Chevalier d'Éon
Also recorded as Chevalier d'Eon · Charles d'Eon de Beaumont · Charlotte d'Éon de Beaumont
Chevalier d'Éon
Pierre-Jean-Baptiste Bradel · Brotherton Library, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK · Public domain
- Full name
- Charles-Geneviève-Louis-Auguste-André-Timothée-Robert-Pierre d'Éon de Beaumont.
- Born
- 1728 · Tonnerre.
- Died
- 1810 · London.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- diplomat · writer · spy · military personnel
- Education
- University of Paris
- Honours
- Knight of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis
- Languages
- French
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Identity and origins
Chevalier d'Éon was recorded at birth as Charles-Geneviève-Louis-Auguste-André-Timothée-Robert-Pierre d'Éon de Beaumont. The authorities additionally record the headings Chevalier d'Eon, Charles d'Eon de Beaumont and Charlotte d'Éon de Beaumont. His recorded language was French.
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Chevalier d'Éon appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a diplomat and Freemason (5 October 1728 – 21 May 1810). Chevalier d'Éon was born on 5 October 1728; the birthplace is Tonnerre, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The Bibliothèque nationale de France records the fuller form Tonnerre (Yonne). Chevalier d'Éon died on 21 May 1810; the place of death is London, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Chevalier d'Éon, Thomas Stewart (after Jean-Laurent Mosnier) - Chevalier d'Eon - NPG 6937 - National Portrait Gallery
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1728
Chevalier d'Éon born at Tonnerre.
1810
Chevalier d'Éon died at London.
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The circumstances in which Chevalier d'Éon stands. Reproduction after J.G.
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The Chevalier d’Éon and His Contemporaries’ Contribution to French Rossica: From Diplomatic Dispatches and Notes to Anecdotes Secrètes, Quaestio Rossica, 2022
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Copy of letter by Chevalier d'Éon
25 January 1780 · Wellcome Collection
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