Julie d'Aubigny
Julie d'Aubigny | |
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"Mademoiselle Maupin de l'Opéra". Anonymous print, c. 1700. | |
| Born | 1673 |
| Died | 1707 (aged 33–34) |
| 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. Due to her relationships with men and women, some modern-day sources refer to d'Aubigny as bisexual or queer.