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Julie d'Aubigny lived during an unusual time in 17th-century France when political and cultural norms were shifting. She was allowed to exist openly as a bisexual woman pursuing her swordsmanship and singing talents in the court of King Louis XIV.

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Julie d'Aubigny - Duelist, Singer, Radical - Extra History

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Rossum

Pushes things too far.... You have no shame! Keep up the good work of bad puns.

Martin Verran

Here's Hoping Louis XIV gets his Own Series in the not too Distant Future.

Matthew Youngster

Obscure, intriguing, and of course, badass. Keep up the good work guys!

Tammy Spiller

Incredible. Thank you for sharing her wild life!

Joseph A.

Wonderful bait & switch delivering the Zero Hecks Given crime story! Please do this more.

Ryan Wojciechowski

So maybe it's just the art style but was the 'relationship' between Julie and the Comp consensual or not?

Ryan Wojciechowski

Follow up freak out: 33?!? WHAT? 33?!?!?!?!?! I thought this was a 4 decade adulthood, she died at 33???

Jon

According to wikipedia, the initial mistress/marriage arrangement occurred when she was 14. Adulthoood started a lot younger in those days... But still, I agree that she managed to squeeze a phenomenal amount of life into those two short decades.

Cindy Franklin

A woman after my own heart! What an amazing person!!

ExtraCredits

Honestly, we don't have a good way to know this for a fact. By modern-day standards no, we would say this could not have been consensual even if she said she wanted it, simply because she was still a child when the relationship took place. But because this was a fairly common practice at the time/society she lived in (i.e. young girls marrying older men), it is technically possible that it could have been something she fully agreed to. We don't know very much about the nature of her relationship with the Comte d’Armagnac.

Quintin Ang

So, not a fan of this type of episode. While definitely an interesting person, don't see that she had much impact on history, either in her own time or in ours. Still, entertaining story.

Joo-Hwan Jun

..... Why does this sound VERY similar to the plot of the 1979 anime “The Rose of Versailles?”.... *research*.... Dang it..... Close, but no cigar.

Bill Lemmond

Very good! Wow - she packed a lot of living into a sadly short life.