Charles, chevalier d'Éon de Beaumont, French secret agent, Eonism

Charles, chevalier d’Éon de Beaumont, French secret agent from whose name the term “eonism,” denoting the tendency to adopt the costume and manners of the opposite sex, is derived. His first mission was to the Russian empress Elizabeth in 1755, on which he seems to have disguised himself as a

Chevalier d'Éon - Wikipedia

by P. Jean Baptiste Bradel

Portrait of the Knight Charles D'Eon de Beaumont (1728-1810), secret agent.

Charles genevieve louis auguste andre timothee deon de beaumont hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy

The gender fluidity of the Chevalier d'Éon

Print, B. B. Evans, Richard Cosway, Thomas Chambars

Chevalier deon de beaumont hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy

The Incredible Chevalier d'Eon, Who Left France as a Male Spy and Returned as a Christian Woman - Atlas Obscura

Charles, chevalier d'Éon de Beaumont, French secret agent, Eonism

The gender fluidity of the Chevalier d'Éon

The History Girls: Cross Dressing and the Chevalier D'Eon by Imogen Robertson