Julie d'Aubigny

Julie d'Aubigny
Julie d'Aubigny
	"Mademoiselle Maupin de l'Opéra".; Anonymous print, c. 1700.
Born	1673
Died	1707 (age c. 33)
Nationality	French
Spouse	Sieur de Maupin
Partner	Madame la Marquise de Florensac (1703–1705)
Relatives	Gaston d'Aubigny (father)

Julie d'Aubigny (French: [ʒyli dobiɲi]; 1673–1707), better known as Mademoiselle Maupin or La Maupin, was a French opera singer. Little is known for certain about her life; her tumultuous career and flamboyant lifestyle were the subject of gossip, rumour, and colourful stories in her own time, and inspired numerous fictional and semi-fictional portrayals afterwards.

Her life loosely inspired the titular character of Théophile Gautier's 1835 novel, Mademoiselle de Maupin, in which she employs multiple disguises to seduce a young man and his mistress.^[2]^[3] Due to her relationships with men and women, some modern-day sources refer to d'Aubigny as bisexual^[4]^[5] or queer.^[6]

^ Jenner, Greg; Barker, Sara (21 July 2022). "Julie d'Aubigny" (Podcast). You're Dead To Me. BBC. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
^ "Against Queer Presentism". The Drift. 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
^ Hoddinott, Meradith; Zublin, Fiona (26 January 2020). "The Badass Rogue Who Cross-Dressed and Dueled Her Way to Infamy". OZY. Archived from the original on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
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^ Carlton, Genevieve (3 March 2022). "Meet The Sword-Fighting, Bisexual Opera Singer Who Broke All The Rules In 17th-Century France". All That's Interesting. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
^ Brown, Patrick (2 January 2020). "The Craziest True-Life Story You've Never Heard". Geffen Playhouse. Retrieved 25 November 2022.

[BBC_You're_Dead_to_Me_Podcast-1] Jenner, Greg; Barker, Sara (21 July 2022). "Julie d'Aubigny" (Podcast). You're Dead To Me. BBC. Retrieved 6 August 2022.

[2] "Against Queer Presentism". The Drift. 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.

[3] Hoddinott, Meradith; Zublin, Fiona (26 January 2020). "The Badass Rogue Who Cross-Dressed and Dueled Her Way to Infamy". OZY. Archived from the original on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.

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[5] Carlton, Genevieve (3 March 2022). "Meet The Sword-Fighting, Bisexual Opera Singer Who Broke All The Rules In 17th-Century France". All That's Interesting. Retrieved 25 November 2022.

[6] Brown, Patrick (2 January 2020). "The Craziest True-Life Story You've Never Heard". Geffen Playhouse. Retrieved 25 November 2022.

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Julie d'Aubigny
"Mademoiselle Maupin de l'Opéra". Anonymous print, c. 1700.
Born	1673
Died	1707 (age c. 33)
Nationality	French
Spouse	Sieur de Maupin
Partner	Madame la Marquise de Florensac (1703–1705)^[1]
Relatives	Gaston d'Aubigny (father)