Chevalier d'Éon, French diplomat and spy (died 1810)

Chevalière d'Éon

French diplomat, spy and soldier

Charlotte d'Éon de Beaumont or Charles d'Éon de Beaumont, usually known as the Chevalière d'Éon or the Chevalier d'Éon, was a French diplomat, spy, and soldier. D'Éon fought in the Seven Years' War, and spied for France while in Russia and England. D'Éon had androgynous physical…