Chevalier d' Eon de Beaumont
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Country
France
Birth - Death
1728 - 1810
Occupation
Politics
Description
Diplomat and spy, spent half of his life as a man and half as a woman. Often lived outwardly as a man, but was able to infiltrate the Russian royal court as a woman. Identified as a woman for 33 years (from 1777). Notorious cross-dresser.
