'Chevalier D'Eon', (1728-1810), 1830. Chevalier D'Eon (1728-1810) French diplomat, spy, Freemason and soldier who fought in the Seven Years' War. With androgynous physical characteristics he successfully infiltrated the court of Empress Elizabeth of Russia by presenting as a woman From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830]

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