614-1024x542.png 1024w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-07-19-155614-768x406.png 768w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-07-19-155614-1320x698.png 1320w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-07-19-155614-600x317.png 600w, https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-07-19-155614.png 1429w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/superqueerhistory.com\/papers-of-charles-chevalier-d-eon-de-beaumont-at-university-of-leeds\/\">Papers of Charles Chevalier d&#8217; Eon de Beaumont at University of Leeds<\/a><time datetime=\"2023-06-25T05:55:28+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">June 25, 2023<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Leeds Library in England has a large collection of documents by and about d&#8217;Eon de Beaumont. At this point it is not digitized, but a catalog of the documents can&#8230;.<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This brave woman trained and worked as a French spy and diplomat using both male and female personas. 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